Our First Baptist Library in Cleveland, TN began its summer reading program this past Sunday, May 16. In only three short days, 141 children have signed up and checked out 576 books bringing our circulation total this month to 1,509. Our program will
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Today, May 4th, is the release of the movie "The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry". It was in limited release in the theaters and Rita Kirkland and I had a chance to see it. It is a MUST BUY for all church libraries. It is a beautiful story of an older man
I need some ideas on how you acquire new funds for your libraries. Do you only receive funds through the budget of your church, do you have fundraisers, do you receive donations, etc.? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
by Kathy Herman, an author we have recently rediscovered. Poor Mrs Rigsby is Christian fiction at its best, showing the temptations faced by believers and how great God's grace is to restore us. It is also great suspense reading.
We are trying something new in the library at Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Albuquerque, NM. We challenged the adults and youth to Read 10 in 2010. We did not know if the adults would respond, but they have. Thirty eight have signed up so far and sev
I have just completed the newly released book, Beguiled. I would highly recommend it. It is quite different from Gist's other books, in that it is a contemporary novel, with an added mystery. The book reflects a successful combination of each author'
Written by Gayle Haggard in response to her husband's public fall into sin. This book will make you think about forgiveness like you never have before.
I would love to receive reading selections for a book club @ Timberlake Baptist Church in Myrtle Beach. Many couples as well as single adults attend our supper meetings.
Some titles we've enjoyed are The Shack, Same Kind of Different as Me, God on a
Here's how we celebrate Valentine's Day in the library at Richmond Presbyterian, Richmond, BC, Canada: Every year, on the Sunday nearest Valentine's (right on this year!), we have "Kiss Sunday" when we give out bookmark-size lists of love-themed medi
I read her new release on my recent trip to Gainesville, FL for their library conference. I had heard Terri interviewed about her book on the Moody network. Chris Fabry did the interview so that made it even more special. This book is based somewhat
http://www.amazon.com/Guernsey-Literary-Potato-Society-Readers/dp/0385341008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262381407&sr=8-1This is a wonderful book about the true meaning of friendship and community in a time of extreme adversity.
There seems to be more and more books on our shelves by popular prolific authors that produce serials. The latest suggestion by our leaders is to add an extra line to the call number to identify the serial name and number. I've followed this suggesti
I looked at YouTube for the first time today. I didn't realize that they had a search feature. For example go to https://www.youtube.com/ and in the search field enter "books book binding book repair" (without quotes).
A site I use quite a bit is www.bookmooch.com. This site is a great way to trade books that you multiple copies of in your library. The short story about this site is that you can search through thousands upon thousands of books and trade your books
Woman's Missionary Union has published a new book called, "Molly's Adventures inMissions" for preschoolers and children. In the book Molly learns whatchurch mission teams do when they go on their trips. In the back ofthe book is Molly to cut out, lam
What a blessing this will be for church librarians everywhere! Thank you Morlee and team for making this happen. I'm looking forward to the exchange of ideas, encouragement and support this will allow, and will be inviting others to join also. Thanks
Hi Everyone! I'm wondering what you are doing this summer with a reading club? If you are doing one, would you post what you are doing so the rest of us can enjoy your experiences this summer with you? And we can be praying for you and your club memb
Thank you, so much, for this website. Yes, I have at times felt like we're out here all on our own since we lost the Media magazine. I really miss that. I realize Lifeway has a page or two for libraries deep down in their website but I'm excited abou
