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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.
Wilshire’s Solar Panels Generate Savings
Wilshire’s solar panels generate savings. July 13 marked the two-year anniversary of Wilshire’s rooftop solar panel system, which was made possible entirely by an anonymous donation. The panels are working as intended — helping to save God’s creation and helping the...
COVID Task Force Update
COVID-19 Task Force update, July 2022. Dallas County Health and Human Services raised its COVID-19 risk level to yellow on July 6, signifying the public to proceed cautiously as it relates to COVID-19. Using its own criteria, the Centers for Disease Control raised the...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Kathryn Keller. Anyone else feel like you’re in “go mode” right now? I enter worship (or the Sanctuary anyway), grab a seat and thumb through the Tapestry for a preview of coming attractions. What events are coming up? What spicy guest preacher...
I Am Wilshire: Becky Waterfield
I Am Wilshire - Becky Waterfield. Hometown: Beaumont Education: BS, Lamar University; MEd, Texas A&M Commerce Profession: Science Teacher, Counselor Present city: Dallas Tell us about your family. I’ve been married to my husband, Joe, for 52 years. We’ve known...
Joan Hammons marks 15 years as preschool minister
Joan Hammons marks 15 years as preschool minister. Minister to Preschoolers Joan Hammons will be recognized during worship on Sunday, July 10, for her 15th anniversary on Wilshire’s staff. “I really like getting to be part of helping shape somebody’s faith,”...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing For Worship - Jonathan McGregor. In the last year of his life, Soren Kierkegaard stopped going to church. In the 1850s, in Copenhagen, Denmark, everyone went to church. Kierkegaard made himself conspicuous, drinking his coffee at a café in full view...