It Begins with Starting - November 8 Take a long walk at White Rock Lake and you’ll see multiple “Start” signs chalked on the sidewalk. Each one represents the place where a group of people set out together on a competitive race or a charitable walk. We don’t know how...
Preparing for Worship - Jacob Leal, intern This past Monday was the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos or “Day of the Dead.” This celebration, which resulted from Spaniard colonization, is a mix between Catholicism and indigenous spirituality. Families set up...
Start to Finish Blog - November 1 Did you ever start something but got distracted or busy and didn’t finish it? Or did you ever finish something and then look back at the start to realize there were moments when you didn’t think you’d make it? Or have you ever been in...
Preparing for Worship - Jenna Sullivan, pastoral resident. Just the other day, a very dear friend of mine told me she was interested in learning more about “this Jesus guy.” My friend’s parents immigrated from China before she was born, and she was raised with a...
Preparing for Worship - Abbey Adcox. I recently attended the Evolving Faith Live Virtual Conference along with a dozen or so Wilshire members, and the encouragement and wisdom I received continues to stretch my mind and settle into my soul. Kate Bowler, historian at...
October COVID-19 Advisory Task Force Update The COVID-19 safety trends in our community are not good, as Dallas County’s recent move back into the red threat-level zone indicates. But there are causes for hope and progress is being made, especially in treatments for...
Adopt-a-Polling-Site Initiative aims to ensure equitable, safe voting. This year’s election will be unlike any other due to COVID-19 and the removal of the straight party ticket voting option from the ballot. This could result in longer wait times than normal and...
Preparing for Worship - Jeff Brummel, associate minister of music/organist. In brainstorming for today’s Preparing for Worship article, one thought kept recurring to me. Legacy. As I sat and studied the order of worship, I noticed certain moments on the page that...
In-Person Worship Sunday, Oct. 18, 5 p.m. Wilshire's North Parking Lot REGISTER TO ATTEND Make plans to join us in the north parking lot on Sunday evening, Oct. 18, for our first worship gathering on the church property since March. Church in the Lot will include...
Preparing for Worship - LeAnn Hampton. How ironic that in this environment when we are asked to be socially distant, we are participating in World Communion Sunday, an event first celebrated by the Presbyterian church in 1933. Communion itself implies closeness and...