Wilshire Prayer Notes — June 26, 2026 Hospital/Rehab/HospiceShirley, Larry OthersRonnie, Val, Kent, Haidynn, Julian, Edith, Jan, Donna, Neil, John, Brenda, Ella, Owen, Emily Friends and Family Concerns• Patricia, mother of Vic, broken hip• Carolyn, cancer• Sarah,...
By Abbey Adcox Sometimes a gesture is so subtle it slips by unnoticed. Handing someone a cup of cold water. No ceremony, no fanfare. Only water and the gentle seeing of someone’s thirst. Jesus points to this moment as the heart of the gospel. A simple act of welcome...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? I was born into the Wilshire family in 1971, and the church helped shape my earliest understanding of faith and community. My sister, Megan Wilson, and I were baptized on the same day by Bruce McIver. In 1992, Jimmy and I married...
This page is usually updated Fridays. Winds present American Voices June 28Wilshire Winds will present a concert on Sunday, June 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. American Voices is the theme for the program, which will explore the foundational promise of America...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? Lunch. I moved to Dallas in September 1959 to work for Texas Instruments after finishing graduate school at the University of Oklahoma. I joined the large Baptist church downtown. At lunch someone asked, “Why aren’t you going to...
By Kelly Akins Today we celebrate Father’s Day. I am fortunate to have a loving relationship with my Daddy. He set a wonderful example of living a good life, not an easy life, as George and Timothy say during family dedications. When I was growing up, he was the...
Wilshire was born on June 14, 1951, when a group of dedicated Baptists gathered in a Lakewood home to organize a new church. We are grateful for the vision of those founders, for the generations who have sustained it over the past 75 years, and for those who will...
What Wilshire has given to me ... A high school group that made me feel welcome. Some are still close friends today. I joined Wilshire in October 1960 with my parents, Charlie and LuFan Watson, and sisters, Evelyn and Mitzi. I was in the ninth grade. In the summer of...
By Heather Mustain Today marks 75 years of Wilshire’s faithful witness and presence to our community, our neighborhood and our world. We have spent the last few months remembering and reflecting on memories and milestones, ministry and mission, and although our...
By Keri Mitchell The paradox of the Baptist church in South Dallas called “Cornerstone” is that its original building wasn’t supposed to have a foundation. Cornerstone’s roots grew out of Second Baptist Church, established in 1888 at Ervay and Corinth. Seventy years...