Hometown: Dallas (but I went to high school in Amarillo); Present City: Dallas; Education: BA in Speech Communications from Baylor University; Profession: Mom, volunteer, dipping my toe back into teaching; Tell us about your family. Kile and I have been married for 31...
Wilshire conducted church business and heard a State of the Church Address from Senior Pastor Timothy Peoples at its Annual Church Conference on Jan. 21. The church approved revisions to Wilshire’s bylaws and approved a 2024 Unified Budget of $3,925,000. Timothy spoke...
Hometown: Port Lavaca, home of the fighting Sandcrabs. My grandparents’ farm/ranch near San Antonio was my second home. My father was once named King Reboog, which is Goober spelled backwards, for the local peanut festival. Present City: Plano (Is it true nothing good...
Hometown: Nowhere in particular Present City: Dallas Education: University of Kentucky, BA in Communications Profession: Manage scholarships at UT Dallas Tell us about your family. Scott Spreier and I have been married for 38 years. We have three children: Mary Lu...
Thanks to strong year-end giving, Wilshire not only met its 2023 budget but exceeded it by $252,726, the church’s largest giving surplus since 2014. Our budget for 2023 was $3,850,000, and revenue totaled $3,926,388. Expenses for the year were held under budget at...
By Charlie Fuller. It was on a cloudless night back in the 1960s. My dad took my older brother and me out to the backyard, and we craned our necks upward. The night sky was filled with stars. Bright stars. Dim stars. Clusters of stars. Individual stars. Stars...
Hometown: Dallas Present City: Dallas Education: BBA, Accounting, Baylor; MBA, UT Austin Profession: Retired Tell us about your family. I am married to Jane, and our children, Emily and David, grew up at Wilshire and are married and live in Nederland, Texas, and...
In a special business meeting after worship last Sunday, Dec. 17, the members of Wilshire voted to call Ariel Merivil as our next minister of music. We anticipate a mid-February start for Ariel, who will move to Dallas from Lincoln, Nebraska, where he has served...
By Scott Spreier. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born king; peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” I first remember singing this wonderful song as a youngster at our church Christmas pageant. (Or was it the school pageant? In...
Hometown: Lubbock; Present City: Dallas; Education: B.A. History from Baylor University, M.S. Business Management from SMU; Profession: Estate manager; Tell us about your family. My parents, Gordon and Lori, live in Lubbock and Dallas, and they are both Baylor alumni....