Maricela Escutia marks 20 years on Wilshire staff. Maricela Escutia will be recognized during worship today for her 20-year anniversary on Wilshire’s staff. “It doesn’t feel like 20 years,” she says. “It feels like I just started yesterday.” Maricela started at...
Pastor Search Committee update, Aug. 2022. Wilshire: As summer comes to a close and many of our schedules pick up, we want to let you know that the Pastor Search Committee has been working diligently these past several months. Since our last update in June, we got to...
Wilshire staying with one worship service; Sunday School moves to 9:45 start on Aug. 21. In a change of plans based on congregational feedback and with the support of the deacons, Wilshire will continue to offer a single Sunday worship service, at 11 a.m., for the...
Children’s Choir moving to Sundays. Wilshire’s choirs for children in kindergarten through grade 6 will now meet on Sundays after worship instead of Wednesday evenings; a new program - KidConnect - will now fill the Wednesday slot (see below). For children's choirs on...
Wilshire’s solar panels generate savings. July 13 marked the two-year anniversary of Wilshire’s rooftop solar panel system, which was made possible entirely by an anonymous donation. The panels are working as intended — helping to save God’s creation and helping the...
Joan Hammons marks 15 years as preschool minister. Minister to Preschoolers Joan Hammons will be recognized during worship on Sunday, July 10, for her 15th anniversary on Wilshire’s staff. “I really like getting to be part of helping shape somebody’s faith,”...
Preparing For Worship - Jonathan McGregor. In the last year of his life, Soren Kierkegaard stopped going to church. In the 1850s, in Copenhagen, Denmark, everyone went to church. Kierkegaard made himself conspicuous, drinking his coffee at a café in full view...
Dear Wilshire, On behalf of Gaston Oaks Baptist Church and the Gaston Christian Center I want you to know of our heartfelt appreciation of Wilshire’s years of support and encouragement of what has happened here. Dr. George Mason, who was my pastor at the time,...
CBF General Assembly Dallas, June 28–30 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Wilshire’s primary global partner for missions and ministry, will hold its 2022 General Assembly in Dallas on Tuesday, June 28, through Thursday, June 30. General Assembly is CBF’s annual...
Preparing for Worship - LeAnn Hampton. As we prepare to worship today, we are filled with mixed emotions, “don’t you know?!” We joyfully celebrate the gift the Mason family has been to Wilshire but have lumps in our throats and tears in our eyes as we face the reality...