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fumc:hymn-discussions [2026/03/06 19:59] – [Calendar] Update calendar naptasticfumc:hymn-discussions [2026/05/03 00:16] (current) – [August 23] assign hymn naptastic
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 =====Intention and Design===== =====Intention and Design=====
-There are thirteen classes. Intentions for the series: +There are twelve classes. Intentions for the series: 
-  * Fill thirteen weeks+  * Fill twelve weeks
   * Hold singing in the space and time where choir practice would be   * Hold singing in the space and time where choir practice would be
   * Increase participation in choir when it starts back up   * Increase participation in choir when it starts back up
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 =====Hymns===== =====Hymns=====
-These are (almost) all the hymns in the blue hymnal by Charles and John Wesley. I've added asterisks for hymns when someone has pointed one out as a favorite.+Here are the 18 hymns we've selected for the class. For a complete list of hymns Charles and John have in the blue book, consult the page history, or the author's index in the hymnal.
  
 ^ Number ^ Title ^ Remarks ^ ^ Number ^ Title ^ Remarks ^
-^ Charles Wesley ^^^ +|57| O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing|Ready - June 14
-|57| O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing|Ready to play+|60I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath|I need to hear this.
-|88| Maker, in Whom We Live|| +|129Give to the Winds Thy Fears|Ready - June 21
-|96Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above|| +|173| Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies|| 
-|153| Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose|| +|196| Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus |Hyfrydol; only 2 verses.| 
-|173| Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies|*| +|240| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |about half ready| 
-|181| Ye Servants of God|| +|302| Christ the Lord Is Risen Today |about half ready| 
-|193| Jesus! The Name High over All|| +|339| Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast |ready - June 28
-|196| Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus |Hyfrydol; only 2 verses.| +|384| Love Divine, All Loves Excelling |90% ready| 
-|240| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |about half ready+|385| Let Us Plead For Faith Alone |read music from 562. need help learning this.
-|282| Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies|| +|413| A Charge to Keep I Have |half ready; I'm struggling
-|287| O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done|+|417| O For a Heart to Praise My God|I need to hear this
-|302| Christ the Lord Is Risen Today |about half ready+|513| Soldiers of Christ, Arise|10% - July 5
-|312| Hail the Dat That Sees Him Rise|| +|553| And Are We Yet Alive |Denis; about 90% ready| 
-|332| Spirit of Faith, Come Down|*+|562| Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee |Same tune as 385
-|339| Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast |* 90% ready+|627| O the Depth of Love Divine |I need to hear this.| 
-|355| Depth of Mercy|| +|709| Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above|20% maybe
-|363| And Can It Be that I Should Gain|| +|715| Rejoice, the Lord Is King|I like this one but I //really// like the LDS version...|
-|372| How Can We Sinners Know|| +
-|379| Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow|+
-|384| Love Divine, All Loves Excelling |* more than half ready| +
-|385| Let Us Plead for Faith Alone|+
-|386| Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown|| +
-|388| O Come and Dwell in Me |*| +
-|410| Want a Principle Within|+
-|413| A Charge to Keep I Have |* super easy; about half ready| +
-|417| O For a Heart to Praise My God |*| +
-|422| Jesus, Thine All-Victorious Love|| +
-|438| Forth in Thy Name, O Lord|| +
-|479| Jesus, Lover of My Soul|| +
-|501| O Thou Who Camest from Above|+
-|513| Soldiers of Christ, Arise|+
-|541| See How Great a Flame Aspires|| +
-|550| Christ, from Whom All Blessings Flow|+
-|553| And Are We Yet Alive |Denis; about 90% ready+
-|554| All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord|| +
-|561| Jesus, United by Thy Grace|+
-|562| Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee |*| +
-|566| Blest Be the Dear Uniting Love|| +
-|603| Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire|| +
-|606| Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine|| +
-|613| O Thou Who This Mysterious Bread|| +
-|616| Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast |* (Duplicate of 339)+
-|627| O the Depth of Love Divine |I need to hear this.+
-|635| Because Thou Hast Said|| +
-|650| Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove|| +
-|699| Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join|+
-|709| Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above|* I like this one. It's less than half ready.+
-|715| Rejoice, the Lord Is King|I like this one but I //really// like the LDS version...+
-|716| Rejoice, the Lord Is King | [this harmonization is much more difficult]| +
-|718| Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending|| +
-^ John Wesley ^^^ +
-|60| I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath|* I need to hear this.| +
-|129| Give to the Winds Thy Fears|* About 90% ready.| +
-|414| Thou Hidden Love of God|| +
-|607| A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition ||+
  
 =====Calendar===== =====Calendar=====
 I want to have **one or two** hymns per week to sing and discuss. I want to have **one or two** hymns per week to sing and discuss.
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-As of March 6, there are **eighteen** hymns I'm confident I will have ready before the class starts. I would prefer not to make any more additions or changes. 
  
 I probably need help choosing which hymns to put on which weeks, what questions to ask, etc. I probably need help choosing which hymns to put on which weeks, what questions to ask, etc.
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 ====June 14==== ====June 14====
-==O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing==+==UMH 67: O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing==
 (Potential) questions: (Potential) questions:
   * If you had a thousand tongues, what song would you sing?   * If you had a thousand tongues, what song would you sing?
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 ====June 21==== ====June 21====
 +==UMH 129 - Give To The Winds Thy Fears==  
 +  * Short, but good. A diversity of ideas. I suspect enough of this will resonate with the people in the room that the spontaneous discussion will default to "what's heavy on your mind, and how does God's Word address it?"
 ====June 28==== ====June 28====
 +==UMH 339: Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast==
 ====July 5==== ====July 5====
 Definitions of words from the hymn (from Oxford English Dictionary): Definitions of words from the hymn (from Oxford English Dictionary):
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 ====August 23==== ====August 23====
 +==UMH 709: Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above==
 ====August 30==== ====August 30====
 +==UMH 60: I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath==
 This is the last class of the series. Some points that can't be left out: This is the last class of the series. Some points that can't be left out:
   * Plug the next Sunday School series and note if the time is changing   * Plug the next Sunday School series and note if the time is changing
   * Suggest joining the chancel choir   * Suggest joining the chancel choir
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