Do you enjoy spending time with preschool-age children? Do you like to read stories, color, build with blocks and more? We could use your help in Worship Care for ages 2 through 4. You will be amazed with how these children are learning to share and interact with...
This past week I volunteered to work at Wilshire’s Vacation Bible School. No applause, please, because it was my first time. In fact, it’s safe to say I haven’t been near a VBS since I attended as a child. It’s not because I don’t believe in its value. I have great...
Hometown: Born in Baytown, Texas, and moved to Madisonville, Texas, after 8th grade; Present City: Plano; Education: BA in economics, Texas A&M University; Profession: Casualty insurance premium audit manager, retired; Tell us about your family. Mary and I have...
Hometown: I lived in Mobile, Alabama, until 5th grade and moved to Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the growing space industry. Present City: Arlington; Education: Undergrad degree in family studies from Auburn University and Master of Arts from University of...
From Tuesday Missions to Study & Swim, Choir Tour and Camp, summer is a busy and meaningful time for Wilshire’s youth group. We asked a parent, a current student and some alumni to share their thoughts. Contact Associate Pastor Darren DeMent to get plugged in....
By Charlie Fuller When I was growing up, we regularly celebrated what we called the “Lord’s Supper” every quarter. In one of the churches I served much later in life, we had the meal sometime around once a quarter, if the pastor remembered to schedule it. I’ve had the...
Hometown: Lubbock Present town: Edgewood Education: BA Texas Tech, Social Work; Southwestern Seminary, MSSW; and PhD, UTA Profession: Social Worker, retired Tell us about your family. I live on “Dragonfly Farm” near Canton, with my wife, Vy, two standard poodles and...
Hometown: Complicated; from behind the Pine Curtain in deep East Texas to Wylie, Texas, by way of Louisiana. Also lived in McKinney, Texas, by way of England, Scotland, Germany, Greece, Japan, Brazil and elsewhere in the U.S. and around the world. Present City:...
More than 200 T-shirts created by Wilshire members in honor of gun violence victims have been installed along Abrams Road adjacent to the North Parking Lot. The display, called Vidas Robadas (Stolen Lives), will be up through Sunday, June 9. Each shirt memorializes an...
By Juliana Moore. Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day on which the worldwide Christian church remembers the gift of the Holy Spirit. To mark this occasion in the church year, our Sanctuary paraments and the choir stoles are red, symbolizing the tongues of flame...