Preparing for Worship - Mary Kay Jackman.  This Sunday, October 3, is the second Sunday in a row when worship includes a difficult passage of scripture, a passage in which Jesus says things that make us uncomfortable. Remember, last Sunday Rev. Victoria Robb Powers...

Preparing for Worship - Mary Kay Jackman, Wilshire member.  On this seventh Sunday of Easter, we the church will be saying goodbye to Leanna Coyle-Carr. We have been blessed by her and her family for four years — two when her husband Aaron came into the pastoral...

  Preparing for Worship - Mary Kay Jackman, Wilshire member.In my home office hangs a framed copy of Proverbs 3:5. You probably know it by heart, but in case you don’t, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” A colleague in the...

All my life, I’ve never not believed in God, but it’s taken almost 60 of my 80 years to believe in church. After discovering Wilshire 15 years ago, I hungered to know more about Jesus, Christianity, Baptists, the Bible and church. I’m still learning and grabbing...