By Maggie Morey This week marked the halfway point in the calendar year. On Wednesday, we were 182 days removed from Jan. 1 and 182 days away from Dec. 31. And I have found myself asking, how is the year only and already halfway through? We began this year with...
Preparing for Worship: June 29, 2025
By Georgia McKee This Sunday, we have the joy of welcoming two remarkable guests: Jeff Lee, CBF field personnel in North Macedonia, and Yusuph Emmanuel from Twelve21 in Tanzania. As I have reflected on my recent journey to visit the Lees in Macedonia, it’s not just...
I Am Wilshire: Audrey Pottkotter
Hometown: Dallas College: Oklahoma City University Major: Musical Theater and Vocal Performance What are your aspirations for the future? Following graduation, I plan to move to New York City to pursue a career performing in musical theatre. What are your favorite...
Advocacy Update: the One Big Beautiful Bill
While we were planning our summer activities, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) — an approximately 1,000-page “tax” bill which virtually no person in Congress has had the time to read — had already passed the U.S. House of Representatives (by one vote) and is...
Geri McKenzie leaving staff after 20 years
Geri McKenzie is leaving her role as Wilshire’s executive director of administration to pursue other opportunities. Her departure will be effective Aug. 31. Geri joined the staff in June 2005 and worked for 18 years in Wilshire’s Pathways to Ministry program, first as...
Preparing for Worship: June 22, 2025
By Abbey Adcox This past week, our Youth Choir traveled to Chicago to serve, learn, sing and be present. What we didn’t fully expect was how deeply we would be met. We met Dilla, a self-proclaimed B-list Chicago celebrity, YouTube-famous and brutally honest. He asked...
Preparing for Worship: June 15, 2025
By Mike Capps The Swedish theologian Krister Stendahl suggests that we should leave room in our religious understanding for “Holy Envy” in how we understand and engage with religious traditions different from our own. By this he means that it is proper to feel a sense...
I Am Wilshire: Debby Burton
Hometown: My dad was in the service, and we moved around until he retired. We settled in Arlington, where I graduated high school. Present City: Plano Profession: Administrative assistant Tell us about your family. I met David Burton at my home church in Arlington in...
Giving is behind
Compared to the last four years, Wilshire’s income-to-expenses deficit is larger than it has been at the same point in the year, Senior Pastor Timothy Peoples reported in an email to the church on May 22. While the staff has managed to keep spending below...
Daniel Latin marks 20 years on staff
Wilshire facilities staffer Daniel Latin recently marked his 20-year anniversary of working at the church. He will be recognized at the end of worship on Sunday, June 8. “I love what I do and the people in the church,” Daniel said. “I love the atmosphere, the sense of...