Trinity SundayJune 16, 2019

This week I came across a quote by Jacques Derrida: “Religion is responsibility, or it is nothing at all.” That’s appropriate for a day like today, when Trinity Sunday and Father’s Day coincide.

Father’s Day is both a beautiful and painful day for many. I am fortunate to have a loving father and two wonderful fathers-in-law. I have been blessed with many wonderful male mentors and role models throughout my life. And yet, it has been men, hands down, who have caused the most pain in my life as well.

This is a difficult tension to hold on Trinity Sunday and Father’s Day. In my Baptist heritage and upbringing, we talked a great deal about God and even more about Jesus. The Holy Spirit was oddly left out of the conversation most of the time.

After college, I had an opportunity to live in Manchester, England, for two years while serving with a missions organization. It was there that I met Ian, a vicar with the Church of England. The Church of England has a robust understanding of the Trinity and incorporates the Trinity into its liturgy in ways I was not used to as a Baptist. Ian helped deepen my

understanding of the Trinity, reframing the image as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.

Ian had a challenging relationship with his own father and struggled to refer to or see God as father. Ian asked me questions like, “How is God as Creator creating or revealing something new, even today? In what ways do we need to look to Jesus as Redeemer to redeem or restore what is distorted? How might the Spirit as Sustainer sustain us when we feel we just cannot go on or no longer have hope?” His reframe of the Trinity was healing for me during a difficult season of life.

One of the hymns we will sing today is Rescue the Perishing by Fanny Crosby. A theme I hear throughout this song is that of responsibility. God is holistically at work in the world and invites us to take part in this holistic work.

As we prepare for worship today, what might the Triune God seek to create, redeem and sustain in our lives? And how is God inviting us to be a creative, redeeming and sustaining presence in the world?

—Chad Mustain

Preparing for worship

ON THE COVER: The three icons in the Wilshire Tapestry represent the Trinity, each icon connected by a Celtic cross.

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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June 16, 20198:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Trinity Sunday

Chiming of the HourThe people of Wilshire gather this morning to worship God.

In order for this service of worship to be focused upon that purpose,please turn off all cell phones, pagers and alarm watches.

Prelude Fantasia on nicaea arr. James Pethel

Opening Sentences Jessica Capps / Tiffany Wright

The divine mystery is that God is one and yet God is three. We worship God in oneness today and experience God in the fulness of the Trinity. You may speak of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Or as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. Some Christians speak of God as Source, Word and Spirit. Or as Parent, Child and Love. Whatever words you use to give voice to the mystery of God’s presence among us, you are invited into this hour of exploration as we give praise to the God who has made us, give thanks to the God who has redeemed us and pray through the God who comforts and guides us.

+Hymn 1 Holy, Holy, Holy nicaea

Greeting to Worshipers Mark Wingfield

Guests are invited to take a Response Card from the pew rack, complete it and place it in the offering plate when it is passed later in the service.

You also are invited to take the red fabric rose from the card and place it on your lapel or blouse to help others identify that you are our honored guest today.

Prayer concerns will be received and prayed for this week when listed on an intercessory prayer card from the pew rack and placed in the offering plate.

Missions Interview Heather Mustain

Musical Meditation Lord, Bow Thine Ear Felix Mendelssohn/ed. Peter Robbfrom Elijah

Sanctuary Choir Women

Lord, bow thine ear to our prayer.Zion spreadeth her hands for aid and there is neither help nor comfort.

Lord, bow thine ear to our prayer.

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*8:30 worship service / **11:00 worship service+All congregants who are able are invited to stand.Hearing devices are available in the Narthex and South Atrium.

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Prayers of the People Wendy Warden / Judy Yarbrough

+Hymn 480 Rescue the Perishing rescue

Giving of Tithes and Offerings

Through Wilshire’s Unified Budget, we as a congregation share our gifts for God’s work at Wilshire and far beyond. Rather than having to make hard choices about each person’s favorite ministry or pet cause, we have agreed to share together in our generosity so that all the church’s identified needs are met. When you give to the Unified Budget, you empower our missions and ministries in a trusted and verified manner.

Offertory Chorale and Fughetta on “Come, Holy Spirit” arr. Sharon Rogers

+Offertory Response lasst uns erfreuen

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures here below. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise God the source of all good gifts. Praise Jesus Christ whose power uplifts.

Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

+Gospel Reading — John 16:12–15 Gayle Lawson / Phill Martin

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”

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

“Aún tengo muchas cosas que deciros, pero ahora no las podéis soportar. Pero cuando El, el Espíritu de verdad, venga, os guiará a toda la verdad, porque no hablará por su propia cuenta, sino que hablará todo lo que oiga, y os hará saber lo que habrá de venir. El me glorificará, porque tomará de lo mío y os lo hará saber. Todo lo que tiene el Padre es mío; por eso dije que El toma de lo mío y os lo hará saber.”

Esta es la palabra del Señor.Gracias a Dios.

Message “Bearing the World” Matt Dodrill

Additional reading resources related to today’s sermon are listed on page 9.

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+Hymn 285 God of Grace and God of Glory cwm rhondda

Sharing of Decisions

Benediction

Postlude Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer arr. J. Bert Carlson

Candy McComb, guest directorBill Jernberg, guest organist

Today’s hymn story: Fanny Crosby, author of today’s hymn “Rescue the Perishing,” has been called the queen of gospel songwriters. She did not begin writing gospel songs until she was 44, yet she produced more than 8,000 before her death at age 95. She wrote the following account of writing “Rescue the Perishing”: “It was written in the year 1869. Many of my hymns were written after experiences in New York mission work. This one was thus written. I was addressing a large company of working men one hot summer evening, when the thought kept forcing itself on my mind that some mother’s boy must be rescued that night or not at all. So I made a pressing plea that if there was a boy present who had wandered from his mother’s home and teaching, he should come to me at the end of the service. A young man of 18 came forward and said, ‘Did you mean me? I promised my mother to meet her in heaven, but as I am now living that will be impossible.’ We prayed for him and he finally arose with a new light in his eyes and exclaimed in triumph, ‘Now I can meet my mother in heaven, for I have found God.’ A few days before, Mr. Doane had sent me a theme for a new song, Rescue the Perishing, based on Luke 14:23. While I sat in the mission that evening, the line came to me “Rescue the perishing, care for the dying.” I could think of nothing else that night. When I arrived home, I went to work on the hymn at once, and before I retired it was ready for the melody.”

The flowers on the chancel today are given in honor of all of the fathers in our congregation with a prayer that each may feel the spirit of our heavenly Father as you serve your families.

All guests are invited to a coffee reception in the James Gallery immediately after the service.

Welcome to Wilshire today. If you are a guest with us today, we welcome you warmly to our congregation. We would like to get to know you and tell you more about our church. Please take a Response Card from the pew rack, fill it out and place it in the offering plate when it comes by.

Someone to talk with. If you are facing a life challenge and would like to have a spiritual friend to walk alongside you for a season of healing, perhaps you would benefit from a Stephen Minister. Learn more at wilshirebc.org or contact Tiffany Wright at (214) 452-3107.

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George A. MasonSenior Pastor

(214) 452-3132Mark Wingfield

Associate Pastor(214) 452-3128Doug Haney

Minister of Music(214) 452-3123Jeff Brummel

Associate Minister of Music/ Organist

(214) 452-3122Tiffany Wright

Minister for Care Ministries(214) 452-3107

Heather MustainMinister of Missions & Advocacy

(214) 452-3110

Jessica CappsMinister to Senior Adults

(214) 452-3129Darren DeMent

Minister to Students and Young Adults

(214) 452-3102Julie Girards

Minister to Children(214) 452-3104

Joan HammonsMinister to Preschoolers

(214) 452-3141Aaron Coyle-Carr

Pastoral Resident(214) 452-3154Matt Dodrill

Pastoral Resident(214) 452-3156

Jared JaggersPastoral Resident

(214) 452-3153Ryan Wilson

Pastoral Resident(214) 452-3158David Nabors

Director of Business Admin.(214) 452-3157

Dale PrideFacilities Manager

(214) 452-3101J. Preston Bright

Associate 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 leadersBill Jernberg and his wife, Janice, have been Wilshire members since 1972. He has served as the church’s interim organist on numerous occasions. He is a deacon, sings in Sanctuary Choir and accompanies Nova. He and Janice are veteran teachers in first grade Sunday School. He chairs the Interior Design Committee. Bill and Janice are the parents of former Pastoral Resident Anne Scalfaro and former Music Ministry Resident Brad Jernberg. He is a retired emergency department physician.

Gayle Lawson has been a Wilshire member since 1980. She is a deacon and member of Open Bible Class and serves as head usher for the 8:30 service as well as being a library volunteer and Support Team member. Gayle sings in New Song and chairs the Building and Grounds Committee.

Phill Martin and his wife, Gloria, came to Wilshire in 2000. A former administrator in several Baptist churches, he currently serves as executive director for the Church Network. He is a former chairman of Wilshire’s Finance Committee and recently served on the Pathways to Ministry Committee.

Candy McComb and her husband, Vic Henry, joined Wilshire in 2017. They serve as directors of Odyssey Class, and she is the coordinator of Wilshire’s children’s choirs. Candy is a consultant to public school choral programs. She and Vic are the parents of two adult sons.

Wendy Warden and her husband, Andrew, came to Wilshire in 1999. They are members of Avodah Class, and she chairs the Personnel Committee. Wendy and Andrew are the parents of Nick, who just completed seventh grade, and Joe, who just completed sixth grade. Wendy works as an instructor at Pure Barre Addison.

Judy Yarbrough and her husband, Charles, joined Wilshire in 1975. They are the parents of four adult children, including Wilshire member Collin Yarbrough. Judy is an ordained Baptist minister working to raise awareness of racial injustice. She also works with Collin at Full Circle Bakery, which gives its proceeds to local charities. She is a deacon, a teacher in Cord of Three Class and writes periodically for Wilshire’s Facebook blog.

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This Is My Story

The summer “This Is My Story” series for Wednesday noon resumes this week, June 19, with a presentation by Associate Pastor Mark Wingfield on “Castles and Cathedrals,” drawn from his sabbatical travels in Wales, England, France and Italy. The following week, June 26, Mark will present a program on biblical (and non-biblical) art with faith inspiration also gleaned from his recent travels. Everyone is invited to lunch in Community Hall beginning at 11 a.m., followed by the program at noon.

Youth Choir mission tour

Wilshire’s Youth Choir is gone this week on a mission choir tour to Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala. They will sing at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly Commissioning Service in Birmingham on Thursday, June 20. As in years past, the choir will present its home concert next Sunday night, June 23, after tour. Everyone is invited to this concert in the Sanctuary at 6:30 p.m. Youth Choir alumni will be invited to join the Youth Choir in singing Psalm 139.

Koinonia Café June 19: Rosemary-Dijon chicken, lemon-basil baked tilapia, mashed potatoes, snap peas, couscous, roasted Brussels sprouts, salad bar, dessert bar. Menu for June 26 (in James Gallery): Chicken cacciatore, grilled Italian sausage, egg noodles, red potatoes and carrots, green beans, Parmesan baked tomatoes, salad bar, dessert bar. Food on the Move cancelled Despite Wilshire’s best efforts, the management at the Verandas apartments decided they no longer want Food on the Move at their site. Therefore, all summer missions activities scheduled there have been cancelled, including donation collections and weekend food bag packing days. “A huge thank you to those of you who have volunteered your time and resources to this ministry over the course of the last five years,” said Heather Mustain, minister

of missions and advocacy. Wilshire’s summer missions focus will turn toward the Dallas Responds Respite Center, serving asylum-seekers passing through Dallas on their way to sponsor homes across the country.

Dallas Responds Respite Center

Wilshire is a leader among local faith communities seeking to bring a message of hope to asylum-seekers passing through Dallas on their way to sponsor homes across the country. The new influx of arrivals in Dallas has happened because of overflowing conditions at the detention centers along the Texas-Mexico border. Most asylum-seekers coming through Dallas are here for less than 60 hours before traveling to their next destinations. While here, a coalition created by Faith Forward Dallas greets them at the Dallas Responds Respite Center, which is housed at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church. Volunteers (with existing background checks on file at Wilshire) are needed for a variety of tasks, and certain donated items are needed. Because the needs are changing rapidly, watch Wilshire’s Facebook page for regular updates. To learn more, contact Abbey Adcox at aadcox@wilshirebc.org.

WOW! Family Day at the Lake Women of Wilshire are invited to bring themselves and their families to Cedar Creek Lake on Saturday, June 29, at 10:30 a.m. Hosted by Sheri Brooks and Sue Fisette. Hot dogs and burgers will be provided. Bring a side dish and drinks. Please bring life vests for kids 12 and under. Directions will be sent to those attending before the event. Sign up by June 23 at wilshirebc.org/registration.

Condolences to: Barbara Gass and Joan Gass on the death of their grandmother, Mamie English, June 5. Sarah and Allan Stafford on the death of Sarah’s sister, Betsy Brown of Houston, June 6.

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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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The Wilshire TapestryLearn how the Tollway works

Want to know what keeps the Dallas North Tollway running smoothly? Join Wilshire Adventurers for a tour of the tollway’s Communications Center on Thursday, June 20. The 6,400-square-foot center is housed in an area once used to sort coins collected for tolls. Learn how Roadside Safety teams are dispatched to provide assistance free of charge. A motor coach will leave the church at 9:15 a.m. and return by 1:15 p.m. The event is free, except for lunch on your own with the group. Sign up with Pat Tilley at the Adventurers table in the South Lobby on Sunday mornings or in Community Hall on Wednesdays at noon.

Adventurers organ tour

All senior adults are invited to a guided tour of Wilshire’s Sanctuary organ with Jeff Brummel on Tuesday, July 9, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Go behind the scenes to learn how the organ console works, where all the pipes are located and what they do. No reservation is needed; just show up. Lunch will be served afterward in Community Hall for $7 per person.

Carole King musical

Adults and families are invited to a Wilshire group outing to the Winspear Opera House in the Dallas Arts District on Friday, June 21, for a performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at 8 p.m. Transportation is on your own. Tickets are $67 per person with seating in Orchestra Terrace. Sign up with Mark Wingfield at mwingfield@wilshirebc.org or (214) 452-3128.

Quarterly blood drive

All eligible blood donors are encouraged to participate in Wilshire’s quarterly blood drive

on Sunday, June 30, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Collection will be managed by Carter Blood Care. No appointment is necessary; just show up in Community Hall. Every blood donor will receive a Texas Rangers T-shirt and a buy-one-get-one ticket voucher.

New books in the Wilshire Library

FICTION: Ireland, by Frank Delaney; Move Your Blooming Corpse, by D.E. Ireland; The Best of Me, by Nicholas Sparks. NONFICTION: Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, by Jennifer Harvey. CHILDREN’S BOOKS: Nonni’s Moon, by Julia Inserro; Home is a Window, by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard; Ricky, the Rock that Couldn’t Roll, by Jay Miletsky; All Are Welcome, by Alexandra Penfold; Because, by Mo Willems. Remember to access the library’s online card catalog via our website or app.

Summer interns

Six summer interns are working at Wilshire this summer. Their names, areas of work and schools are Emily Akins, preschool, Loyola University Chicago; Renee Brown, children, Blue Grass Community College; Jake Jenkins, children, SMU; Shelby Roberts, music, DBU; Julie Francis, missions and advocacy, University of Texas; and Jacob Leal, care ministries, Duke Divinity.

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Matt Dodrill’s sermon today discusses climate change and is based on documented research. The following bibliography of online resources is provided to worshipers as a guide for further reading and discussion. The same bibliography with clickable hyperlinks is available on Wilshire’s website. Or enter any of the following titles in your Internet search engine to easily find the documents.

OFFICIAL REPORTS

IPCC Special Report 2018

UN Emissions Gap Report 2018 PDF

IPBES Media Release

Breakthroughonline.org.au — Existential Climate-Related Security Risk

CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017

SECONDARY ONLINE SOURCES

“New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050” by Nafeez Ahmed, Vice

“The Uninhabitable Planet” by David Wallace-Wells, New York Magazine

“One Million Species at Risk of Extinction, UN Report Warns” by Stephen Leahy, National Geographic

“The Accelerating Ecological Genocide” by Thomas Klikauer, Counterpunch

“The Three-Degree World: The Cities That Will be Drowned by Global Warming” by Josh Holder, Niko Kommenda and Jonathan Watts, The Guardian

“Biodiversity Loss is the Very Real End of the World and No One is Acting Like it” by Cassie Freund, Salon

“Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace” by Brad Plumer, New York Times

“Just 100 Companies Responsible for 71% of Global Emissions, Study Says” by Tess Riley, The Guardian

“‘What Could Be More Important?’: World Leaders, Media Ignore Biodiversity Report Detailing Mass Extinction Event Now Underway” by Julia Conley, Common Dreams

“Meet the Money Behind the Climate Denial Movement” by Colin Schultz, Smithsonian Magazine

Bibliography for today’s sermon

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Images from Vacation Bible School

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Sunday, June 16• Youth Choir mission tour • Morning worship – 8:30 a.m.• Sunday School – 9:40 a.m.• Morning worship – 11:00 a.m.

Monday, June 17• Youth Choir mission tour • Game of 42 – 10:00 a.m. • Wilshire Winds – 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 18• Youth Choir mission tour • Yoga class – 12:15 p.m. • Senior women’s exercise class

– 2:00 p.m. • Stephen Ministry supervision

– 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 19• Youth Choir mission tour • Koinonia Café – 11:00 a.m.• This Is My Story – noon • Yoga Class – 6:15 p.m. • Sanctuary Choir – 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 20• Youth Choir mission tour • Knit Unto Others – 1:30 p.m.• Senior women’s exercise class

– 2:00 p.m.

Friday, June 21• Youth Choir mission tour • Room in the Inn – 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 22• Youth Choir mission tour

Sunday, June 23• Morning worship – 8:30 a.m. • Sunday School – 9:40 a.m.• Morning worship – 11:00 a.m. • Christian Advocacy and

Missions committees – noon• Vision 20/20 Belong Team –

noon • Youth Choir home concert –

6:30 p.m.

Monday, June 24• Kids Cooking Camp – 9:00

a.m. • Youth to C.C. Young – 9:45

a.m. • Game of 42 – 10:00 a.m. • Wilshire Winds – 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 25• Kids Cooking Camp – 9:00

a.m. • Yoga class – 12:15 p.m. • Senior women’s exercise

class – 2:00 p.m. • Vision 20/20 Coordinating

Council – 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26• Kids Cooking Camp – 9:00

a.m. • Koinonia Café – 11:00 a.m.• This Is My Story – noon• Yoga class – 6:15 p.m.• Youth Study-n-Swim – 6:30

p.m. • Sanctuary Choir – 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 27• Kids Cooking Camp – 9:00

a.m. • Knit Unto Others – 1:30

p.m. • Senior women’s exercise

class – 2:00 p.m.

Friday, June 28• Kids Cooking Camp – 9:00

a.m. Saturday, June 29• WOW! Family Day at the

Lake – 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, June 30• Blood Drive – 7:30 a.m. • Morning worship – 8:30 a.m. • Sunday School – 9:40 a.m.• Morning worship – 11:00 a.m.

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