Methodist Hats

Methodists laugh at their own culture as readily as Baptists and Lutherans laugh at theirs. In the old lightbulb jokes, the committee, the potluck and the covered dish are assigned to Methodists and Baptists alike: a church-wide lighting service is planned for Sunday, so bring a bulb of your choice and a covered dish. The founder supplies plenty of material. John Wesley's Directions for Singing appeared in Select Hymns in 1761 and tells the congregation to sing lustily, and not as if half dead or half asleep. His heart was strangely warmed on 24 May 1738, described as a uniquely Methodist phrase. Do all the good you can is attributed to him, though no evidence shows he said it. Grape juice dates from 1869, when Welch, a dentist and ordained Methodist minister, pasteurised it, and Methodist temperance drove the change at the communion table. These Methodist hats pair that history with the in-group vocabulary: circuit rider, prevenient grace, the fellowship hall, the covered dish. The badges are sincere flags and the sentence designs are bits. It is a separate collection from Baptist Hats and Lutheran Hats, which have their own jokes. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat.