Hometown: Oklahoma City. Present City: Dallas. Education: Oklahoma City University, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, B. H. Carroll Theological Seminary. Profession: Retired music minister, missionary, educator. Tell us about your family. My wife, Donna, and I have two...
If you are a family without grandparents in town and would like to adopt a grandfriend or grandfriends, click this link to request to be paired with a local Wilshire grandfriend: https://form.jotform.com/232536052281046 If you are an older adult or couple without...
We live in a problem-solving, information-driven kind of world. Though we’re plagued by inconvenience, solutions never seem too far away. Not sure how long to air fry that frozen chicken breast? A quick Google takes care of that. Trying to decide if it’s appendicitis...
Hometown: Arlington; Present City: Dallas; Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Baylor University; MBA, The University of Chicago; Profession: Founder and creative director, SLANT Partners; Tell us about your family. I have been married to David Cole for 20 years and we...
By: R.G. Huff. “Christ will gird himself and serve us.” This phrase from our opening hymn today brings with it a “picture this” moment of Jesus throwing on a white apron and scurrying about between tables when you’d think he should be in the place of honor — or at...
The Minister of Music Search Committee met through the summer and is still in the process of seeking the right person. We used data from the focus groups and the congregational survey to evaluate the applications we received and wanted to share some of priorities that...
Hometown: Waxahachie; Present City: Dallas; Education: Master’s in mental health counseling; Profession: Music and Worship Coordinator; Tell us about your family. Brian and I married on 11/11/11 and have two fur-babies, Toby and Mayberry. My mom, Barbara Clayton, is a...
Kind. Nurturing. Encouraging. Mentor. These were some of the words most used by current and former Wilshire members in remembering former associate pastor Preston Bright, who died Sept. 6 at age 85. Preston served on staff from 1990 to 2005 and was named associate...
Hometown: North Little Rock, Arkansas; Present City: Woodway, Texas; Education: First life (musician): Baylor, West Texas State, Arizona State. Second life (minister): Baylor, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Profession: Executive coach and consultant;...
By Vy Malcik Four couples who started a new Sunday School class at Wilshire are celebrating with the more than 70 other people who are now members of what was the first class for men and women to meet together to study the Bible and the many ways it informs our lives....