Preparing for Worship - Jenna Sullivan, pastoral resident. What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul? This rhetorical question grounds us in our season of Lent. We ask ourselves again and again, what love is this?...
Preparing for Worship - Leanna Coyle-Carr, pastoral resident. Pre-pandemic, St. Valentine’s Day was a day for greeting cards, fancy dinners, cut flowers and weighty expectations. Quarantine, however, makes a lot of that simply out of the question. Even those of us...
Virtually the Same - by Paula Woodbury. Watching Wilshire’s virtual service Sunday, I realized we are nearing one year of at-home church. I took a moment to reflect on Wilshire’s shift to a new way of worship. Turns out, I have a few observations. I thought I’d share...
In consultation with the COVID-19 Advisory Task Force, Wilshire's education staff has announced an adaptation to the church's current COVID-19 policy and protocols with a decision to host two ongoing in-person gatherings for youth and children inside the building....
Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. On the first Sunday of every month at Wilshire, we celebrate communion. In the Baptist church of my childhood in Alpharetta, Georgia, this was always on Sunday evening and never more than once per quarter. Looking...
A Souper Success. Wilshire’s Souper Bowl of Caring is shaping up to be a huge success despite being very different this year. At press time, 136 Souper Bowl Boxes had been spoken for, with $14,490 raised to support the work of Mission Oak Cliff. “We set a goal of...
Reserve your Wilshire Souper Bowl Box! Donations benefit Mission Oak Cliff. We can’t gather in Community Hall for lunch on Super Bowl Sunday this year, but we can still make a difference for hunger relief and food security through our adapted Souper Bowl of Caring....
2021 Faith in 3D virtual performance of scenes from The Living. In its seven-year history, Wilshire’s Faith in 3D has produced dramas, musicals, famous plays and lesser-known works. But never before has it done a socially-distanced, 100%-Zoom-recorded,...
January 2021 COVID-19 Advisory Task Force Update. Moving into 2021, our church and community stand hopeful in the fight against COVID-19 thanks to the beginning stages of the vaccination process. As vaccines are administered to front line workers and vulnerable...
Preparing for Worship - Jenna Sullivan, pastoral resident. O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away...Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. The opening words of Psalm 139 take my...