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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
For many years Rita Kirkland served as a Sunday School Board/Lifeway Church Library Ministry Specialist. Many of our CLN members remember enjoying her excellent conferences. She participated in the development of the Church Librarians Network, the p
Let the Holidays Begin!
Our prayers continue for Ukraine and Isreal!
Church Cookbooks
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.
Let’s continue to pray for the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza. What are you thankful for this year regarding your church’s library ministry? We may be focused on our families and friends this week, but what is one point of |
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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
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Let’s continue to pray for the people of Israel and the innocent people of Gaza.
Odd Challenges
Jackie Huffman had an odd challenge recently. Has anyone else been “commandeered" in some way? Click here.
What is the Scope of Your Church
In case you did not hear the two recent podcasts focused on church libraries, they featured two members of the CLN: Denise Roberts and Joan Hoyt. In fact, last Tuesday we had 14 new CLN members as a result of these podcasts stemming from The World Ra
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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? Click here.
Virginia Church Library Association
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Fall Break Plans?
Our schools are taking this week off for Fall Break. So our church weekday activities are cancelled this week. Our team is using our Wednesday workday to continue our inventory. How does your team use school break weeks?
