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I Am Wilshire: Shaeron Moorhead

I Am Wilshire - Shaeron Moorhead. Hometown: Brownfield, Texas Education: Bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and English from Texas Tech University Profession: Junior high school teacher, retired Present city: Dallas Tell us about your family. Mike and I have been married...

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Preparing for Worship

Preparing for Worship - Jeff Hampton.   Today in worship we hear a very strong theme of helping others and being the hands and feet of Christ on earth. It is a foundational message of our faith. But I wonder, too, if it doesn’t beg the question: Have we been good...

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I Am Wilshire: Kit Sloan

I Am Wilshire - Kit Sloan. Hometown: Houston Education: BS in Education: 4–8th Grade Language Arts, Hardin-Simmons University; MEd in Curriculum and Instruction: Learning, Design, and Technology, University of Houston Profession: Technology Training Specialist at...

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Preparing for Worship

Preparing for Worship - Kathryn Keller.   I descended from a heritage of faith. My maternal Grandma, who passed on earlier this year, and Grandpa, who has been with us in Dallas for much of the pandemic, told us for years that they prayed for all of their...

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I Am Wilshire: Jim Hancock

I Am Wilshire - Jim Hancock. Name: Jim Hancock Hometown: Lubbock Education: BA Baylor University, 1961; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1964 Profession: Retired pastor Present City: Savannah, Texas Tell us about your family. My wife, Patsy, passed away in 2009....

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Preparing for Worship

Preparing for Worship - Brianna Childs.   I’ve always been someone who can fall asleep and stay asleep just about anytime, anywhere. I just NEED good sleep or else I am deeply impacted. People vary based on a variety of factors on how much sleep they might need,...

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I Am Wilshire: Lauren Anne Cove

I Am Wilshire - Lauran Anne Cove. Name: Lauren Anne Cove Hometown: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Education: BA in English and Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Master of Education, UT-Austin; Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Human Rights and...

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Missions Plus funds granted

Missions Plus funds granted. In January, the Finance Committee allocated $100,000 of surplus giving from 2021 to Wilshire’s Missions Plus Fund, allowing us to provide funds to organizations apart from those supported through the Unified Budget. The Missions and...

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Preparing for Worship

Preparing for Worship - R. G. Huff.  Like a three-legged milk stool, the church rests on three main purposes: upreach, inreach and outreach — worship, fellowship/discipleship and missions/evangelism. Wilshire does all of these quite well and seems to find the delicate...

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I Am Wilshire – Charlotte Bruster

I Am Wilshire - Charlotte Bruster.  Name: Charlotte Meyer Bruster Hometown: Jefferson City, Missouri Education: BS in Elementary Education, Oklahoma Baptist University; Master’s of Religious Education, Southwestern Seminary Profession: Homemaker Present city:...

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