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How can we get our readers away from thinking fiction is only for leisure reading?

Who are the Christian fiction authors that you find your people can connect spiritual truth in their stories? Charles Martin, Lisa Wingate, Richard Paul Evans, and Cathy Gohlke come to my mind.

Perhaps as people return a book, we ought to ask them w

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7 Replies · Reply by Martha W. Hancock Jun 6, 2022

What type of server are you using to store MP4 format files?

The library of FBC Griffin, GA has a huge archive of sermon audio and VHS tapes and DVDs, with more recent ones stored online with Vimeo at this point. We are in the investigation process of how to best convert all of these items to MP4 format and h

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1 Reply · Reply by Stephen Gateley Jun 6, 2022

Sunday Morning Group Meets in Church Library?

With the high cost of building these days, churches are having to make difficult decisions about space needs when more people come to church on Sundays. How have those of you who have a group meeting in the library during the Bible study time accomod

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5 Replies · Reply by Dee Ann Hoff May 30, 2022

Church Library Summer Plans?

Summer is almost here! Any plans for your church's library this summer? Children? Youth? Adults?

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13 Replies · Reply by Gail OConnor Jul 4, 2022

Are you in need of ideas for something?

We are all working on changes or addtions to our library ministries. You are welcome to reply to this post with your need for specific ideas. Or start a new post by clicking on the red button above on the right side. Actually, starting a new post wil

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13 Replies · Reply by Elizabeth Fisher May 5, 2022

Library Emails

Our team is planning to start sending an email once a month to those who want to receive the emails. Help us with how you do such through your library?

Do you use MailChimp or something like that to manage your mailing list?
What do you include in

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5 Replies · Reply by Paul T. Jackson May 2, 2022

Making Disciples Webinar: Why and How Do Church Libraries Participate in Building Community?

See attached Participant Guide to the March 30 webinar by Alabama Baptist Convention. Click here.

Click here for the webinar recording.

Principle 1: Discipleship Requires Proximity

During the webinar, Ken Braddy made highlighted these points related

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1 Reply · Reply by jackie saturley Apr 8, 2022

Disciple Making Webinar: How can church libraries reach out to the 63% of adults who are in in groups in their churches?

See attached Participant Guide to the March 30 webinar by Alabama Baptist Convention. Click here.

Click here for the webinar recording.

Principle 2: Disciples are made in groups

Disciples need to be involved in more than preaching and listening. Tha

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Making Disciples Webinar: What are ways church libraries can assist the groups in building relationships?

See attached Participant Guide to the March 30 webinar by Alabama Baptist Convention. Click here.

Click here for the webinar recording.

Principle 2: Disciples are made in groups

Our churches have lots of groups of all kinds.

You will find Principle

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Making Disciples Webinar: What role can our church libraries play in the lives of today's children?

See attached Participant Guide to the March 30 webinar by Alabama Baptist Convention. Click here.

Click here for the webinar recording.

Principle 2: Disciples are made in groups

Ken including a point about groups in regard to children. Trends say chi

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Disciple Making Webinar: Where do you see church libraries providing support and services to other ministries of our churches?

See attached Participant Guide to the March 30 webinar by Alabama Baptist Convention. Click here.

Click here for the webinar recording.

Principle 3: Disciples are made over time.

Take a look at another webinar that Ken presented to pastors and church

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Disciple Making Webinar: What do church libraries offer to support Bible and Christian literature reading?

See attached Participant Guide to the March 30 webinar by Alabama Baptist Convention. Click here.

Click here for the webinar recording.

Principle 4: Growing Disciples Read the Bible and Christian literature daily.

Ken pointed out 3 predictors of spi

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Making Disciples Webinar: What are we doing or could be doing to inspire and assist disciples of Jesus along the growth markers used by our churches?

See attached Participant Guide to the March 30 webinar by Alabama Baptist Convention. Click here.

Click here for the webinar recording.

Principle 5: Disciples Grow

Ken highlighted the following during his webinar about spiritual growth.

1. Lifeway Re

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Church Library Mission Statement

Yolanda Martinez is pondering if her church's library should have a mission statement? She asks us the following: Do church librarians have mission statements that they use?

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4 Replies · Reply by Scott Sanjay Hayes Mar 5, 2022

Valentine 2022?

What are you doing for Valentine season this year?

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2 Replies · Reply by Wanda Tuley Feb 7, 2022

Clean Fiction Winter 2021

Nancy Wilson emailed me a book she just discovered: Clean Fiction Magazine, Winter Edition 2021. Neither of us are familiar with it.

Click here to link to their website. They sell it through Amazon: Clean Fiction Magazine, Winter Edition 2021. A hel

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Christmas Books and DVDs?

Are you adding new Christmas related books and DVDs for adults, teens, children, and/or families? Would you share the titles? Many of us are needing to build this part of our collections. Share your titles in the Comments below.

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4 Replies · Reply by Donna J Miller Dec 27, 2021

Fantasy and Futuristic Fiction

Tim Wilson asks the following question.

After a tornado severely damaged our church, we're finally recovering and I'm trying to get my library restocked and reopened. I occasionally have requests for fantasy and futuristic type fiction. I'm having a

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6 Replies · Reply by Cathryn Clark Nov 22, 2021

Team Appreciation during the Holidays

A great way to show appreciation to our team members is to give a gift of some kind to each one with a little note. Last year I gave our team jars of my favorite jelly purchased from a farm in North Carolina. A greeting card can also be used to expre

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1 Reply · Reply by Tori Wright Nov 9, 2021

Bookstore question

Pam Langston asked me to post this question for her.

I’m in a church now that has a bookstore rather than a check out Library. There still needs to be a simple way to inventory books and retrieve by subject matter. Any suggestions? ( i could get a

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1 Reply · Reply by Pam Grady Oct 27, 2021

church libraries (178)

How can we get our readers away from thinking fiction is only for leisure reading?

What type of server are you using to store MP4 format files?

Sunday Morning Group Meets in Church Library?

Church Library Summer Plans?

Are you in need of ideas for something?

Library Emails

Making Disciples Webinar: Why and How Do Church Libraries Participate in Building Community?

Disciple Making Webinar: How can church libraries reach out to the 63% of adults who are in in groups in their churches?

Making Disciples Webinar: What are ways church libraries can assist the groups in building relationships?

Making Disciples Webinar: What role can our church libraries play in the lives of today's children?

Disciple Making Webinar: Where do you see church libraries providing support and services to other ministries of our churches?

Disciple Making Webinar: What do church libraries offer to support Bible and Christian literature reading?

Making Disciples Webinar: What are we doing or could be doing to inspire and assist disciples of Jesus along the growth markers used by our churches?

Church Library Mission Statement

Valentine 2022?

Clean Fiction Winter 2021

Christmas Books and DVDs?

Fantasy and Futuristic Fiction

Team Appreciation during the Holidays

Bookstore question

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