The Circle

I am thinking that with all the service men returning from Irac there will probably be some of your congregations who will be  among them.  It is worth taking time to go internet and get all the information that you can gather about their efforts, fr

As a storyteller, I have many precious memories of visits to libraries for story time.  Many were public and private school libraries, but there were the public libraries in Virginia who invited me for workshops and for summer series on a certain the

Who is going to have a winter reading program?   Ours begins on January 15 and will continue through the last Sunday in March.  It is for adults only since we have one for the children in the summertime.  In addition to prizes awarded through our chu

We have had some trouble with pages falling out of a few of our "I Can Read" Series of children's books.  I contacted Zondervan and they have been extremely helpful in trying to correct this problem for future printing and binding.  They even offered

How many of you are using blogs to promote your library?  We began one this past year and have been very happy to have a resource that we can update as often as we have ideas.  Anyone with a Gmail account can start a blog through Blogspot for free.  

How many of you are doing a summer reading program?  Ours will begin this Sunday, May 22 and continue through July 24.  For updates, visit our blog at www.libraryfbc.blogspot.com

Everyone needs to buy the new book  Eyes of The Ocean by Dan Morton.  This book is now in stores Target and Barnes and Noble to name a few.

Dan Morton will be in Myrtle Beach, SC later this week for book signing events.  He will also be in Florida

Remember when your school had a book fair and you had $5 to spend on the book of your choice to be placed in the school library?

I want to something similar based on what I heard at a recent visit to a church library.  They did a book fair by purch

We have purchased several titles in the Guidepost Series Mystery and the Minister's Wife.  We try to shelf the books in series order, but I have consulted several sources and have been unable to find any agreement on which is #1, which is #2, etc.  D

Our library has a card making ministry that raises about $900 a year for the library.  The congregation donates used greeting cards and volunteers use them to make new "recycled cards". Then the congregation buys them off a card rack located in the l

Last February I wrote about a challenge we issued to the adults and youth of our church, "Read 10 in 2010".  It was a successful challenge.  Sixty people accepted the challenge.  Thirty-three read at least 10 books and many read far more than ten.  A

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2011/01/18/ebooks-and-libraries-a-stream-of-concerns/

This is a rather long blog about public libraries and ebooks, but well-worth reading. If you have a Kindle, Nook, etc. or if you are considering adding eb

Life of Luther is an historic, comprehensive biography of the most influential leader of the Protestant Reformation. This detailed biography of Martin Luther was reproduced from an 1850 American Sunday School Union original. It brings to light the co

Mornings and Evenings with Spurgeon is a classic collection of daily devotions that have been updated to meet the needs of the modern believer. Written by the “Prince of Preachers,” Charles H. Spurgeon, these timeless devotions have been cherished fo

Based on an original work released in 1859, completed in 1879, and considered the literary text for evolutionists, On the Origin of the Species has become the foundation for modern textbooks discussing origins. Interestingly enough Darwin, the Father

I have found several really fine books by bidding on ebay and for an example, I wanted an old, 1920s edition of Children's Lit that my sister used in college. I had my copy rebound and gave it to her daughter for Christmas and I wanted to replace it

While we have a substantial number of non-fiction volumes. I am convinced that what will draw adults to our library is an excellent selection of Christian fiction books. We do have the Jan Karon series and about 50 other titles, but I am looking for

Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II

I have only skimmed a few pages but this looks like it will be an excellent book - - especially if you need a gift for a war buff. Not only is it a 365 page devotional but it gives a "unique and conci