Wilshire’s Faith in 3D initiative will present The Christians, a dramatic play by Lucas Hnath, on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 17, at 2:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Nancy Poynter is directing the cast of five Wilshire actors, and the show includes a...
Hometown: Jetmore, Kansas; Present City: Dallas; Education: University of Kansas; Profession: Consultant and writer; Tell us about your family. Jeanne and I have been married 38 years. Our three wonderful kids (Mary Lu, who works for the American Heart Association and...
By: Charlie Fuller. My dear, wonderful, and new-to-me Wilshire family: It all began with a phone call. Your gifted, loving and simply wonderful pastor, Timothy, asked if I’d be willing to come to Dallas and talk about helping with a music interim. I’m so glad I said,...
By Yusuph Emmanuel The outlook is bleak for far too many people in the remote villages of Tanzania. There is no hope for a different life, let alone a better life, and dreaming about the future seems foolish when every day is a fight for survival. The severe drought...
Hometown: Dallas (but I went to high school in Amarillo); Present City: Dallas; Education: BA in Speech Communications from Baylor University; Profession: Mom, volunteer, dipping my toe back into teaching; Tell us about your family. Kile and I have been married for 31...
Wilshire conducted church business and heard a State of the Church Address from Senior Pastor Timothy Peoples at its Annual Church Conference on Jan. 21. The church approved revisions to Wilshire’s bylaws and approved a 2024 Unified Budget of $3,925,000. Timothy spoke...
Hometown: Port Lavaca, home of the fighting Sandcrabs. My grandparents’ farm/ranch near San Antonio was my second home. My father was once named King Reboog, which is Goober spelled backwards, for the local peanut festival. Present City: Plano (Is it true nothing good...
Hometown: Nowhere in particular Present City: Dallas Education: University of Kentucky, BA in Communications Profession: Manage scholarships at UT Dallas Tell us about your family. Scott Spreier and I have been married for 38 years. We have three children: Mary Lu...
Thanks to strong year-end giving, Wilshire not only met its 2023 budget but exceeded it by $252,726, the church’s largest giving surplus since 2014. Our budget for 2023 was $3,850,000, and revenue totaled $3,926,388. Expenses for the year were held under budget at...
By Charlie Fuller. It was on a cloudless night back in the 1960s. My dad took my older brother and me out to the backyard, and we craned our necks upward. The night sky was filled with stars. Bright stars. Dim stars. Clusters of stars. Individual stars. Stars...