Preparing for Worship - Ava McClung. I think it’s interesting that in our Scripture this morning the Psalmist describes God’s word as “a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Have you ever used a flashlight or a lantern to light a path in the dark? The light...

Preparing for worship - Timothy Peoples, senior pastor. I remember as a child singing the song, “God wants somebody that’s real. Somebody that’s saved and sanctified and Holy Ghost-filled.” One particular Sunday, my uncle entered the pulpit to preach a sermon titled...

Preparing for Worship - Abbey Adcox. Embodiment. I’m sure you’ve heard the word thrown around recently. On the surface, it’s a buzzword, the next new thing. In its truest sense, however, embodiment explores the relationship between our physicality and our energy, the...

Preparing for Worship - Jeff Hampton. On this Father’s Day, who do you thank God for? It may very well be your father, but it also might be a mother, teacher, friend, neighbor, colleague, pastor or someone who was there just at the right time. My list gets pretty long...

Preparing for worship - Katie Murray. The calendar may say we have a few more weeks of spring, but all other signs are pointing to summer being well underway. School is out, VBS starts on Monday, and more days than not my children smell like a mix of sunscreen, bug...

Preparing for Worship - Dorrell Brown. Have you ever gone to church, glanced at the order of worship and noticed you knew none of the hymns? Sometimes you get lucky when the organ starts to play and you find out you actually know a song or — is it being played to a...

Preparing for Worship - Timothy Peoples, senior pastor. It is said that during the march in Selma, the people chanted “We shall overcome” as they walked the rough streets. The Jews in the group chanted the same, but in Hebrew. As I read that part of the story, it made...

Preparing for worship - Heather Mustain, associate pastor. May 21 is graduate recognition Sunday. In this week's Tapestry you will find pictures of those graduating, along with hopes and plans for the future. These are youth whom many of you have loved and discipled...

Preparing for Worship - John Kelly. For the past few weeks, a group has been meeting in the chapel during Sunday School to take a closer look at the practice of prayer. Not unlike worship, at times, prayer appears hopelessly abstract. Even more so, in the face of real...

Preparing for Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. There was a period of several years at Wilshire when the heading at the top of every worship order read: “The Worship of God.” That’s what we say we are doing when we gather in the Wilshire Sanctuary. But what does...