Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. There was a period of several years at Wilshire when the heading at the top of every worship order read: “The Worship of God.” That’s what we say we are doing when we gather in the Wilshire Sanctuary. But what does...
Associate Pastor Doug Haney will retire from full-time ministry this spring after nearly 19 years on Wilshire’s staff.
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. Today is the first Sunday of Christmas or Christmastide, meaning we continue to revel in the season of Christmas just a bit longer. (The song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” hints at this tradition even...
Preparing For Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. One summer I flew to Texas Tech University in Lubbock for a conducting seminar. Looking down from the airplane I was fascinated to see scores of wind turbines, the long blades rotating, converting the kinetic...
Summer giving matters: Can we avoid the seasonal slowdown? Summer is a busy time at Wilshire, full of activities for preschoolers, children and youth. It’s also a season of vacations and travel, resulting in lower attendance and lower giving. Associate Pastor Doug...
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. Today is the first Sunday of the season of Lent. Beginning with Ash Wednesday, there are 40 days in Lent and six Sundays for a total of 46 days that lead us to Easter Sunday. In the small Baptist church in...
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor Come to the banquet hall. A place is set for you. O come and sit awhile. This gift is free. In my childhood Baptist church in a small town in north Georgia, the Lord’s Supper was only served four times year and only...
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. This Sunday morning’s opening hymn, “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” is a wonderful Welsh hymn with theologically rich lyrics set to a singable and distinctive melody. All three stanzas draw on the epic story of...
Reflections of 15 Months of Online Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor When my alarm rings at 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 6, it will be the first time I’ve set an alarm on a Sunday morning since March 8, 2020. Almost every Friday morning for 15 months I have put on my...
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. Chiaroscuro. It’s an Italian word that means “light-dark.” I learned that word in an art appreciation class that Lori and I took together when we attended Georgia State University in Atlanta. In our undergraduate...