Preparing for Worship - Ashley Robinson, pastoral resident. Today we are greeted with van Gogh’s Almond Blossoms, a nod to his love for Japanese artists. Van Gogh was particularly drawn to the way Japanese artists took great care in studying and noticing the...
I Am Wilshire - Tracy Sturdivant. Hometown: Mineral Wells Education: Bachelor’s in marketing, University of Texas at Austin Profession: Buyer Present city: Dallas Tell us about your family. I have one older and one younger brother. My younger brother has two children...
Preparing for Worship - R. G, Huff. The Wilshire staff chose to use a Vincent van Gogh-themed Lenten devotional guide long before Putin invaded Ukraine. Little did they know that in the providence of God, one of the paintings highlighted for this second Sunday...
I Am Wilshire - Steven Melton. Hometown: Dallas Education: Hillcrest High School, 1970; Bachelor’s, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974; Master’s, Amberton University, 1999 Profession: I was in sales for Nabisco 26 years, taught middle school 11 years,...
Theologian Mitri Raheb here next Sunday Palestinian pastor, theologian and author Mitri Raheb will be our guest at Wilshire on Sunday, March 20. He will be interviewed during both morning worship services and will speak at 10 a.m. in McIver Chapel. All are...
Wilshire will not add pastoral residents in 2022 In light of Wilshire’s senior pastor transition, the church will not call a new class of pastoral residents this year. This decision, made by staff in consultation with the Pathways to Ministry Committee, means...
Masks optional for all In consultation with the COVID-19 Advisory Task Force, Wilshire is expanding its “mask-optional” policy to include all ages, regardless of vaccination status. Not long ago we declared masks to be optional for vaccinated people, while...
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. Today is the first Sunday of the season of Lent. Beginning with Ash Wednesday, there are 40 days in Lent and six Sundays for a total of 46 days that lead us to Easter Sunday. In the small Baptist church in...
I Am Wilshire - Lindsay Bruehl. Hometown: Norman, Oklahoma Education: Bachelor’s in finance, Oklahoma State University; in final semester at Perkins School of Theology at SMU working towards Master of Divinity Profession: Bookkeeper, Perkins Baptist House of...
Preparing for Worship - John Kelly, pastoral resident. Between ice storms, I fit in a visit to California. Though I spent the majority of last week in Bakersfield for a wedding, I was also able to sneak down to Pasadena for a symposium hosted by my alma mater,...