Preparing for Worship - Terry Wade. Sunday, April 23, Wilshire will engage in an act of affirmation. We will “bless” Pastoral Resident Brianna Childs as she moves into a new phase of ministry. In blessing Brianna, we will receive blessing. That is the beauty of...

Preparing For Worship - Brianna Childs, pastoral resident. You may not have been aware of it, but April is National Volunteer Month. The litany we’ll read together this morning, “A Commitment to Care,” celebrates the occasion and reminds us all of the importance of...

Preparing for Worship - Heather Mustain, associate pastor. This past Monday evening we hosted an iftar dinner with our Turkish Muslim friends from the Dialogue Institute to learn more about the holy month of Ramadan. Yusuf began the program by discussing four portals...

Preparing For Worship - Timothy Peoples, senior pastor. There is an ancient myth regarding the origin of red roses. The Greek goddess Aphrodite fell in love with Adonis, a passionate hunter and the son of Myrrha and Theia. One day, Adonis went into the forest in...

Preparing For Worship - Gina Biddle. As we prepare for worship this day, let us be reminded of many things. This is the Lord’s Day. Moreover we rise, and may we give thanks for the privilege to be awake in our right minds. Today’s Scripture from Ezekiel inspired the...

Preparing for Worship - LeAnn Hampton. Seen. Known. Loved. The theme for our journey through Lent has been beautifully represented through our times of worship each Sunday. Today the concept of seeing and being seen is woven through the Scripture reading in John 9,...

Preparing For Worship - R.G. Huff. Has anyone asked you what you are giving up for Lent? It’s not a question many Baptists are asked, I guess, but it happens! You may notice this morning that for this Lenten season, we at Wilshire are giving up the way our worship...

Preparing For Worship - George Mason. When your church is nearly 72 years old, you’d think we’d have done this before. You would be wrong. Although we’ve recently begun life together with the Reverend (soon to be Doctor, too) Timothy Peoples as our fifth pastor, this...

Preparing for Worship - Timothy Peoples, senior pastor. I have had some dance parties all by myself lately. It all started one night when my Spotify music channel played Whitney Houston’s “Step by Step.” I have no idea what came over me, but dance moves I have never...

Preparing for Worship - Jeff Hampton.  In worship this morning the Wilshire Winds play an arrangement of “Abide With Me” that offers an unusual twist on the familiar tune. At the beginning and throughout, listen and you’ll hear the trumpet notes of “Last Call,” which...