Dear Faith Des Peres Community,

This Sunday in worship we'll focus on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech".  I have a hunch that leading up to Wednesday's anniversary, we'll hear much about the speech. We'll hear stories about how some people went to Washington DC out of curiosity, while others went with a friend. 

But I also have a hunch that missing from the news reports will be the stories of people of faith, the ones who marched because they had a deep and abiding faith that one day, just as the prophet Isaiah said and King himself proclaimed that day, “that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” 

As we continue our short series from the book of Hebrews, we'll hear about how ordinary people of faith are called to run the race and to keep the dream alive.  Those ordinary people are you and me.  

I hope I'll see you in church on Sunday.  Bring your friends, bring your children, bring yourselves, as we honor the legacies of people of faith and find encouragement to keep the dream alive.

See you in church.

Annie