By Ava McClung This past week has been a busy one for me, and I doubt I’m the only one. Between travel, errands, work, camps, visiting family and friends, shopping for school supplies and trying to maintain some semblance of a routine, summer can be exhausting. I find...
Hometown: Dallas Present City: Houston University/College: Rice University Major: Religious Studies Tell us about your family. I live with my parents, Britt and Carole, and my younger sisters, Miriam and Ruby. My paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were...
Kelly Akins has been hired as Wilshire’s new minister to preschoolers and will begin in the part-time role on Aug. 1. Kelly will be leaving her job as assistant director and curriculum specialist at Wilshire’s Early Childhood Learning Center, a position she has held...
By Juliana Moore We are in the middle of summer, aren’t we? The heat has arrived, and some of us are scattered hither and yon, as my grandmother would say. I find that these “lazy days of summer” are anything but lazy. My past month has been filled with travel and...
Hometown: Walters, Oklahoma Present City: Garland Education: B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University; M.S.W., Washington University, St. Louis Profession: Longtime social worker, working mostly in private practice and hospice work. Tell us about your family. My family...
Yusuph Emmanuel, founder and CEO of Twelve21 Global, provided this update about work supported by Wilshire in Tanzania. This photo captures 230 parents and pastors of our students on Kome Island who were provided a five-day training on Community Transformation (CT)....
By Abbey Adcox Each year on the Youth Choir mission tour, we are asked to experience the week through a specific lens. This year, Darren asked us to consider how we might learn, love and be courageous throughout the week. In our evening gatherings he read the...
Hometown: Wichita Falls Present City: Wichita Falls Education: Brite Divinity School, MDiv, with a concentration in pastoral and community care Profession: VA Liaison for Visiting Angels of Wichita Falls Tell us about your work or volunteer life. I am an MDiv student...
Do you enjoy spending time with preschool-age children? Do you like to read stories, color, build with blocks and more? We could use your help in Worship Care for ages 2 through 4. You will be amazed with how these children are learning to share and interact with...
Hometown: Bellmead (outside Waco) Present City: Dallas Education: Baylor University Profession: Banking and Administration Tell us about your family. My ancestors moved from Arkansas to Texas just after the Civil War. I was born in Pursley Community outside Corsicana,...