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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.
Memory Quilt
By: Juliana Moore. In the summer of 1994, John Brashier was Wilshire’s new youth minister. I was involved in the singles ministry and had just started graduate school, and I think Brashier was just desperate to find people who had free time in the summer to go to...
Wilshire Sings: Music helps form and reform faith
Today is Reformation Sunday, the day we remember the brave leadership of a Catholic monk who sparked a religious movement known as the Reformation in the year 1517. That monk, Martin Luther, was an accomplished musician as well as a theologian. As the Reformation...
The Stewardship of Memory
In conjunction with our fall stewardship emphasis, Wilshire members were asked to share a favorite Wilshire memory. We’ll keep this page updated as we receive more. See the Stewardship of Memory playlist on YouTube > Read Juliana Moore’s blog post, “Memory Quilt”...
Preparing for Worship
My mother recently found my first Bible packed away in her attic, a hardback, blue NRSV edition with my name, Heather Beard, engraved on the front cover. Inside the Bible, tucked safely away, we also discovered my first footprints, hospital card and baby bracelet....
I Am Wilshire: Allison Moore
Hometown: Dallas; Present City: Dallas; Education: BS in zoology, Texas A&M; BS and MS in nursing, UT Arlington; Profession: Nurse practitioner; Tell us about your family. I have been married to Brian for 24 years, and we have a daughter, Amory, who is a senior at...
Preparing for Worship
This week we have collectively experienced or been mindful of Indigenous People’s Day, the lingering remnants of Columbus Day, World Mental Health Day and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has escalated to war. Mainstream news outlets and social media influencers...