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A blessed Good Friday to you from Mount Hope Lutheran Church & School! Here's a recording of the school choir singing Lord Jesus, Thou Art Going Forth (TLH 150).

Service is tonight at 6:30pm.

Lord Jesus, Thou Art Going Forth (MHLS Choir) • Mount Hope Lutheran Church & School The curse I choose that thou mightst lose sin’s curse and guilt forever. My gift of love from heaven above will give thee blessing ever.

Listen to the Mount Hope Lutheran School Choir sing Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming!

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (MHLS Choir) • Mount Hope Lutheran Church This flow’r, whose fragrance tender With sweetness fills the air, Dispels with glorious splendor The darkness ev’rywhere. True man, yet very God, From sin and death he saves us And lightens ev’ry load.

Listen to the Mount Hope Lutheran School Choir sing O Christ, Our True and Only Light!

O Christ, Our True and Only Light • Mount Hope Lutheran Church O Lord, show forth all Your grace, search for the lost, bring back the one who has gone astray, assemble the scattered, restore those who have erred and been tempted, so that they, together with us, might praise You in the Christian Church and receive the common salvation.

The Mount Hope Lutheran School Concert Dinner is tonight from 5:00-7:00pm in the gym. Come listen to the strings groups and choirs, have some chicken fettuccine alfredo for supper, and support the MHLS music program. There will be a silent auction, raffle, and opportunity for donation. See you there!

“Therefore, as long as any breath remains in me, I will not refrain from doing good to my neighbor and serving him with the talent God has bestowed upon me. Even if I earn only a little thanks from some people in doing so, or none at all, that does not matter enough to let me be hindered from my good, well-intentioned, Christian plans or to be dissuaded from them.” - Michael Praetorius

The Talent God Has Bestowed • Mount Hope Lutheran Church “Therefore, as long as any breath remains in me, I will not refrain from doing good to my neighbor and serving him with the talent God has bestowed upon me.”

Beautiful hymns like this are invaluable to Christians who, living in the darkened, sinful world, constantly need the strength and comfort of God’s Word in their hearts. This particular hymn (“Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ,” TLH 292) is one that Chorale memorized and sang at Schmeckfest this year, and it is just as appropriate to sing now as when it was written.

(Follow the link to listen to a recording of the Chorale singing "Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide")

Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide (MHLS Chorale) • Mount Hope Lutheran Church “A psalm of thanksgiving for God’s particular grace that there has at all times been a place where God’s Word can be rightly preached, taught, and learned.”

When Jesus speaks about the signs of the end of the world (which have been happening since the birth of Christ), He tells His Christians, “But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man” (Lk. 21:36). Because of this Word of our Lord, we are concerned with watching for His coming, and at Mount Hope Lutheran School, we’re concerned with imparting this watchfulness and wakefulness to the children, waiting for Christ in faith and not slumbering in oblivion with the world.

The World Can’t Tell Time • Mount Hope Lutheran Church Advent is a wakeful, watchful season as we look for Christ and cling to His promise, “Yes, I am coming quickly” (Rev. 22:20).

The MHLS Kammerchor sang Luther’s arrangement of Non Moriar, Sed Vivam at Schmeckfest on November 7, 2021, and recorded it shortly thereafter. You can listen to the choir at this link and also read the history of the piece. “I shall not die, but I shall live, and declare the works of the Lord” (Ps. 118:17).

Non Moriar, Sed Vivam • Mount Hope Lutheran Church “I shall not die, but I shall live, and declare the works of the Lord.”

"So is it worth it to make something beautiful? Well, we can ask: Do we have something to honor? Do we have something to confess? Is this object redeemed by Christ and therefore worthy of great care?"

Is Beauty Worth It? • Mount Hope Lutheran Church So is it worth it to make something beautiful? Well, we can ask: Do we have something to honor? Do we have something to confess? Is this object redeemed by Christ and therefore worthy of great care?

Here's a recording of the Mount Hope Lutheran School choir singing "Lamb of God, Pure and Holy" (LSB 434). Listen through to the end: the last stanza is a ca****la!

Lamb of God, Pure and Holy (MHLS Choir) • Mount Hope Lutheran Church Lamb of God, pure and holy, Who on the cross didst suffer, Ever patient and lowly, Thyself to scorn didst offer.