Tapestry

Preparing for Worship: Jan. 12, 2025

By Kelly Akins Today we are celebrating Epiphany at Wilshire. My husband, Allan, and I are members of the Epiphany Sunday School class, a safe space at Wilshire to wrestle with questions, have differing opinions and still show love and respect for others. What does it...

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Preparing for Worship: Jan. 5, 2025

By Heather Mustain Another year has come and gone and it’s hard to believe that this is the first Sunday of a brand new year. For some of us, a new year brings excitement and renewed commitment to old or new intentions. For others of us, we grieve that time seems to...

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I Am Wilshire: Martha Hinojosa-Nadler

Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico Present City: Dallas Education: Texas Tech University Profession: Retired Tell us about your family. I was born in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and immigrated to the U.S. at age 7 when my father became pastor of a...

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Wilshire joins racial reconciliation effort

Wilshire has been selected to participate in In Deed and Truth: Interrogating the Legacies of the White Church in America (IDAT), a program aimed at fostering reconciliation and healing by examining the history of racism in Southern churches. Launched in 2023 by...

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End of year giving: Dec. 31, 2024

Dear Wilshire: It is with great joy and happiness I share with you, our congregation, that we have made our budget this year! Thank you so much for the ways you have shared and given to our Unified Budget. We are now able to walk into the new year on a good footing....

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End of year need: Dec. 30, 2024

End of year need: $49,213 You've heard me tell this story before, but I like it, so I will share it again. Every Sunday when I was growing up, the late Rev. Charles Henderson would come up during alter call and say, “It’s prayer time.” As soon as those words were...

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End of Year Need: Dec. 26, 2024

End of year need: $182,861 It is our tradition on the first Sunday of every month to participate in the Lord’s Supper. And after we partake and celebrate, we share signs of peace with one another. Fun fact: when I was a resident, I forgot the part when the...

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Preparing for Worship: Dec. 29, 2024

By Timothy Peoples There are just three more days to squeeze in those last bits of New Year’s resolutions you created almost a year ago! Some of us have stopped even trying to consider resolutions, and others make them every year without fail — even if we might fail...

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I Am Wilshire: Sheri Brooks

Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana Present City: Dallas Education: B.F.A., TWU; M.Ed. in elementary education, Texas State University; M.Ed. in administration, Lamar University. Profession: Office manager for CBIZ, Inc. Tell us about your family. In March of 2003, Ted...

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Friday Friends grant renewed

For the sixth consecutive year, Friday Friends has received a grant from the AWARE Fund at the Dallas Foundation. The $3,000 grant will be used in 2025 for supplies and to bring in professional programs such as neurologic music therapy and Texas Winds Musical...

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