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Northaven Bicentennial
Timeline Banners
Created by members of
Northaven United Methodist Church,
Dallas, TX
Copyright Northaven United Methodist Church 2002
Northaven Bicentennial
Timeline Banners
Designer: J'Ann Pybas
Texts: Albert C. Outler
Calligraphy: Nita B. Harkey
Jane Johnsen
Northaven Bicentennial
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A timeline of selected historic events
in the story of John Wesley and the
evolution of Methodism
Suzanna Wesley at her diary
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The focused light
from the candle
suggests the lifelong
influence of this
remarkable woman
in the lives of her
children, especially
her son John.
As a Brand plucked out of the burning
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Susanna's words, from
Zechariah 3:2 and
Amos 4:11, to reinforce
her sense of the special
Providence that
rescued her son John
from the disastrous fire
that destroyed Old
Epworth Rectory in
1709. John shared that
notion of a special
mission in his life.
Oxford
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All three of the Wesley
sons were educated at
Oxford, as their father
had been before them.
John, however, was
elected as Fellow of
Lincoln College in 1726
with the expectation of
finding his vocation there
"in the city of dreaming
spires".
Anglican Priest - Oxford don
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Although he did serve
briefly as his father’s
curate in Epworth and
Wroot, John much
preferred "the groves of
the Academe” - declining
his father's importunate
plea to succeed him at
Epworth."
Bible Moths
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In 1724 John became the leader
of “The Holy Club”, a small group
of rigorously disciplined young
men who drew upon themselves
the ridicule of others-- “Bible
Moths”, “Supererogation Men”,
“Methodists”. Unfazed, the group
continued their regimen of piety
and good works, of study and
prayer, of ministry and service to
the poor and to the prisoners of
Oxford gaol.
Voyage to Georgia
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John and Charles Wesley
volunteered for service as
missionaries to the new
colony of Georgia. A
stormy winter voyage
(1735 - 1736) sorely
tested their stamina and
their faith. In Georgia
they discovered
themselves unsuited to
the needs of the rude
pioneers. The result:
disillusionment and
disgrace.
Moravian Influences
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On the voyage to
Georgia, the Wesleys
met a group of Moravian
colonists whose serenity
in the face of hardships
and mortal danger struck
home. In his diary,
Wesley notes "10 a.m.,
prayed, conversed, afraid
to die; storm still raging".
Love Feast
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Part Moravian, part
Anglican, the faithful in
the Fetter Lane Society
celebrated periodic
Love Feasts, sharing
hymns, testimonies,
prayers, and bread and
water from a twohandled cup.
"Aldersgate"
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At last! Wesley's longsought assurance of
God’s pardoning mercy
was vouchsafed to him,
and his heart was
"strangely warmed".
Open Air Preaching
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In response to a call for
help from his evangelist
friend George Whitfield,
John Wesley went to
Bristol in March of 1739
and most reluctantly went
out into the open fields
beyond the city's wall to
preach to miners and
colliers - and found a new
career!
"The World is my Parish"
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…and the back of a horse his home.
Having no parish of his own, John
Wesley claimed the right, by virtue of his
special ordination as Fellow of Lincoln
College, to preach wherever an
opportunity presented itself. Thus began
an incredible itinerancy over the whole of
Great Britain and Ireland, first on
horseback and then, in his later years, in
a special chaise equipped with
bookshelves and a writing desk.
The Kingswood School
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In 1740 John opened the
Kingswood school for the
Christian education of
poor boys and the sons
of his preachers. Its
curriculum was classical,
its discipline rigorous, its
results remarkable. It still
flourishes.
The New Room, Bristol
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First of the permanent
chapels for the
Methodists; and the only
one of the early Methodist
buildings not "improved"
and altered since that
time. Thus it remains
(refurbished) as it was in
Wesley’s time.
Goodbye, Fetter Lane
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For all his admiration of the
Moravians, Wesley found
their quietism a flaw. After
a period of fruitless
controversy, Wesley and
his followers moved out to
relocate in the ruins of the
old foundry of Upper
Moorfields.
Upper Moorfields
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Here the Methodists found their
London headquarters, in the
abandoned cannon foundry, with a
nominal rent and in the midst of a
London slum. Here they set up a
preaching place, a free dispensary,
quarters for orphans and widows, a
small loans office and a publishing
house. Here Wesley lived during
the winter months; from March to
October he was on the move over
Britain.
Enthusiasm!
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Methodist zeal and their joy in
worship shocked the staid and
comfortable. They were ridiculed and
persecuted. But the downtrodden
were learning not only to hear the
Gospel but to read it as well. Out of it
all, they came to a new sense of
dignity before God and their fellows.
Good news to the common folk!
"Plain truth for plain people!"
Methodist Baiters
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It was a favorite tactic of the
enemies of the Methodists to
drive oxen into their open-air
meetings to disrupt them.
What is worse, such
shenanigans were actually
condoned by some Anglican
clergy. But the Methodists
were not intimidated and the
revival continued to flourish.
The New Chapel on City Road
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In November of 1778, the
Methodists moved their
headquarters from the
foundry to a bright new
chapel they had built
nearby on City Road.
Here, in the following
August, Wesley presided
over the Annual
Conference, which
continued and ended in
peace and love.
The Setting Apart of Dr. Thomas Coke
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At the urging of the
Americans and without
consulting Charles,
John "set apart" Dr.
Thomas Coke to convey
his authority to the
Americans and provide
them with ministers of
the sacraments.
Furious
Charles was predictably furious:
"How easily are Bishops made
By man's or woman's whim.
Wesley his hands on Coke has laid,
But who laid hands on him?"
A Summoning of the Methodist Clan
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Francis Asbury knew the
Americans as Wesley and
Coke did not. If he was to
lead them, he must be
elected by them and not
merely appointed over them
by Wesley’s Atlanticstretching hand. And so the
summons went: "Come to
Baltimore in all haste."
The Christmas Conference
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Convened in Lovely
Lane Chapel on
December 25,1784. As
Asbury reports in his
journal, "We were in
great haste and did
much business in a little
time." Thus was
organized the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The Christmas Conference
Assisting in Asbury's "setting apart" were Philip
Otterbein and Martin Boehm, ministers of what
would become the United Brethren in Christ (later,
Evangelical and United Brethren and, finally, in
1968, the United Methodist Church).
Hand in Hand
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Bishops Asbury and Coke
were the first church
officials to pay an official
visit to President George
Washington and were
kindly received by him.
Then, without abandoning
the Atlantic seaboard base,
the Methodist itinerants
moved into the opening
frontiers with an avowed
mission: "to reform the
continent and to spread
Scriptural holiness over the
land."
The Torch and the T-Square
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Asbury was a born leader
because he never sent
another where he had not
already ventured. His
equal passion for zeal
and orderliness kept the
Methodists on the move
and launched them into a
great success story in the
19th century.
Missionary to the Wyandot
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American Methodists
took the whole of the
new continent for their
parish. Their first
missionary to the
Wyandot Indians was a
black preacher named
John Stewart. His work
and that of many others
inspired the formation in
1819 of the Missionary
Society.
"There’s a Meeting Here Tonight"
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From far and wide they
flocked to the "campmeetings", with their
food and bed rolls, in
their wagons and on
foot, these scattered
pioneers--oh, so hungry
for good company, great
singing and the Gospel
Embroidery on Whole Cloth
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The stories of Methodist
missionary ventures
multiplied, just as the
Methodist circuit riders broke
new trails into the West.
Their mission was to follow
the people and to minister to
all--as they did to the Flathead Indians who came to
them in St. Louis in 1831
seeking Bibles--first to the
Northwest Territory, then
"beyond the wide Missouri"
and on to the Pacific rim.
Amid the Shoutings - Great Silences
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For all their zeal, the
Methodists had their blind
spots:
The O'Kellyite schism
Insensitivity to Black
sensibilities
Indifference to women’s
rights
Rejection of lay
representation
Compromises with slavery
Violation of Indians' rights
Methodists North and South of God
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The Methodists' most
notable failure was over
the issue of slavery,
which led to the Great
Separation of 1844.
From one church in
1784, the Methodists in
America were now
divided into six. It was
the prelude to our
greatest national tragedy.
Five Points Mission
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The first "institutional
mission" in the city, a
model for work in the new
urban society. Here was
the Gospel in the slums,
with shelter for the poor, a
day school for the young, a
sanctuary and temple for
Gospel proclamation and
Christian nurturing.
The Second Blessing
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Over and beyond their
experience of pardon,
Methodists turned their
hopes to the ideal of perfect
love (of God and neighbor)
in this life. The notion of
this possibility exalted the
human will and inspired
great expectations for a
Christian experience of
grace that far surpassed all
nominal Christianity.
The Palmyra Manifesto
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A trumpet call to mission
for the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South
hatched at a meeting in
Missouri, fledged by the
Southern bishops, cast
into stirring prose by
Holland N. McTyeire.
Methodism in the South
would live on.
Chautauqua
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The original Chautauqua
is an old Methodist
campmeeting ground on
a New York lake - a
culminating symbol of
the Wesley-Methodist
belief in self-education
and its delightful
compatibility with religion
and recreation.
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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"Recognizing," said
Frances Willard, “that our
cause will be combated by
mighty and relentless
forces, we will, trusting in
Him who is the Prince of
Peace, meet argument
with argument,
misjudgment with
patience, denunciation
with kindness, and all our
difficulties and dangers
with prayer."
Salvation Army comes to America
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Although social action was
a Wesley tenet, English
Methodists threw minister
William Booth out of the
Church for ministering to
the rag-tag. So he
founded the Army, adding
soup to sermons, and later
came to America.
One Voice
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In the 1894 Pullman Strike,
the Reverend William H.
Carwardine railed against
the "company store"
syndrome of
industrialization. He spoke
then virtually alone. But the
next few years saw the
Church come down from
the clouds to add a mighty
choir to this lonely voice.
If Not a Horse - Then a Heifer
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When "Frank" Willard was
a young girl, her father
forbade her to ride a
horse, so she broke a
heifer to the saddle and
rode the cow. When she
reached fifteen, her father
gave her, belatedly, his
permission to ride a horse.
Goodwill
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The song went on and
stronger yet, as
Methodist preacher
Edgar Helms and his
wife originated what has
become the largest
rehabilitation agency in
the world - the Goodwill
Industries. Partners still:
mutual self-help and
Methodism.
Trust and Obey
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… and the Lord will
provide. How many
depression era P.K.'s do
you suppose were
clothed out of the
missionary barrel?
Reunification
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In 1939, three came
together at last - the
Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Methodist
Episcopal Church,
South, and the
Methodist Protestant
Church merged to form
the Methodist Church,
with nearly eight million
members.
Dallas, 1968
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Scars, warts and all, the
Methodist Church and the
Evangelical United Brethren
Church were joined, forming
the United Methodist Church.
This was the largest of the
Methodist bodies, even though
it left out a dozen other
churches with the title and
heritage of "Methodist". But
among other welcome visitors
was a Roman Catholic
Cardinal - a sign of a new day
in ecumenical unity.
The United Methodist Logo
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"Flame" and "light" were
two of John Wesley’s
favorite metaphors, and
the Cross is the central
symbol of all Christians.
Thus the cross and flame
seemed to gather up
many images and visions
of what the United
Methodist Church is and
what it aspires to be.
Founding, Division, Union
This banner portrays a
timeline of the founding,
division and reunification of
the Methodist church in
America.
The Northaven Community
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In the dance of life we
help each other.
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(Banner design is
adapted from the
Matisse "Dancers")
Notes on the Timeline Banners
These banners form a timeline of selected historic events in
the story of John Wesley and the evolution of Methodism, from
its beginnings in the Methodist Societies of England on through
200 years of development in America.
The heraldic Shield represents the Church of England, in
which the early Methodists were nurtured by the sacraments.
As the Methodists became more and more distinctive, their
disciplined approach to religion is suggested by the square
corners of a rectangle. In America after the Revolution, the
Anglican influence wanes and only the rectangle remains.
Cont…
Notes continued
Forming the lower edge of the rectangle, notice the line of
music. It is to draw attention to the fact that Charles Wesley
and his hymns shared equally in the movement with John
and his sermons.
The music's irregularities are meant to remind us of the
physical hardships of Wesley and his "circuit-riders" over the
rough roads and tracts of English countryside and the
American wilderness. Now, they remain as needful hints of
obstacles overcome.
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