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News & Updates
Watch this space for the latest Wilshire news. Check the Events section for information on upcoming events. You can also subscribe to our two weekly emails; Tapestry News, sent Fridays, includes news and a worship preview, while the Monday Recap has links to videos and blog posts from the prior week.
I Am Wilshire: Ava McClung
Hometown: Dallas Present City: Houston University/College: Rice University Major: Religious Studies Tell us about your family. I live with my parents, Britt and Carole, and my younger sisters, Miriam and Ruby. My paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were...
New pastoral residents start Aug. 1
New pastoral residents Georgia McKee and Maggie Morey have moved into their homes on Resident Row and will begin their two-year terms at Wilshire on Thursday, Aug. 1. Georgia, originally from Frisco, graduated this spring from Wake Forest University School of Divinity...
Kelly Akins named preschool minister
Kelly Akins has been hired as Wilshire’s new minister to preschoolers and will begin in the part-time role on Aug. 1. Kelly will be leaving her job as assistant director and curriculum specialist at Wilshire’s Early Childhood Learning Center, a position she has held...
Preparing for Worship: July 21, 2024
By Juliana Moore We are in the middle of summer, aren’t we? The heat has arrived, and some of us are scattered hither and yon, as my grandmother would say. I find that these “lazy days of summer” are anything but lazy. My past month has been filled with travel and...
I Am Wilshire: Lillie Campbell
Hometown: Walters, Oklahoma Present City: Garland Education: B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University; M.S.W., Washington University, St. Louis Profession: Longtime social worker, working mostly in private practice and hospice work. Tell us about your family. My family...
Tanzania Transformation
Yusuph Emmanuel, founder and CEO of Twelve21 Global, provided this update about work supported by Wilshire in Tanzania. This photo captures 230 parents and pastors of our students on Kome Island who were provided a five-day training on Community Transformation (CT)....