Worship Services
8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Bible Class & Sunday School
9:20 a.m. Sunday
Midweek Bible Study
9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Wednesday
Hope Lutheran is a member congregation of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
Christ Life
The sermon text for the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany is from Isaiah 49:1–7 The Servant of the LORD [1] Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. [2] He made my...
The Three Gifts
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. This is the Twelfth Day of Christmas, and we are on the cusp of the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord. Each day brings to mind a set of gifts. One is found in the song “The Twelve Days of...
The Most High Name
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. … And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Gen 1:1, 3). “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with...
In All Their Affliction He Was Afflicted
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. For all of the time, preparation, and anticipation devoted to the celebration of Jesus’ birth, the world has, for the most part, moved on from Christmas. By December 26, Christmas is...
The Light of Life
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. I really enjoy Christmas lights. Who doesn’t? But just ask Linda, and she’ll tell you what I say at the sight of every Christmas light display as we drive around. We try to set...
Callings
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Some recent commercials for AT&T Wireless assert that “Just OK is not OK” with some scenarios that are quite humorous, and perhaps more memorable in themselves than the product that...
Food for the Sheep
The picture, or image, of the shepherd and his sheep runs like a golden thread through the Scriptures. Already in Genesis 4 we are told that Abel, one of the first generation born into the world, the son of Adam and Eve, tended livestock, and the details noted...
Does God Meet Our Expectations?
The sermon text for the 3rd Sunday in Advent is from Matthew 11:2–5 [2] Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples [3] and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” [4] And Jesus...
You Shall Keep It as a Feast
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “Tell all the congregation of Israel that … every man shall take a lamb … Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. … Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on...
A Branch Shall Bear Fruit
The sermon text for the 2nd Sunday in Advent is from Isaiah 11:1 The Righteous Reign of the Branch [1] There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. (ESV)