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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: Judy Yarbrough
Hometown: Amarillo; Present City: Dallas; Education: BA in Sociology, Oklahoma Baptist University; Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Brite Divinity School (TCU); Occupation: Minister Tell us about your family. I am married to Charles, and we have four...
Preparing for Worship – Aug 27
By: Scott Spreier Blame it on bad Baptist upbringing, but every time I read the story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, my mind goes straight to the movie The Ten Commandments. If my memory serves me, our small rural church motored en masse 20-some miles to the...
I Am Wilshire: Max Tucker
Hometown: San Antonio; Present city: Dallas; Education: University of Texas School of Law (J.D. 1980), Trinity University (B.A. Economics and Music 1977); Profession: Attorney (retired) Tell us about your family. Lydia and I have been married 39 years. We have resided...
Preparing for Worship – Aug 20
Around here we’ve always called the start of our fall activities Promotion Sunday — that being today. It means very little, honestly, particularly for adults — because, well, we don’t actually promote. (We never stop aging, despite our best attempts.) Promotion Sunday...
I Am Wilshire: Courtney Leal
Hometown: I was born in New Orleans, but grew up in Plano and Allen; Education: B.S. from Texas Christian University in deaf education; M.S. from Texas Woman’s University in speech-language pathology; Profession: Speech language pathologist and itinerant teacher of...
New Wilshire website debuts
Wilshire launched a new version of its website this week at wilshirebc.org. The church also released a new 3-minute video that can be seen on the site and Wilshire’s YouTube channel. While the website and video are primarily about telling our story to an external...