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Preparing for Worship: June 8, 2025
By Jeff Hampton Today is Pentecost Sunday, when we recall how the people of God first received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as promised by Jesus. My first awakening to what Pentecost was about was through the giant painting, “The Miracle at Pentecost,” at what is...
Preparing for Worship: June 1, 2025
By Maggie Morey The first piece of Wilshire worship I ever watched was mid-pandemic. In June 2020, for an online service, a few folks played “Crowded Table” by The Highwomen. The clip got shared and shared again until it ended up on my Facebook feed. They sang of an...
ECLC closes out year and era
Wilshire’s Early Childhood Learning Center held a program on Thursday, May 15, to celebrate the end of the school year. The event took on added significance as it also marked the closure of ECLC after decades of operation. The church announced last fall that ECLC...
Preparing for Worship: May 25, 2025
By Jeff Brummel It was the German reformer Martin Luther who said, “Let me write the hymns.” In addition to being the main figure of the Lutheran Reformation in the 16th century, Luther was also a musician who wrote dozens of hymns. He knew how the power of music —...
I Am Wilshire: Margaret Davis
Hometown: El Paso Present City: Carrollton Education: Baylor University Profession: Educator Tell us about your family. I have four adult sons who attended Wilshire from cradle roll through college. I also have three daughters-in-law, four granddaughters and two...
Macedonia Trip Report
By Heather Mustain Earlier this month, six of us from Wilshire traveled to Skopje, Macedonia, to see and learn more from Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Field Personnel Jeff and Alicia Lee. We were joined on the trip by members of Second Baptist Church in Little Rock,...