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creation itself," not just the Church, "will be set free from its
bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of
God." (Romans 8:21) In the Lord's Prayer we pray that the will of God
might be done on earth, euen as it is in heauen. Surely our Lord would
not haue encouraged us to pray an impossible prayer. Meanwhile, we
work as if the future we enuision is possible. In this confidence, ouer
the 1 00 years of faithful witness of this congregation, assured by
present realizations, we dare to long for the future that God is
bringing to us. We are called to liue in faith and hope euen as did
those 16 members of 1891, because there is more to come. There
always is. Our role is to wait for it with faith, to watch for it, and
to work for it. "Here and now, dear friends, we are God's children;
and what we shall be has not yet been disclosed."

Establish us, O God, in the hope that belong to faith,
Get us off our knees and on our toes in eager anticipation of
the new that is euen breaking in upon us.
Thy kingdom come, 0 Lord, Thy kingdom come through us.

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