Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church
600 W 42nd Ave San Mateo CA 94403 650-349-0100
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Music is a very important part of the worship experience at Hope.

 

Everyone is welcome to be part of the music ministry and you do not need to be a member to participate.

 

We have Choirs for all styles:

 

The Hope Children Singers helps children find their voices...

 

Hope's Chancel Choir sings a wide-ranging repertoire each Sunday's 10:45am traditional service...

 

The Contemporary Worship Team leads the 8:30am praise service...

 

Bells of Hope ring out with song...

 

Choir Rehearsal Schedule...

 

For more information about any of the music ministry at Hope, please email Alex or call him at

650-349-0100, ext. 105.

Hope has a fine Schoenstein pipe organ that is featured in the traditional worship Service each Sunday. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Our organist is Douglas Franks, a longtime Bay Area church musician.  
He has a Master's Degree in Organ Performance and has performed in recital and as an accompanist throughout the Bay Area over the years. He has worked with various choral organizations, most recently the Chorus of City College of San Francisco and Masterworks Chorale. He is currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Girls Chorus and is accompanist and vocal coach at the City College of San Francisco. Douglas teaches piano and organ privately and is active in the American Guild of Organists. He was Newsletter Editor for the Peninsula Chapter of the AGO and is on the AGO 2011 Region IX Convention Steering Committee. He is a prolific composer of organ hymn accompaniments, and many of his organ settings and festive  introductions to hymns have been published by Augsburg Fortress Press in a new multi-volume organ accompaniment edition for use with the 
new ELW hymnal.