This is the story of a church of our Lord Jesus Christ with very humble beginnings and located on the extreme western edge of Kent County near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The congregation of mostly poor farmers faced and survived many challenges, some due to her isolated location in a hook-like bend in the Grand River. But this one hundredth anniversary book of Hope Protestant Reformed Church is more than a record of Hope's history. More importantly, it reveals the secrets of her continuance as a faithful church of our Lord Jesus Christ today: secrets which if heeded gives Hope and like-minded churches hope for tomorrow.