Refugee support transforms lives. When refugees move to a new country, the burdens of a traumatic past and an uncertain future can weigh heavy on an entire family. For the Noor family, a generous gift from Wilshire Baptist Church is helping them ease those...
I Am Wilshire - Mary Morgan. Hometown: Harker Heights, Texas Education: BS, Biology/Biochemistry, Hardin-Simmons University Profession: Instructional Coach in Allen ISD Present city: Plano Tell us about your family. I am single, but surround myself with close friends...
Preparing for Worship - Brianna Childs, pastoral resident. In the Ithaka Sunday School class last week we talked about liminal spaces in our lives. As we continue in this season of Advent, there is much to reflect upon as we wait. Richard Rohr describes these liminal...
Preparing for Worship - LeAnn Hampton. Today (November 27) is the first Sunday of Advent, a time of preparation and waiting for the birth of Jesus. Waiting is difficult for most of us; in fact, I’ve never known anyone who lists waiting as a personality strength. We...
Name: Jerry McElveen Hometown: Independence, Louisiana Education: B.A. in English, Southeastern Louisiana Univ.; M.A. in English, Louisiana State Univ. Profession: Professor Emeritus of English Present City: Dallas Tell us about your family: I grew up in a loving...
I Am Wilshire - Shana Gaines. Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee Education: B.M. Church Music, Union University; M.M. Church Music; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.Ed. School Administration, Lamar University Profession: Assistant Principal Present city: Wylie...
Debby Burton celebrates 25 years as Wilshire staffer. On Nov. 17, Ministry Assistant Debby Burton became the latest Wilshire staffer to celebrate 25 years on the job. For most of her tenure — all but the first year — Debby has served in the senior pastor’s office,...
Preparing for Worship - Gina Biddle. “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” which we sing today in worship, initially was a poem written by Thomas O. Chisholm in 1923 about God’s faithfulness over his lifetime. The lyrics reference Lamentations 3:22-23. I witnessed the...
I Am Wilshire - Max Post. Name: Max Post Hometown: Willow, Oklahoma Education: BS in Industrial Engineering and Master of Engineering, Oklahoma University Present city: Dallas Tell us about your family. My wife Candy passed away in 2012, shortly after our 40th...
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. Our Granny Haney lived in a small brick home around the corner from our house situated at the end of a dead-end street in Alpharetta, Georgia. To get to her house my siblings and I cut across the garden that...