HOPE

                           
                                             HOPE

                          "Hope," wrote Elma V. Harnetious, "is 
                          something in us which makes us strive
                          and reach for something higher. Hope
                          brings light into darkness."


                          If there is a soul catching, heart warming
                          word that would epitomize this Christmas 
                          season, it would be the glorious word, hope.


                          While all of the world's philosophers and 
                          historians seek explanations of past events,
                          Only Christianity can give man was he has
                          always wanted...Hope. Hope in our present
                          situations and in an eternal future.


                          In our groping for meaning, a baby was born
                          in Bethlehem to give the world hope. And, 
                          our shadows gave way to sunbeams.