We of the human race have always been seekers and searchers, haven't we? Since the beginning, we have tried to come to terms with the unknown, to understand it. We have struggled to comprehend the mysteries, to find comfortable relationship with that which is beyond ourselves. And this is true all the way from the discovery of flint to the exploration of the moon.

But we of the human race are not merely biological things, and our searching has not been limited to the material world. We are spiritual persons, and in spiritual matters also we have always been seekers and searchers - Moses going into the mountain, Isaiah going into the temple, John going into the wilderness, Paul going into Arabia, and anyone going into a sanctuary of worship.

Moreover, we of the Christian Faith understand that God is also a seeker and a searcher, that he has walked down the path to meet us, reaching for us. And we know that in Christ he comes very close.

Here today, we join the age-long caravan of the searchers. In worship we look up to God, we reach out to him, to touch hands anew with the reaching hand of God. So we are united in the fellowship of a common questing - together with all searching souls of all time and with one another in this hour.