ON OUR 40th ANNIVERSARY

 

They did not build in vain, Who founded here a church
In witness to God's love Amid a world of pain;
For still to those who wish to see
This place proclaims God's mystery.

They built upon the rock That is the risen Lord,
The one foundation laid Which stands each earthly shock;
That, Spirit filled, we here might raise,
As living temples, prayer and praise.

Those who have loved in this place, A cloud of witnesses,
Surround and urge us on As we now run our race;
And so we press on with the Spirit’s wind
In our resolve to strive and win.

Though the horizon's bend often Conceals the way ahead,
The footprints on the road Show Christ leads us to the end;
In him alone our faith shall stand
Who waits for us at God's right hand.

Here in this our meeting place Where doubt finds grounds of faith,
Where hurt finds healing love, Our penitence finds grace;
Where bridging time to eternity,
in God the Holy Trinity, sufficient is his grace!