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This page is usually updated Fridays. Candy McComb to retire from music staff | Read more > Summer 2026 camps for children and preschoolers | Read more > Timothy Peoples sabbatical | Read more > Pathways Director Charlie Fuller to retire | Read more > Next...

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Candy McComb retiring from music staff role

Candy McComb will retire from her role as Wilshire’s children’s choir coordinator this summer. Her last day will be in July after the conclusion of the Listen to Your Art! creative arts camp.  Candy said, “I began leading a Young Musicians choir when I started college...

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Advocacy update: Immigration

ICE vigil marks one year Monday, May 4, marks the one-year anniversary of a weekly clergy- and neighbor-led vigil at the Dallas ICE field office. CLEAR DFW (Clergy League for Emergency Action and Response) is an interfaith coalition of faith leaders united around...

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Courtroom observing: A firsthand account

By Gladys Kolenovsky As Federal Immigration Court observers, we arrive before the first docket cases begin in order to help the court respondents find their way  to their assigned courtroom. If they are late, they will be considered absent and immediately removable....

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Maggie Morey called to Omaha church

Pastoral Resident Maggie Morey has accepted a call to become associate minister of care, connection and formation at Countryside Community Church in Omaha, Nebraska.  She will complete her two-year Wilshire residency on Sunday, May 10. The 11 a.m. worship service that...

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Charlie Fuller to retire

Charlie Fuller will retire as director of Pathways to Ministry effective May 31. He and his wife, Cindy, will remain Wilshire members, and Charlie will continue to serve as Wilshire’s coach-in-residence on a volunteer basis. “My gratitude to Wilshire and Timothy is...

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Visioning process to start soon

By Timothy Peoples You may remember Vision 20/20, Wilshire’s strategic planning initiative that started in 2013, or even our previous strategic plan that began in 2001. Many aspects of our present Wilshire experience came from Vision 20/20, with 94 initiatives carried...

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Wilshire names next resident class

James Dolph and Bryce Shelton have been chosen as Wilshire’s next class of pastoral residents and will begin their two-year terms in August. James will receive a Master of Divinity degree from Wake Forest University School of Divinity this May. At Wake, James served...

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Timothy to take sabbatical

Five distinguished guest preachers will occupy the Wilshire pulpit while Senior Pastor Timothy Peoples is away on sabbatical later this spring. Timothy’s sabbatical will run from April 21 through May 24. According to Wilshire’s personnel policies, the senior pastor is...

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