Thanks to strong year-end giving, Wilshire ended 2024 with a financial surplus of $501,329 — believed to be our largest surplus ever. Our budget for 2024 was $3,925,000, and revenue through Dec. 31 totaled $4,087,665. Meanwhile, expenses for the year came in under...
Dear Wilshire: It is with great joy and happiness I share with you, our congregation, that we have made our budget this year! Thank you so much for the ways you have shared and given to our Unified Budget. We are now able to walk into the new year on a good footing....
End of year need: $49,213 You've heard me tell this story before, but I like it, so I will share it again. Every Sunday when I was growing up, the late Rev. Charles Henderson would come up during alter call and say, “It’s prayer time.” As soon as those words were...
End of year need: $182,861 It is our tradition on the first Sunday of every month to participate in the Lord’s Supper. And after we partake and celebrate, we share signs of peace with one another. Fun fact: when I was a resident, I forgot the part when the...
End of year need: $474,310 Last Saturday my phone kept going off, message after message. On Saturdays I’m a little slow at checking my phone and responding, but after eight messages I decided I better look in case it was a dire emergency. To my surprise it was nothing...
End of year need: $758,810 One Wednesday night not long ago, I walked down the stairs, and it just seemed quiet. The kiddos were having their usual fun, but something was missing. I walked around Community Hall and even led Bible Study trying to figure out why. The...
End of year need: $892,996 It was Cooking Camp, one of my favorite programs of the year! As usual, I didn’t have my station ready on time. As I rushed around grabbing the necessary pots and pans and such, Anna Hines came to me and said, “Do you have a minute?” I...
End of year need: $727,573 For many of us, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” is a favorite. You know the song: “Sweet Caroline/Good times never seemed so good./I’ve been inclined/To believe they never would.” The song has become an anthem for Boston Red Sox fans at...
Thanks to strong year-end giving, Wilshire not only met its 2023 budget but exceeded it by $252,726, the church’s largest giving surplus since 2014. Our budget for 2023 was $3,850,000, and revenue totaled $3,926,388. Expenses for the year were held under budget at...
Dear Wilshire, I’m writing to give a quick update on our yearend giving, even if it doesn’t hold all the final pieces. I apologize for not reporting sooner, but we were patiently waiting for the last batch of mail postmarked for December, which we believe came...