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
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Let the Holidays Begin!
Happy Hanukkah to those of you who serve with synagogue libraries!
Creston Mapes: Free Kindle Book
One of our authors is offering a free ebook on Amazon through this Thursday. You can read it on your Kindle to determine if
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?
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Virginia Church Library Conference: October 21
Have you noticed this event is also available in-person and live on Zoom? Click here.
Greeting Cards
From a Church Librarians Network search, we have overlooked sharing what some of us are d
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Local Gatherings of Church Librarians?
Last Thursday those of us in Nashville had a Meet & Greet gathering to launch our new Middle Tennessee Church Library Ministry Network. The planning team is thrilled that we had a total of 10 librari
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Church Library Month?
Amy Burk started a conversation for us to share how our churches celebrate Church Library Month which is in October. Click here to share your plans for this year.
Let’s Read!
We have not posted what we are reading lat
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Remembering 9/11
Today we remember those lost on September 11, 2001. Did you do anything special yesterday? A display? Added books to your collection? Click here.
Bibliotherapy
Occasionally, we are asked to assist students in their res
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Self Check-In/Check-Out Equipment?
Those of you who have machines for self-checkout and check-in, what are our recommendations? Do you have any shopping advice for such machines? Click here.
Overdue Books and Other Items
Last week, Lind
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Overdue Books and Other Items
Linda Johnson would like to hear how other librarians manage notifications of overdue books, and at what point do you just pronounce a book as lost and decide whether to replace it or not. Click here.
Youn
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Circulation Desk
We have not talked about the Circulation Desk lately. How do you coordinate the Circulation Desk needs on Sundays and weekdays? Click here.
Assisting Users in Locating Items
How do you schedule and train team members t
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Church Library Month
Amy Burke is new to Church Library Ministry. She is looking for ideas on how to use Church Library Month to promote the library. Click here. I just did a search for posts on Church Library Month through the years. C
