Hi Everyone!!
We have two events coming up! Everyone is welcome to both events. Check out the details here.
- Middle Tennessee is gathering at Woodmont Baptist Nashville this Saturday.
- Virginia’s Spring Conference is on May 3-4 at Mount Pleasant Bap
Hi Everyone!!
We have two events coming up! Everyone is welcome to both events. Check out the details here.
Happy Eclipse Day!
Websites Tab
The original concept for our CLN Websites tab was for us to share links to our churches’ websites for the libraries. Over time we started adding website links to information websites for us to use when people ask us q
Happy April Fools Day!
Library Technologies
Sandy Blackney posted a question about software on the Library Technologies Group tab. Feel free to join this group if you want to participate in the discussion.
I CAN READ BOOKS?
William Roberge responded
Happy Easter!
The Church Librarians Network members represent a variety of Christian faiths that have a variety of Easter customs. May we all have a special Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
While Preparing a Flyer
Check out my update on our FHBC Enrichm
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New discussions this past week:
Spring Break?
Please share your church’s library activities for kids and their families during spring break this year. Click here.
Youth Resource on Daniel
Nancy Martin is searching for youth resource on D
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New discussions this past week:
Easter Plans for 2024?
What are the Easter plans for the library this season? Click here to share.
Restarting an Old Library
William Roberge is restarting a discussion that started in 2010 because he is re
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Thank you for all the great responses to last week’s survey with 49 participants so far. Not too late to participate. Click here.
New Discussion: Shelving Books in a Series for Children?
Sabrina J has a great question. Click here.
We r
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Two of our members, Denise Roberts and Debbie Dehart are working on a project to assist new church librarians and those who are revitalizing a library. They need your input through a survey. Only takes a few minutes to fill out. No one wi
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Book Recommendations during 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 su
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Our second week of January was busy too. Those of us in the south are snowbound these days, which is not unusual for those of you in other parts of the USA. So, whenever you find yourself snowbound this winter, consider our discussions pl
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We had a busy week for the first of 2024!
Training Events
I’ve heard of events that are on the 2024 docket but not on our Events page. If you have a training opportunity on the drawing board, let me know how I can assist you in getting i
Happy New Year!
Welcome back to the CLN! We all took the last two plus weeks off due to all the holiday preparations. I just want you to know I am spending some time this coming week praying through some ideas to ramp up what we are doing through th
Merry Christmas!
Celebrating Rita Kirkland's Contributions to Church Libraries Everywhere!
For many years Rita Kirkland served as a Baptist Sunday School Board/Lifeway Church Library Ministry Specialist. Many of us remember enjoying her excellent con
Let the Holidays Begin!
Our prayers continue for Ukraine and Isreal!
During the last few weeks, we discussed cookbooks and participated in a survey by Emily Belz. She is a Christianity Today reporter. Click here to get the link to
Happy Cyber Monday!
Praise God for the release of some hostages. Let’s continue to pray for the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza.
Encouraging Report
Recently, Lee Smith had the opportunity to talk with people about church libraries.
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Let’s continue to pray for the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza.
Bulletin Board Photo
Becky Johnson posted 3 different views of a fall bulletin board. Very nice! Other fall displays? Click here.
Thanksgiving Books Recomm
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Let’s continue to pray for the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza.
Grace Bags
Everly Bolton posted pictures and information about something her church’s library team has added to their collection. Great ideas here!
Church
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Let’s continue to pray for the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza.
Church Cookbooks?
Emily Belz is a staff writer for Christianity Today. She emailed me the following:
“I'm writing about what happened to church cookbooks; d