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...
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....
Current News
This page is usually updated Fridays. Maggie Morey called to Omaha church | Read more > Summer 2026 camps for children and preschoolers. | Read more > Timothy Peoples sabbatical, April 21–May 24. | Read more > Pathways Director Charlie Fuller to retire. |...
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...
Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas to preach June 14
Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will preach at Wilshire’s 75th-anniversary worship service on Sunday, June 14. Douglas is canon theologian at Washington National Cathedral and is currently a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School. Her academic work has focused on...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Barbara Peterson bookmarks 10th anniversary
Barbara Peterson recently celebrated her 10th anniversary as Wilshire’s librarian, bringing a wealth of experience and passion to this vital ministry. “I love books, but I also love working with people, both children and adults, and helping them find what they like to...
