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...
Hometown: Dallas Present City: Dallas Education: BBA, Accounting, Baylor; MBA, UT Austin Profession: Retired Tell us about your family. I am married to Jane, and our children, Emily and David, grew up at Wilshire and are married and live in Nederland, Texas, and...
In a special business meeting after worship last Sunday, Dec. 17, the members of Wilshire voted to call Ariel Merivil as our next minister of music. We anticipate a mid-February start for Ariel, who will move to Dallas from Lincoln, Nebraska, where he has served...
By Scott Spreier. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born king; peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” I first remember singing this wonderful song as a youngster at our church Christmas pageant. (Or was it the school pageant? In...
Hometown: Lubbock; Present City: Dallas; Education: B.A. History from Baylor University, M.S. Business Management from SMU; Profession: Estate manager; Tell us about your family. My parents, Gordon and Lori, live in Lubbock and Dallas, and they are both Baylor alumni....
By LeAnn Hampton. In a perfect world, Advent is a time for us to slow down and contemplate the mystery of God’s great love coming to be with us in the presence of Jesus. Do you live in that perfect world? We don’t. Advent at the Hampton house this past week meant...
Hometown: Waco; Present City: Dallas; Education: BBA, Baylor University, 1962; postgraduate work at the University of Houston; Profession: Taught school in Houston, after which I devoted my time to raising our three children. Tell us about your family. I was married...
By Candy McComb. The season of Advent. The season of song. Music and Christmas are inseparable; we hear these songs everywhere we go. As a musician, this is a beautiful and busy time, with both the celebratory songs and thought-provoking carols of this season among...