PDF of Sunday, March 17, 2013
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PDF of Sunday, March 17, 2013
This Week at Wilshire Tapestry Weekly newsletter of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas Building a community of faith shaped by the Spirit of Jesus Christ Volume 61 No. 11 u March 17, 2013 Spring break mission trip Today 8:30 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Worship Sunday School Worship Risk Mgmt. Committee Room 1205-H Carillon Ringers Shekinah Living Your Strengths Room 1205-G Youth Choir and Paradiso Choral Hall Nova Monday, March 18 9:00 a.m. Women’s Bible study Parlor 10:00 a.m. 42 Monday Room 1205-G 7:00 p.m. Wilshire Winds Choral Hall Tuesday, March 19 8:00 a.m. Bright Fellow. Bible study Parlor 9:00 a.m. 4-S Ministry Room 2375 1:00 p.m. Spousal loss grief group Room 2370 6:00 p.m. Stephen Min. training Room 1205-L 6:30 p.m. Stephen Min. supervision 6:30 p.m. Spousal loss grief group Room 2370 Forty Wilshire volunteers spent last week in Alamo, Texas, working with CBF Texas and Buckner to help families who live in the Rio Grande Valley. The group led a Vacation Bible School and built beds for homes. Wednesday, March 20 9:30 a.m. New Song Choral Hall 11:00 a.m. Koinonia Café Comm. Hall 12:00 p.m. Bible study Comm. Hall 5:00 p.m. Children’s handbells Room 2001 5:00 p.m. Koinonia Café Comm. Hall 6:00 p.m. Music and Missions 6:00 p.m. Bible study Comm. Hall 6:00 p.m. Coffee and Conversation for inquirers Pastor’s Study 6:00 p.m. Library Comm. Room 1205-H Continued on page 2 Another Voice Church A few months ago I asked some of our preschoolers what they like about church, since it was the theme of our Sunday School unit. Their responses were interesting: “I like learning about God and Jesus” and “I like my teachers and friends at church” and “I feel safe at church.” Others said: “I like to play with puzzles at church” or “I like pink and purple, blue, light pink and red.” They also said: “I like the fish,” “I like to eat the crackers,” “I like to make pictures” and “I like the stories we read at church.” These responses remind me that adults often like similar things about church. Don’t we initially think of church as a sacred space where we can grow spiritually through worship and Bible study? Hopefully we also realize that church offers the opportunity for us to get involved in meaningful ways, by using what we enjoy doing in ways that build up the body of Christ. Many times this connects us with or allows us to help others, such as using our musical gifts to sing in the choir or play a musical instrument, joining a ministry team to care for someone going through a tough time, or volunteering to greet people as they arrive at church. Some people are great with a camera, so they volunteer to take pictures at church events or help with live streaming the worship services; others enjoy painting, so they use their skills to paint faces of children attending a carnival with one of our mission partners. Still others love to connect with youth, so they volunteer to teach youth Sunday School. Hopefully, your involvement in Wilshire allows you to find a place to grow through worshiping, learning, giving and serving both privately and with others. I’m thankful that you give me opportunities to worship, learn, give and serve alongside you as we grow together. —Joan Hammons This Week at Wilshire Continued from page 1 Wednesday, March 20 6:00 p.m. MOPS steering, Room 3203 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir, Choral Hall Thursday, March 21 1:30 p.m. Knit Unto Others, Parlor Friday, March 22 9:00 a.m. MOPS—Mothers of Preschoolers, James Gallery 10:00 a.m. Ending Hunger seminar, Community Hall This Wednesday at Wilshire Pastoral Residents Annette Thornburg and Samuel Gunter begin a new series on creation. The same Bible study is offered both at noon and at 6 p.m. Menu for Koinonia Café this week: Sour cream chicken enchiladas, three-cheese chile rellenos, Mexican rice, spiced pinto beans, zucchini and hominy, chayote slaw, Dave’s cornbread, sopapillas. Briefly … x Volunteer Day with CitySquare. Wilshire members are invited to participate in “For the City Volunteer Day” with local mission partner CitySquare on Saturday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to noon. Meet at 511 N. Akard downtown. Volunteers will help repair and update units within the CityWalk housing complex and assist with the community garden there. All ages are welcome. x Free computer classes. Registration for the spring term of Wilshire’s computer education classes is Tuesday, March 26. Choose either the 9:30 to 11 a.m. time or the 6 to 7:30 p.m. time. Both sessions will be held in Room 3103. Class schedules will be worked out based on needs of those who register. Free classes will be taught for beginning and intermediate computer users, explaining email, Internet and Microsoft Office applications. x JFK memories sought. The Dallas Morning News is conducting a year-long project on Dallas: 50 Years Post JFK. Editors of the paper will be at Wilshire this Wednesday, March 20, to meet in a group with anyone who would like to talk about living in Dallas in 1963 and how the assassination of President Kennedy jolted their spiritual lives. x Order Easter lilies. It’s time to order Easter lilies to decorate Wilshire’s Sanctuary on Easter Sunday. The flowers may be given in honor or in memory of others. A complete list of honorary designations and memorials will be published in the Easter Sunday Tapestry. Cost is $12 per plant. Deadline for inclusion in the listing is Sunday, March 24. Pick up forms in the church office. Tapestry (USPS 022025) is published weekly except Christmas week by Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams Rd., Dallas TX 75214. Periodicals postage paid at Dallas, TX. Telephone: (214) 452-3100. Website: www.wilshirebc.org. Editor: Mark Wingfield. Contributing writer: Sue Coffman. Postmaster: Send change of address to 4316 Abrams Rd., Dallas TX 75214. 2 I Am Wilshire Marilyn Bick “Through the deaths of two husbands, I recognized I was so blessed with family, friends and church helping me during my grief,” said Marilyn Bick, who has been a member of Wilshire since March 2002. “I realized that I wanted to be more than just an observer; I wanted to be involved with helping people.” Her first move was to become involved in Wilshire’s care teams. “I attended the first care team training and have served on two care teams since then,” she explained. “I’ve loved working with these individuals in need of help.” In 2012 she completed Stephen Ministry training. She also serves on the board of the Grief and Loss Center of North Texas and volunteers as Wilshire’s front-desk receptionist on Friday mornings. Marilyn was born in Odessa, where her father began working during the oil boom in the early 1950s. “When I was six months old, my parents moved back to their home state of Mississippi,” she said. “Church was always a part of our family life,” and several family members had been ministers. “I was baptized at age 10 in a small Southern Baptist church.” When Marilyn was 13, her dad took a job overseas with an oil company, and she remained in the United States. After graduating from high school, she joined her parents in the Canary Islands. “While living there, Mom connected with Southern Baptist missionaries, and we attended their church, which was conducted in Spanish and located inside an unmarked door,” she said. “I sometimes played the piano for services.” Marilyn attended Mississippi College for two years and finished at the University of Southern Mississippi. “I spent summers with my parents in whatever country they were in,” she said. She graduated in 1972 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in art education but “knew I did not want to be a teacher.” She spent the next several years overseas, first living with her parents and then with her first husband, who was from Holland. When the marriage ended, she returned to the United States. In 1977, Marilyn began a 31-year career with the Internal Revenue Service in Dallas. In 1980 she married Newell Oler, a professional pianist. In the 1990s they formed the Newell Oler Musical Enterprises Co. He died in 2001 of Lou Gehrig’s disease, but his CDs are still selling on Amazon and on his Web page (mrpiano.com). “I never felt at home in any of the many churches (Methodist, Baptist, Church of Christ, Presbyterian and Lutheran) that I attended over the years in Dallas until I found Wilshire,” she said. “My mother, Julie Bankston, whom many at Wilshire know, was instrumental in my first attending Wilshire. At that time she was helping me through the last year of my husband’s life. “My mom visits frequently and spends most of each summer with me,” Marilyn said. “She has great friends at Wilshire and keeps up with them while she is in Mississippi. “Shortly after my husband died, my mother suggested we attend Wilshire. I knew immediately that this was the church I had been hoping to find in Dallas. I joined in March 2002.” She lauds Wilshire’s openness and friendliness. “It doesn’t matter who you are,” she said. “Wilshire is truly a different kind of Baptist church, with open arms to everyone. Jesus is the focus of Wilshire.“ By the numbers In 2003 Marilyn married Rodger Bick, a physician, and they lived in California until he became ill. They returned to Dallas, and she cared for him until he died in 2008. “Going through the death of two husbands taught me what surviving spouses need to know,” she said. In early 2009 she attended a grief session conducted by Laurie Taylor that “helped me through my grief.” In 2011 she and Minister for Care Ministries Tiffany Wright attended her second care receiver’s funeral in West Texas, and ironically, a CD of the music of her late husband, Newell Oler, was playing in the background. “What a coincidence to hear my late husband’s music playing at this small West Texas funeral home,” she noted. “This was my late husband’s only religious CD recording.” Marilyn is an active member of Discovery Class. In 2012, she participated in the trip to Israel along with members of Wilshire and Temple Emanu-El. “It was the trip of a lifetime,” she said. Her outside activities and interests include attending symphony concerts, duplicate bridge, and antique and estate sales. “My other great passion is my stance against animal cruelty,” she said. “Animals are part of God’s creation, and pets are family.” Condolences to: Financial report for March 10 Sunday School March 10 Weekly Ministry Fund projected.............. $72,776 Weekly Ministry Fund received................ $51,669 Annual Ministry Fund projected.............. $2,550,641 Annual Ministry Fund received................ $2,562,055 Annual ahead/behind............................... $11,414 Crossings campaign this week...................... $13,493 Crossings campaign total received........... $3,275,191 Pathways Endowment this week............... $540 Pathways Endowment total received........ $1,957,173 Special missions for year.......................... $75,853 Officers........................... 20 Preschool........................73 Children......................... 64 Youth.............................. 39 Young adult....................65 Median adult................183 Senior adult................. 203 Total present............. 647 Cathy Mathia on the death of her father, Richard Norris Robertson, March 9. Friends and family on the death of Conner X. Russell, March 10. Shana Cox on the death of her grandfather, J.P. Johnson. Total previous week......810 Total last year.............. 627 3 Wilshire contacts To e-mail any member of the Wilshire staff, use the first initial with the full last name and then add @wilshirebc.org. To phone staff, dial (214) 452-3 and the three-digit extension: Wilshire Baptist Church 4316 Abrams Rd Dallas TX 75214 PERIODICALS RATE Pastoral offices George Mason (132) Debby Burton (132) Mark Wingfield (128) Kathi Lyle (130) Pathways to Ministry Geri McKenzie (159) John Jay Alvaro (154) Annette Thornburg (153) Austin Almaguer (155) Samuel Gunter (152) Business offices Paul Johnson (157) Teresa M. Newtown (131) Susan Kimball (108) Dale Pride (101) Sandy Allen (150; sgallen) Lauren Crain (111) Age-graded ministries Jessica Capps (129) Darren DeMent (102) Julie Girards (103) Joan Hammons (141) Holly Irvin (106) Care ministries Tiffany Wright (107) Debby Burton (132) Missions offices Sandy Allen (150) Music offices Doug Haney (123) Sarah Stafford (121) Barbara Clayton (125) Jeff Brummel (122) Food services John Jost (117) Weekday Education Mary Browder (115) Parish nurse Linda Garner (151) Library Jeri Baker (114) 4 Next Sunday is Palm Sunday, the day we celebrate Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Palm Sunday also begins Holy Week, the time on the Christian calendar when we remember Christ’s passion and crucifixion as we journey to Easter Sunday. Begin this week of remembrance by joining Wilshire’s pastoral residents for Evensong on Sunday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m. in McIver Chapel. This resident-led service offers a time for quiet reflection on the meaning of Palm Sunday. Come and begin your Holy Week with an evening of prayer, preaching and worship.
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