Q&A

Summer 2024 Plans?

What are your plans for this summer to engage children, youth, and/or adults in using the library collection? We have LOTS of summer idea posts on the CLN so search for those posts using key words like “summer plans” or “summer reading”.

Bob Haskins

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Promotion Ideas to Get More Library Users?

During the middle Tennessee Church Librarians Network gathering on April 20, 2024 we shared all kinds of ideas with each other. What are you doing to attract new users?

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Brochures and Flyers

We have not had a discussion about promotional flyers nor policy brochures in quite a while. Let's catch up with what we have put together in recent years.

I'll start this discussion with our new tri-fold brochure/flyer. We will duplicate it this Wed

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Spring Break?

Some of you have already had spring break while some of us are having it this week, and others the week before Easter. Please share your church’s library activities for kids and their families during spring break this year. 

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Easter 2024 Plans?

What are the Easter plans for the library this season? Display? Please take a picture and post on our Photos tab. Reading plan for your people?

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Displays for Cultural History Emphases

Barbara Rodgers asks the following.

How do church libraries handle displays focusing on the emphases of Black History Month, Women's History Month or other cultural history emphases?

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New Babies?

Recently, my brother-in-law found the Cradle Roll letter sent to his parents when he was born. Does your church’s library team connect with parents of new babies in some way? 

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Book Recommendations and Sermons

Paul Jackson emailed me recently asking if preachers communicate titles of books they plan to include in their sermons. We grappled with this often-frustrating question through the years within other subjects. Let’s bring it up again.  How do you wor

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Points for using the library

Posted for Linda Barber, First Baptist Church, Brandon, MS

Here’s our plan for later in this month! Not totally fleshed out yet.  First Baptist, Brandon, MS

Sign up for the Coffee and Books book club for adults. Earn a prize by visiting

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Remembering the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza

What is your church’s/synagogue library team doing as your church/ synagogue family prays for people caught in this tragedy? 

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Greeting Card Ministry

From a Church Librarians Network search, we have overlooked sharing what some of us are doing with greeting cards. We just started a team of card makers for our group leaders and In-Home Ministry visitors. It is led by Debbie Boyte. Once the word got

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Remembering September 11, 2001

Today we remember those lost on September 11, 2001. Did you do anything special yesterday? A display? Added books to your collection? 

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Story Times for Preschoolers and Children

Do you provide story time for kids during the week?

If not, why not?

If so, when do you have it? Any suggestions for those of us who have not figured it out yet?

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Church Library Month

Hi Everyone!

Church Library Month begins October 1st. What ideas/activities are you creating in order to promote participation and interest in the church library? This is my first year as church librarian, so I would really like to know what works to

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Summer Reading Challenge Plans?

We are putting together a reading challenge for the summer. I just read all about our local public library's summer reading challenge. There's no way our church reading challenge can come close to what all they are doing. Now I understand why absolut

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Easter Plans?

Easter is April 9. What are you planning to do through your church's library this year? Display? We would love to see it: Photos. Click on the red and white plus sign.

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Love the Library

This Feb. Anyone that checks out anything gets to pick a treat from a treat jar at the circulation desk. It was a great hit tonight. Checked out 15 items on Wednesday night!!

We also Started a Library Newsletter again. We had one years ago but then th

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Valentine's Plans?

What are your plans for your church's library in February? Any ideas from what you did last year?

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Promotion Ideas

Topic posted by Mary Reynolds on January 18, 2023:

Our church library has been in a terrible state for the last 6-7 years. We have about 2000 books and we don't even have a budget until January. We have one bulletin board just outside the room & I wo

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