Preparing For Worship - George Mason. When your church is nearly 72 years old, you’d think we’d have done this before. You would be wrong. Although we’ve recently begun life together with the Reverend (soon to be Doctor, too) Timothy Peoples as our fifth pastor, this...
Preparing for Worship - George Mason. For the first half of my tenure as senior pastor, I wrote a weekly column for the church newsletter titled By George. It was by me, of course, so the appellation fit. But it also gestured toward the exclamation we sometimes...
Living into change: A conversation with George Mason about his and Wilshire’s 33-year shared story Shortly before his final Sunday to preach as Wilshire’s senior pastor, George Mason sat down for an interview with Mark Wingfield, who served alongside George as...
Preparing for Worship - George Mason, senior pastor. Easter Sunday culminates a Holy Week of contrasts. On Maundy Thursday, the lights were dimmed, the last candle of Lent having been extinguished and only the Christ candle flickering as it exited the darkened...
Preparing for Worship - George Mason. He is the patron saint of Earth Day. You see his statue in gardens everywhere. When we sing “All Creatures of Our God and King” this morning, St. Francis of Assisi’s view of God and the world pulses through it all. St. Francis...
As Wilshire’s COVID-19 Advisory Task Force met Wednesday evening to review weekly COVID data and trends, the decision to move from recommending to requiring masks for everyone age 2 and older was unanimously agreed upon.
Preparing for Worship - George Mason, senior pastor. “I was glad when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the LORD!’ ” Psalm 122 is what is called “A Song of Ascents.” Jerusalem is a city on a high hill, and the Temple was on the top of the top of it....
Preparing for Easter Worship - George Mason, senior pastor. Maya Angelou was born on this day in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. It seems fitting to view her life in an Easter frame. While working in Ghana in 1965, Maya met Malcolm X. He convinced her to come back to...
Preparing for Worship - George Mason, senior pastor. It was a big hit for Frank Sinatra, and it’s been recorded by Jimmy Durante, Peggy Lee, Willie Nelson and innumerable others. For my money, though, the inimitable Billie Holiday sang it best: I’ll be seeing you/ In...
Preparing for Worship - George Mason, senior pastor. The word advent comes from the Latin adventus, meaning coming into view, arrival or appearance. When capitalized, Advent refers to the season of the church year we begin this Sunday — a four-week time of fasting...