Naptastic

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=====Intention and Design=====
There are thirteen classes. Intentions for the series:
  * Fill thirteen weeks
  * Hold singing in the space and time where choir practice would be
  * Increase participation in choir when it starts back up

To these ends, I want to move Sunday School downstairs to the Wesley Chapel where there is a better-maintained piano.

Intentions for every week:
  * Make "a few minutes late" still work
  * Begin and end with a prayer
  * Sing and discuss at least one hymn
  * Conclude promptly by 11:00 so people can do what they need to before worship service starts

The first will be introductory and maybe we just do one hymn in order to make extra time to explain the intention and design of the series.

=====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.

^ Number ^ Title ^ Remarks ^
^ Charles Wesley ^^^
|57| O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing| *|
|88| Maker, in Whom We Live||
|96| Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above||
|153| Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose||
|173| Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies||
|181| Ye Servants of God||
|193| Jesus! The Name High over All||
|196| Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus |*|
|240| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |*|
|282| Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies||
|287| O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done||
|302| Christ the Lord Is Risen Today |*|
|312| Hail the Dat That Sees Him Rise||
|332| Spirit of Faith, Come Down||
|339| Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast |*|
|355| Depth of Mercy||
|363| And Can It Be that I Should Gain||
|372| How Can We Sinners Know||
|379| Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow||
|384| Love Divine, All Loves Excelling |*|
|385| Let Us Plead for Faith Alone||
|386| Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown||
|388| O Come and Dwell in Me |*|
|410| I Want a Principle Within||
|413| A Charge to Keep I Have |*|
|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 |*|
|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 |*|
|627| O the Depth of Love Divine |*|
|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||
|715| Rejoice, the Lord Is King||
|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||
|129| Give to the Winds Thy Fears||
|414| Thou Hidden Love of God||
|607| A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition |(see W&S 3115 for a crappy arrangement)|

=====Calendar=====
By when do I need to have hymns picked? Figure it takes three weeks for me to learn a hymn, and I can probably only learn two at a time.

====June 7====
  * Old Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-9
  * Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
  * Epistle Reading: Romans 4:13-25

Points I want to get to:
  * John and Charles Wesley's most enduring writings are in the hymns
  * The first page of the hymnal--the instructions on singing

==First Hymn==
O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing

  * If you had a thousand tongues, what song would you sing?
  * What is Charles Wesley singing about?

====June 14====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====June 21====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====June 28====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====July 5====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====July 12====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====July 19====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====July 26====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====August 2====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====August 9====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====August 16====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====August 23====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

====August 30====
  * Old Testament Reading:
  * Gospel Reading:
  * Epistle Reading:

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
  * Suggest joining the chancel choir