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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.
Prayer Notes
Wilshire Prayer Notes — July 10, 2026 Hospital/Rehab/HospiceNeil, Shirley, Larry OthersRonnie, Val, Kent, Haidynn, Julian, Jan, Donna, John, Brenda, Ella, Owen, Emily Friends and Family Concerns• Patricia, mother of Vic, broken hip• Carolyn, cancer• Jack, husband of...
Preparing for Worship: June 28, 2026
By Abbey Adcox Sometimes a gesture is so subtle it slips by unnoticed. Handing someone a cup of cold water. No ceremony, no fanfare. Only water and the gentle seeing of someone’s thirst. Jesus points to this moment as the heart of the gospel. A simple act of welcome...
I Am Wilshire 75th Anniversary Special: Shannon Holley Nadalini
What brought you to Wilshire and when? I was born into the Wilshire family in 1971, and the church helped shape my earliest understanding of faith and community. My sister, Megan Wilson, and I were baptized on the same day by Bruce McIver. In 1992, Jimmy and I married...
I Am Wilshire 75th Anniversary Special: Max Post
What brought you to Wilshire and when? Lunch. I moved to Dallas in September 1959 to work for Texas Instruments after finishing graduate school at the University of Oklahoma. I joined the large Baptist church downtown. At lunch someone asked, “Why aren’t you going to...
Preparing for Worship: June 21, 2026
By Kelly Akins Today we celebrate Father’s Day. I am fortunate to have a loving relationship with my Daddy. He set a wonderful example of living a good life, not an easy life, as George and Timothy say during family dedications. When I was growing up, he was the...
Celebrating 75 Years: A Wilshire Timeline
Wilshire was born on June 14, 1951, when a group of dedicated Baptists gathered in a Lakewood home to organize a new church. We are grateful for the vision of those founders, for the generations who have sustained it over the past 75 years, and for those who will...