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Stained glass on left is a depiction of the Wilshire Tapestry created by
Michele Blaker of Grojean Glass Studio as a gift to George and Kim Mason
on occasion of his 30th anniversary as pastor of Wishire
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"A Matter of Death and Life
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Sermon preached by guest preacher, Gary Simpson, senior pastor of Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, NY, on the occasion of George Mason's 30th anniversary as pastor of Wilshire, on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; 2 Kings 4:38-41.
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the company of prophets was sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Put the large pot on, and make some stew for the company of prophets." One of them went out into the field to gather herbs; he found a wild vine and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were. They served some for the men to eat. But while they were eating the stew, they cried out, "O man of God, there is death in the pot!" They could not eat it. He said, "Then bring some flour." He threw it into the pot, and said, "Serve the people and let them eat." And there was nothing harmful in the pot. (2 Kings 4:38-41)
View the 10:30 sermon video (includes scripture reading)
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Meditation response to sermon
View video of a friend of Wilshire's, the blind pianist, singer, composer Ken Medema, play and sing an extemporaneous response to Gary Simpson's sermon and Sunday's Scripture of 2 Kings 4:38-41 printed above, on Sunday, September 15.
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The Spring of the Water of Life
View video of the Sanctuary Choir singing the world premiere of a new anthem, The Spring of the Water of Life, by Howard Goodall, commissioned by Wilshire on the occasion of George Mason's 30th anniversary as senior pastor, with Bert Truax on trumpet and Jeff Brummel on organ, on Sunday, September 15.
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A conversation on 30 years of pastoral ministry
View video of Amy Butler, friend of Wilshire, talking with Senior Pastor George Mason about what he's learned along the way in thirty years of pastoral ministry at Wilshire, on Sunday, September 15.
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Immortal, Invisible
View video of the Sanctuary Choir singing Immortal, Invisible featuring soloist Cheryl Allison, on Sunday, September 15.
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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
View video of Jeff Brummel and Ralph Manuel play Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing as a four-hands piece on piano, on Sunday, September 15.
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Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
View video of Bert Truax playing Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us on flugelhorn, on Sunday, September 15.
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Ascription of Praise
View video of the Sanctuary Choir singing Ascription of Praise as the choral benediction on Sunday, September 15.
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Greetings from pastoral resident alumni
View two videos that were shown Saturday evening at George Mason's 30th anniversary banquet. One is various pastoral resident churches singing Blest Be the Tie and the other is greetings to George from some of the pastoral resident alumni.
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Discovery Class Live
Did you know that Wilshire's Discovery Class, taught by Associate Pastor Mark Wingfield, is live-streamed each week during the Sunday school hour? The most recent class video is linked below. Find more live stream information and past Discovery Class videos on Wilshire's website here: https://www.wilshirebc.org/media/live-stream/discovery-class-live/.
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Blog: Counting syllables
We were at SMU for a preview of Country Music, the new Ken Burns documentary series, and while we waited, we heard the beautiful Emmylou Harris ballad Boulder to Birmingham. I hadn't thought about that song in years, and I went straight to Wikipedia on my phone and recalled that it was written by Harris and Bill Danoff. I know who he is because I'm a song lyric junkie, and you know him too if you've ever heard John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads. Danoff cowrote that song with his wife, Taffy Nivert, and with some final polishing from Denver before he recorded it.
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Blog: 'Shoulding' on yourself and others
Yesterday (Sept. 8) was my birthday, and we spent the weekend in Oklahoma with my sister, brother-in-law and their two kids. As we were driving home, Heather asked me what some of the highlights were from my past year of life.
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