Our pastor is interested in setting up a book stall. Does anyone have an idea about beginning a book collection? Our library books are mostly really old.
We have another first! Our non-fiction shelf signage now has our church mission statement key words (Love, Grow, Serve, Go) connected to our Dewey categlories. A win-win for sure with our pastor and church staff. We use Dewey so the signs contain our
Due to increased participant travel expenses and the loss of funding by those entities that have provided library conferences in the past, the number of conferences in most of our locations are greatly reduced or nonexistent these days. BTW, the same
We have two new homeschool families who are very excited about the Enrichment Center.These preteens (4-7 graders but churches varying in grouping) want to help this summer since their families will not be traveling as
In February 2025, Glenn McKowen updated his three eBook articles for us. You will find links here to these 3 articles for us to continue these discussions.
We have not had much attention on mothers since 2016. Any updates since then on calling attention to mothers on Mother's Day? New books to recommend for mothers today? If you did a display, click here. Or post the photo here.
That is the question driving Parents Who Fight. This organization has been helping parents, schools, and churches partner together to protect kids from the influence of technology. My church hosted Jesse and Sarah Siegand for the last 2 Wednesday eve
Our pastor/preacher surprised me yesterday by sharing the sermon topics for yesterday and the next 2 Sundays. He is preaching through the Gospel of Mark this year. We have had books connected to Mark in our main display during these months. But yeste
A new experience for our Enrichment Center Team. I got an email from a couple who are members of another church in our association. They asked if our church let non-church members use the library. We do, so we met in the library last Friday. We had a
Over 15 years ago, our little church's library purchased the rclsoftware for cataloguing. It has met our needs perfectly and survived upgrades. It continues to work and thankfully, I have not needed any technical support, since it is no longer avail
What is new in your church’s or synagogue’s library ministry? Hopefully new books, but what about other ways of having something new? I have something new to share but I can’t get my iPhone to send the photos to my email account where I can download
We are trying to build a Graphic Novel section for Junior Readers. Does anyone have any good suggestions for Christian Graphic Novels besides these? ICorrie Ten Boom The Hiding Place: (A Graphic Novel) Ages 8-12, Full Color, Il
In our not too distant history, church library conferences were available frequently in most states. Due to decrease in funding and the increase in travel expenses, a high percentage of those conferences have evaporated. Let's have fun remembering th
Today, we had our very first preschool storytime in the Enrichment Center! Click here to read our Forest Hills Baptist Church Enrichment Center Journal where I shared today's great experiences!
Many of you have been doing storytimes for years. Would
Share with us your favorite sources for library books and DVDs. Even if you see your sources mentioned by others before you do, go ahead and add to our list in this discussion.
