Tapestry News

New contemplative service at 9 a.m.

Starting Sunday, Nov. 9, Wilshire will offer a weekly 9 a.m. service in McIver Chapel focused on contemplative practices. The service will last 35 to 40 minutes and will include Scripture, music, a homily and prayer, with a different spiritual practice explored each...

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Mission partners foster hope

By Heather Mustain On this World Communion Sunday, we celebrate the global Church and particularly the ways Wilshire’s courageous and perseverant partners, alongside God’s Spirit, are healing the world. It can be hard to find goodness, beauty, mercy, justice or...

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Current News

This page is usually updated Fridays. ===================== For guests and new members• Wilshire Welcome is a one-hour session to help you learn about Wilshire. Held in the Prayer Room near McIver Chapel. Upcoming date: Oct. 12.• Time with Tim is your chance to meet...

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Sabbatical for Jeff Brummel

Associate Minister of Music and Organist Jeff Brummel will be on sabbatical from Sept. 1 to Oct. 12. In addition to spending time with family in Oregon and California, Jeff is scheduled to visit Philadelphia for organ improvisation study with a Yale professor. He will...

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Fire drill planned for Aug. 10

Wilshire will hold a fire drill on Sunday, Aug. 10, at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday School will start at 9:45 as usual, and the drill should be done before worship starts at 11. Risk Management Committee chair Phil McNicholas says the committee’s intent is to have regular...

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Hill Country flooding relief

As we follow the unfolding tragedy in the Texas Hill Country, we ask that you continue to pray for the many who are suffering from catastrophic loss. What we know now is that funding is the most impactful way you can help. You can donate through Cooperative Baptist...

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ECLC closes out year and era

Wilshire’s Early Childhood Learning Center held a program on Thursday, May 15, to celebrate the end of the school year. The event took on added significance as it also marked the closure of ECLC after decades of operation. The church announced last fall that ECLC...

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Missions and Christian Advocacy Update

By Heather Mustain, associate pastor As the Texas legislative session ramps up, more and more bills are making their way out of committees and onto the Senate and House floors. On behalf of the Missions and Christian Advocacy Committee, this report outlines some...

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Wilshire and Royal Lane collaboration

Wilshire and Royal Lane Baptist Church of Dallas will collaborate by swapping worship leadership on two February Sundays. Congregants are encouraged to attend their respective churches both weeks. “By participating in this swap with our most like-minded local sister...

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Wilshire adopts Godly Play

By Kelly Akins, Minister to Preschoolers Today is the first Sunday of ordinary time in the liturgical calendar, and the paraments are green. In the preschool area, we are introducing a new curriculum for our older preschoolers called Godly Play, which centers around...

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