By Jeff Brummel Happy birthday, church! You’re looking good for being just over 2,000 years old. As we walk with Jesus through the liturgical year, we experience Jesus’ life through Advent, birth, baptism, Lent, death, resurrection, ascension into heaven and now as...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? I joined with my parents on Nov. 7, 1954. Natalie and Marshal Cook are listed as being members #349 and #350. My name, Patricia Cook, was not listed in the official church roster; I claim age discrimination as I was just two...
By Kelly Akins Today is an exciting day in the life of Wilshire. We are honoring our graduating seniors, blessing them and sending them forth into the world to do good work. Many of them were dedicated or baptized here in this Sanctuary, and we promised to pray for...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? I was a member of First Baptist Church in Dallas, but when a date invited me to the Sunday evening service at Wilshire in May 1957, I felt at home and joined that very night. I joined again in 1973 when I returned to Dallas after...
By Katie Murray My younger son’s pre-K class has been focusing on the Animal Kingdom the last several weeks of school, which means the Murray household has been inundated with conversations around all of life’s peculiar creatures. From giant squids to giraffes, bears...
Candy McComb will retire from her role as Wilshire’s children’s choir coordinator this summer. Her last day will be in July after the conclusion of the Listen to Your Art! creative arts camp. Candy said, “I began leading a Young Musicians choir when I started college...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? The back seat of my parents’ car. I was 10 in 1961 when we moved to Dallas from San Antonio, where we attended Trinity Baptist. Buckner Fanning, the pastor there, had a preaching style similar to that of Bruce McIver, and the...
Associate Minister of Music and Organist Jeff Brummel marked his 20th anniversary as a Wilshire staff member on April 24 and will be recognized during 11 a.m. worship on Sunday, May 3. Jeff is the longest-serving organist in Wilshire’s 75-year history and among the...
ICE vigil marks one year Monday, May 4, marks the one-year anniversary of a weekly clergy- and neighbor-led vigil at the Dallas ICE field office. CLEAR DFW (Clergy League for Emergency Action and Response) is an interfaith coalition of faith leaders united around...
By Gladys Kolenovsky As Federal Immigration Court observers, we arrive before the first docket cases begin in order to help the court respondents find their way to their assigned courtroom. If they are late, they will be considered absent and immediately removable....