May 31, 2020Pentecost Sunday

In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy … (Acts 2:17a)

I have a brother who is 17 months younger than I and a sister who is younger by five years. By the time we became young adults, Christmas was a time for giving gifts that were silly or pranks or delivered with a message.

One year my creative sister gave me a button as a Christmas gift. It read: Ordain women or stop baptizing them! I wonder if a Pentecostal seed was planted that Christmas.

Fast forward to Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth during the early 1980s. Coming from a small-town Baptist church, I brought with me to seminary all the reservations about women in ministry I had been taught. I even recall hearing the venerable Herschel Hobbs make a joke at Ridgecrest about the idea of women deacons. (Who says teenagers don’t listen to their elders?) But in seminary I met a colleague who introduced me to the book All We’re Meant to Be: A Biblical Approach to Women’s Liberation by Letha Scanzoni and Nancy Hardesty. Their careful approach of respect for the Scripture while wrestling with the limitations imposed on our sisters in Christ changed my thinking and probably in truth altered the trajectory of my life as I became increasingly dissatisfied with the boiler-plate answers offered by authoritarian

Southern Baptists on these topics.And then a family story also broadened my

theological tent. My great-grandmother and great-grandfather

McClain both were ministers in the Church of God, a Pentecostal denomination based in Cleveland, Tenn. My great-grandmother, a fiery matriarch, was a licensed minister in the 1930s. My dad says she was a better preacher than her husband. It seems she was not limited by the cultural restrictions of her time but followed the leading of the Spirit.

A few years ago, on Pentecost Sunday, I led the children’s moment in worship. I bought a pinwheel at a local craft store and when the children gathered around me on the chancel steps, I asked a child to blow on the pinwheel.

“Can you see her breath?” No, they all said.“But what do you see?” It is spinning.And so it is with the Spirit: “The wind blows

where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)

Where do we see the movement of the Spirit? We see the Spirit aflame in the ministries of our sisters in Christ of every generation.

—Doug Haney

Preparing for worship

ON THE COVER: Dove of the Holy Spirit, stained glass altarpiece in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Wilshire Baptist Church4316 Abrams Road | Dallas, Texas 75214

(214) 452-3100 | www.wilshirebc.orgPartnered with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Building a Community of Faith Shaped by the Spirit of Jesus Christ

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May 31, 202011:00 a.m.

Pentecost Sunday

Chiming of the Hour

Opening Sentences Mark Wingfield

We gather today much like Jesus’ disciples long ago — fearful, anxious, waiting in anticipation, not knowing what to expect. We desperately want to believe that Christ is alive and moving among us. Amid our lives of rules and demands and control, may we find new freedom today. Let us open ourselves to the work of the Holy Spirit, who wants to loose the fears that bind us, open windows where we see only closed doors, remove the scales of doubt from our eyes, and blow through our lives with renewal and hope.

Tintinnabulum Processional Leanna Coyle-Carr

Prelude All Creatures of Our God and King arr. Cynthia DobrinskiCarillon Ringers

Ralph Manuel, directorRecorded October 27, 2019

Hymn 7 Worthy of Worship judson

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Greeting to Worshipers and Invitation to Give Mark Wingfield

Thank you for your continued generosity in these unusual times. The work of the church goes on, despite the building being closed. With your gifts, we are using technology in new ways to connect with one another in fellowship, Bible study and worship. With your gifts, we are helping local missions partners serve the most vulnerable among us. And with your gifts, we are planning and preparing for the day ahead when we all are reunited in this place. Update your giving or make a gift at www.wilshirebc.org/give.

New Testament Reading — Acts 2:1–21 Lindsay Bruehl, Joannah DeMent, Ava McClungwith improvisation on A Love Supreme, John Coltrane (see page 8)

Mark McKenzie and Garrett Wingfield

Theme and Introduction — A Love Supreme

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs — in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Improv I — A Love Supreme

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”

Improv II and Theme Recap — A Love Supreme

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Prayers of the People Leanna Coyle-Carr

Epistle Reading – 1 Corinthians 12:3b–13 Joan Hammons

No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

This is the word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

Ni nadie puede decir: “Jesús es el Señor” sino por el Espíritu Santo. Ahora bien, hay diversos dones, pero un mismo Espíritu. Hay diversas maneras de servir, pero un mismo Señor. Hay diversas funciones, pero es un mismo Dios el que hace todas las cosas en todos. A cada uno se le da una manifestación especial del Espíritu para el bien de los demás. A unos Dios les da por el Espíritu palabra de sabiduría; a otros, por el mismo Espíritu, palabra de conocimiento; a otros, fe por medio del mismo Espíritu; a otros, y por ese mismo Espíritu, dones para sanar enfermos; a otros, poderes milagrosos; a otros, profecía; a otros, el discernir espíritus; a otros, el hablar en diversas lenguas; y a otros, el interpretar lenguas. Todo esto lo hace un mismo y único Espíritu, quien reparte a cada uno según él lo determina. De hecho, aunque el cuerpo es uno solo, tiene muchos miembros, y todos los miembros, no obstante ser muchos, forman un solo cuerpo. Así sucede con Cristo. Todos fuimos bautizados por un solo Espíritu para constituir un solo cuerpo — ya seamos judíos o gentiles, esclavos o libres —, y a todos se nos dio a beber de un mismo Espíritu.

Esta es la palabra del Señor.Gracias a Dios.

Solo Blessed Assurance arr. Lwazi Hlati/Jeff BrummelLwazi Hlati, tenor

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!O what a foretaste of glory divine!Heir of salvation, purchase of God,

Born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.

This is my story, this is my song,Praising my Savior all the day long;

This is my story, this is my song,Praising my Savior all the day long.

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(Xhosa)Isiqinisekiso esisikelelekileyo, uYesu ngowam!

Owu hayi indlela ekuso ngayo kwangaphambili kozuko lwaphezulu!Indlalifa yosindiso, ukuthengwa nguThixo,

Ukuzalwa koMoya wakhe, okuhlanjwa ngegazi lakhe.

Eli libali lam, le yingoma yam,Ukudumisa uMsindisi wam imini yonke;

Eli libali lam, le yingoma yam,Ukudumisa uMsindisi wam imini yonke.

Perfect submission, all is at rest,I in my Savior am happy and blest;

Watching and waiting, looking above,Filled with his goodness, lost in his love.

This is my story, this is my song,Praising my Savior all the day long;

This is my story, this is my song,Praising my Savior all the day long.

Message “One Body” Leigh Curl

Sharing of Decisions Leigh Curl

Benediction Leigh Curl

Affirmation of Faith old 100th

Postlude Every Time I Feel the Spirit arr. Judith L. Maggs

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George A. MasonSenior Pastor

(214) 452-3132

Mark WingfieldAssociate Pastor(214) 452-3128

Doug HaneyMinister of Music

(214) 452-3123

Jeff BrummelAssociate Minister of Music/

Organist(214) 452-3122

Heather MustainMinister of Missions & Advocacy

(214) 452-3110

Jessica CappsMinister to Senior Adults

(214) 452-3129

Darren DeMentMinister to Students

and Young Adults(214) 452-3102

Julie GirardsMinister to Children

(214) 452-3104

Joan HammonsMinister to Preschoolers

(214) 452-3141

Leanna Coyle-CarrPastoral Resident

(214) 452-3154

Leigh CurlPastoral Resident

(214) 452-3152

Ryan WilsonPastoral Resident

(214) 452-3158

David NaborsDirector of Business Admin.

(214) 452-3157

Dale PrideFacilities Manager

(214) 452-3101

J. Preston BrightAssociate Pastor Emeritus

Staff contacts

To email any staff member, use the first letter of the first name combined with the full last name and add @wilshirebc.org.

Meet today’s worship leadersLindsay Bruehl and her husband, Jake, joined Wilshire in 2017. They are the parents of Kimberlyn, an eighth grader, and Blake, a sixth grader. Lindsay and Jake are members of Perennial Class and she volunteers with the Young Musicians Choir. Lindsay works with the new Baptist House of Studies at SMU’s Perkins Seminary, where she also is a student.

Joannah DeMent is the mother of Virginia, a tenth grader, and Elias, a seventh grader, and wife of Darren DeMent, Wilshire’s minister to students. Joannah is a deacon, serves as an usher, is on the Baptism Committee and teaches youth Sunday School. An experienced emergency room nurse, Joannah now teaches in the medical sciences program for Richardson ISD.

Lwazi Hlati is one of Wilshire’s Choral Scholars, singing weekly with Sanctuary Choir. He is in the Performer Diploma (voice) graduate program at SMU. He is from South Africa.

Ava McClung is a tenth grader at Lake Highlands High School. She is the daughter of Britt and Carole McClung. She is active in the student ministry, sings in Youth Choir and Shekinah and serves as a teacher in preschool choir.

Mark McKenzie is a familiar face at Wilshire, playing with Wilshire Winds and serving as a deacon. He’s taking on a new role this week as communications director for the church, one part of his private practice as a solo communications and creative shop. He and his wife, Geri, attend Epiphany Class and are the parents of a young adult daughter, Harper.

Garrett Wingfield is a composer and jazz saxophonist who grew up at Wilshire and recently returned to Dallas from Los Angeles. He is the son of Alison and Mark Wingfield.

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Pentecost and A Love SupremeFor Pentecost, we hear today excerpts from one of the jazz musician John Coltrane’s most popular works, A Love Supreme. The music intermingles with the reading from Acts about the coming of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme in December 1964 and released it the next year. It was a spiritual declaration that mixed his musical devotion with his faith in God. The album appears to mirror Coltrane’s spiritual journey that included many personal troubles, including a struggle with drug and alcohol addiction.

Excerpt from the Poem written by John Coltrane for the album A Love Supreme

His way ... it is so wonderful. Thoughts, deeds, vibrations, all go back to God and He cleanses all.

He is gracious and merciful. Thank you, God. Glory to God. God is so alive. God is. God loves.

May I be acceptable in Thy sight. We are all one in His grace. The fact that we do exist is acknowledgement of Thee, O Lord. Thank you, God.

God will wash away all our tears. He always has. He always will. Seek him every day. In all ways seek God every day.

Let us sing all songs to God. To whom all praise is due ... praise God.

No road is an easy one, but they all go back to God. With all we share God. It is all with God. It is all with Thee.

Obey the Lord. Blessed is He.

We are all from one thing ... the will of God ... Thank you, God.

I have seen ungodly—none can be greater—none can compare. Thank you, God. He will remake. He always has and He always will. It’s true—blessed be His name—Thank you, God.

God breathes through us so completely ... so gently we hardly feel it ... yet, it is our everything. Thank you, God.

ELATION — ELEGANCE — EXALTATION — All from God. Thank you, God. Amen.

John William Coltrane (1923-1967)

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WOW! Book Study

Is it possible to be a good person and still be racist? Join a two-week book study and discussion of Good White Racist? Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice. Dates are Tuesday, June 2, and Tuesday, June 9, and time is 7 to 8 p.m. The first week, Heather Mustain will lead the discussion and a reflection on the notion of “whiteness.” The second week, meet the book’s author, Kerry Connelly, who will address how to move past the idea of being good and into anti-racist work. No reservation necessary since Zoom link will be sent to WOW! Women of Wilshire email list on June 1. Email Abbey Adcox at aadcox@wilshirebc.org to be added to the email list. A different kind of VBS If you have preschoolers or children in your home, mark your calendar for the week of June 22. That’s the new date for Vacation Bible School at Wilshire — even though it won’t really be at Wilshire. Our preschool and children’s ministry teams are reimagining our traditional VBS so that it can be done at home on your own schedule but with lots of support. You’ll be able to pick up a bag of supplies (crafts, stories, thematic materials) from the church to use at home. Then join in with video worship sessions and Bible stories. More details coming soon, but registration is already open at www.wilshirebc.org/registration. Good Neighbor Award

This week’s winner of Wilshire’s Good Neighbor Award is Marty McElya, a primary care physician in North Dallas who has worked tirelessly on the front lines of COVID-19 testing and treatment from his private practice.

Solar panels going up

Work has begun to install solar panels on the flat roof of Wilshire’s facility. This cost-saving and planet-saving project has been funded entirely by an anonymous donation. It will be complemented by retrofitting of most light fixtures in the building with LED bulbs.

“This Is My Story” videos

The traditional Wednesday Bible study has shifted to our usual summer testimony series, “This Is My Story.” Each Wednesday, tune in to hear a pastoral resident interview a Wilshire member and help us understand more about that member’s faith journey. Look for the weekly videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and the Wilshire website on Wednesdays by noon and also sent out via the midweek update email from George Mason.

Will you keep up the Friday 5?

We know the social distancing is getting old, which makes staying in touch all the more important. All Wilshire congregants are invited to continue in an easy pastoral care project called “Friday Five.” Every Friday, commit to contact at least five Wilshire friends in your circle of influence to see how they’re doing. Think first of those who are not your family or closest friends but who would love to hear from you.

The Wilshire Tapestry

Keep up with all the Wilshire news at wilshirebc.org or by using our Wilshire app or via social media. Worship is live streamed every Sunday at 11:00.

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Report to the CongregationCOVID-19 Advisory Task Force

Wilshire Baptist ChurchMay 28, 2020

This is the second report to the congregation from Wilshire’s COVID-19 Advisory Task Force. We are seeking to keep the congregation informed as we continue our work of evaluation and recommendation.

First, the task force expresses its gratitude to the 344 congregants who last week complet-ed our online survey. A summary of those find-ings is on the next page and a graphic presenta-tion of the findings is attached to the email sent with the Tapestry. All your input has been care-fully studied by the task force and is guiding our next steps. In addition to the multiple-choice answers, we received additional comments and suggestions from 124 congregants. The task force has read each of these comments.

Second, we have determined that when we are able to reopen the building, our first priority will be finding a safe way to offer corporate worship. We anticipate worship services — with likely adaptations and perhaps offered at alternate times to allow more partici-pation — will be offered well before any small-group meetings such as Sunday School. Even so, knowing when this will happen remains uncertain. A subgroup of our task force current-ly is proposing criteria for when we will know it is safe to attempt any kind of corporate worship. We know that will not happen in June and we believe it is unlikely that will happen in July. We hope to present these criteria to the congrega-tion before July 1, so everyone will know more what to expect.

Third, we are exploring ways to use the north parking lot for appropriate socially distanced events with smaller groups. One example of this that we have affirmed is allowing limited

outdoor youth gatherings with certain proto-cols in place to mitigate risk. If successful, this model could potentially be used by adult groups as well.

Fourth, we are working diligently to make essential upgrades to our facilities while the building is closed. Two already-funded projects — installing solar panels on the roof and retro-fitting the entire building with LED lighting — are now moving forward, even though unrelated to COVID-19 preparations. A top priority is renovation of the men’s and women’s restrooms located behind the Sanctuary and near the Library. Architects are working now on a design that will allow us to significantly expand both restrooms and to create a touch-free environ-ment. We also are working on installing more hand sanitizer stations, retrofitting restrooms with as much touch-free technology as possible and ensuring all primary entrances to the build-ing may be accessed with automated doors.

Fifth, we will be working with other faith leaders in the Dallas area in an effort to present a united front on church reopen-ing. We are in communication especially with like-minded churches about how we can support each other in our public witness and communication.

And finally, your continued financial support is essential to the church at this time. We are able to offer the innovative ministries now happening in every segment of the church’s life because of your giving. We are able to make proper preparations for reopening because of your giving. And we are able to continue to sup-port our missions partners locally and globally during this pivotal time of ministry.

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Summary of COVID-19 congregational survey

Wilshire members expressed caution, uncer-tainty and gratitude in last week’s congregation-al survey sponsored by the COVID-19 Advisory Task Force. In one week’s time, 344 people participated in the online survey. Of those, 68 percent identi-fied as female and 31 percent identified as male. The majority of respondents have been church members 10 years or longer, but all categories of membership tenure were represented in the data. All ages were represented in the survey, although participation by members under age 30 is not statistically significant. While only a small percentage of members say they are experiencing extreme anxiety because of the pandemic, most all reported some level of anxiety, with about one-third saying they have moderate anxiety. Likewise, the majority of members reported some level of feeling isolated, with only 14 percent not feeling isolated at all. Few members said they are experiencing ex-treme financial distress due to the pandemic while two-thirds reported some level of finan-cial distress and about one-third reported no financial distress. More than half the respon-dents said the pandemic has not significantly disrupted their household income, with the next-largest group reporting slight disruption and a smaller number reporting moderate to significant disruption. Most of the members reported good connec-tions to family and friends during the time of isolation and three-fourths said they are not anxious about life and expect they will make it through the crisis. The vast majority (94 percent) of respondents expressed confidence in Wilshire’s response to

the pandemic, and most said they are receiving the support they need. Almost all said they are participating in Sunday morning worship by vid-eo and in some form of online Sunday School. When it comes to what will be necessary to re-open the church, survey respondents expressed a mix of caution and uncertainty. Among sever-al local indicators that could signal it is safe to return to church, the most popular (62 per-cent) is when local restaurant seating areas are open again. Even so, most said they would take personal precautions in returning to church and might not be among the first to return. However, when it comes to bringing chil-dren back to church, attitudes are much more cautious. Two-thirds said they would not bring their children back to church right away when activities resume. A majority said they would likely wait to return to church even when the doors open again, and others said they weren’t sure what they would do. Members expressed flexibility toward hybrid worship services (live stream and in-person at same time), meeting at new times or participat-ing in overflow rooms if necessary. Almost all the suggested possible precautions the church might take inside the building drew strong affirmation. The COVID-19 Advisory Task Force

George Mason, senior pastor; Mark Wingfield, associate pastor; David Nabors, director of business administration; Heather Mustain, minister of mis-sions and advocacy; Doug Haney, minister of music; Darren DeMent, minister to students and young adults; Linda Garner, parish nurse; Cory Anderson, chair of Risk Management Committee; Rob Banta, chair of deacons; Debbie Meripolski, chair-elect of deacons; Bill Jernberg, health ministry team; Christy Tabor, chair of Weekday Education Committee; Gayle Lawson, chair of Building and Grounds Committee; Barbara Gass, chair of Finance Committee; Kenton Keller, facilitator of strategic planning.

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Five ways to support

Wilshire’s mission

1. By mail: Send to Lori Gooden, Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams Road, Dallas TX, 75214. Please write on your check if it is intended for the Unified Budget or another purpose.

2. Online: Schedule a recurring or one-time gift charged to either your debit or credit card or directly as an ACH from your checking account. Visit wilshirebc.org/give (be sure you have enabled cookies on your phone or tablet) or scan the QR Code in today’s order of worship.

3. Automatic bank pay: Go to your bank’s website, log in to your individual bank account and follow

your bank’s instructions to set up Wilshire as a new payee. Your bank will print and cut a check.

4. Text: Using your smartphone, text WILSHIRE and the dollar amount (example: WILSHIRE 50) to 73256, then follow the link that pops up. The first time you use this option, you will enter credit card and contact information. All text gifts will be applied to the Unified Budget.

5. Wilshire app: Download the Wilshire app from the App Store or Google Play to make gifts easily from your phone or tablet.

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History lessonBy Jeff Hampton

At the dinner table recently I asked our parents if they had a sense that they were living in historic times during the Great Depression and World War II, and if so, do they feel that same way now during the pandemic? I told them I was asking because my own belief is that indeed this is a historic time but too few people seem to understand that.

Our parents never quite answered my question. Instead, they talked about how everyone pulled together during the Depression and war. They were not confined physically as we have been now, but their activities were limited by shortages in basic products and services. They got through it by conserving and sharing and accepting personal limitations so that all could survive and get along together. In contrast, they said, it feels today like so many people are pulling against each other rather than pulling together.

Perhaps they didn’t speak of those earlier times as feeling historic because their measuring sticks were different from ours. They hadn’t lived with overwhelming conveniences and comforts as we have. Life was tough, and the Depression and the war were just another season of tough times they had to get through. And rather than complain about how their lives and their plans had been interrupted, they were of a mind to keep forging ahead and working toward better times. But now, there are several generations of us that have lived in abundance and have enjoyed luxury on top of luxury. Rather than accepting the relative

inconvenience of doing less and living with less — and understanding that we must do so because these are unprecedented, historic times — we are like spoiled children crying for our toys.

I know not everyone was brave and generous during the 1930s and ’40s, just like I know not everyone is selfish and childish now. History tells us there was plenty of disagreement and

politicking about what should be done and who should do it back then. But what I sense is missing today is the clear-headed, open-eyed understanding that we’ve never been here before. We’ve never been in a time quite like this before, and we don’t know precisely what to do. That’s nobody’s fault; it just is.

I write stories and put them in books, but real life isn’t just a storybook where we can turn back the pages and repeat a happier chapter. We have to live in the chapter we are in and use our best wisdom and science and all the tools we have to be ready for whatever is in the next chapter. There may be pieces of the past we can build on, but some of what we thought would continue forever may be gone.

This may be the end of the world as we knew it, but not the end of the world. Instead, it’s the beginning of a new world, and soon we’re going to need to get busy and start working together again on what our new world will look like.

First published on Wilshire’s Facebook blog. Photo: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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Preston AdkinsTanya BensonGina BiddleCayce BrumleyJoni CabanissAnn CossumKaren CotterKelli Culpepper Hall Joannah DeMent Diana EarlyJanda Edwards Linda EggertLinda Garner Linda GregoryRita HamiltonJoey Hamilton

Deborah HerfordJeff JonesTori Korson Wingfield Desiree Krieger Micki Lacker Bobby Louder Linda Martinez Kim Mason Marty McElya Alyssa McElya Sheri McShan Allison Moore Sheri Mosser Monica Mullins Chad Mustain Mike Plunk

Ross Prater Lyn Prater Nancy Quelland Katie Smalling Connie Smith Jim Sterling Nancy Stretch Robin SullensClaire Tommey Jim Walton Amy Wilson Jenny Wolff Alan Wright Rebecca Yarbrough

Pray for all Wilshire health care workers

Rapid-response teams available

Health Response Team is comprised of medical professionals in the church who are willing to make themselves available for general counsel and encouragement. These volunteers are not dispensing medical care but are available for general questions and guidance, especially when it may be harder to get to a doctor. Lead contact is Linda Garner, lgarner@wilshirebc.org or (214) 452-3151. Food and Supplies Response Team is comprised of volunteers from our Missions and Advocacy committees who are at the ready to help those who are isolated and need food or other supplies brought to them. We have identified existing designated and budget funds that will be used to meet urgent needs of members, such as food and medicine and limited rent assistance. Lead contact is Heather Mustain, hmustain@wilshirebc.org or (214) 452-3110. Spiritual Support Response Team is comprised of trained lay leaders and staff who are available to talk with members who are lonely, scared or just need to talk during this time of isolation. This is not a substitute for professional counseling. Volunteers will call care receivers on at least a weekly basis to listen to them and offer emotional support. Other referrals for additional identified needs will be made to the appropriate teams or staff. Lead contact is Gail Brookshire, gsbrookshire@gmail.com.