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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
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