Music    Ministry Hope Lutheran Church, Friendswood, Texas

 Sanctuary Choir: The Sanctuary Choir meets at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. This choir serves in worship 1-3 times a month and in festival worship services. We welcome singers from Jr. High School through adults.  Music reading skills are helpful, but no entrance test is given.  Join for the activity year or just “for a season”.

 Hope Brass: Hope Brass is a frequent part of Sunday worship. These musicians bring high praise and excellence to the worship serve as they assist with liturgies, hymns and special music. Hope Brass meets on Tuesday evenings. in the Sanctuary. They participate in worship 1-2 times a month and in festival worship services.

 Woodwinds & Strings: Hope's woodwinds and string ensemble enriches our worship life by playing about once a month in worship, assisting with liturgies and hymns. They also provide attendant instrumental music. Rehearsals are usually on  Tuesday evenings, as scheduled, in the Sanctuary.  We also arrange other rehearsal times as the need arises.

 Vesper Bell Choir: This group meets on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary.  This is our intermediate to advanced bell choir and is for ringers with some bell playing experience and some music reading skills.

 Hand Bell Quartet:  Hope forms a Hand Bell Quartet from time to time.  They play in worship and sometimes take their musical message out into the community, playing at senior facilities and community events.  Rehearsals are planned during the day on weekdays.

 Wednesday Children’s Music

Children’s Choir and Chimes has been meeting on Wednesdays from 5:15-6:00 PM from September to May.  Afterwards families could participate in the Mosaic meal and possibly the Mosaic activities after that. 

Kids in PreK-1st grade meet in their Sunday School room for singing and ringing with Miss Penny.  Kids in Grades 3-8 meet in the Music Library for singing and ringing with Michael Kesar.

For more information or to sign up for a music activity, contact Director of Music Michael Kesar at mkesar@hope-lutheran.org or call the church office at281-482-7943 stand out

You can listen to samples of Hope Music at:

https://www.youtube.com/@sacredmusicfromhopeluthera6100

Goal:  To nurture and equip musicians to serve and lead the church's song