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Shelving Bible-Based Materials
Sabrina J posted a question for us to discuss this week. Click here.
Display and Bulletin Board Photos
Sherall Cornwell posted 3 pictures: a beautiful display and 2 bulletin boards. Click here.
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2024 EVENTS
This Friday - Saturday: the Virginia Church Library Association hosts their Spring Conference. Let’s pray for safe travel and a great experience for all of them!
July 20: The Middle Tennessee Church Library Ministry Network
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The Middle Tennessee Church Librarians Ministry Network had a fun learning experience Saturday at Woodmont Baptist Church Nashville! Kudos to Cookie Schauman and Linda Hunt for hosting us. Our group of 13 enjoyed refreshments, conversat
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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
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 discussion since March 11:
Recommend these Children/Teens’ Authors?
Mimi W found these titles on Christianbook.com.
Continued from last week:
Please share your church’s library activities for kids and their families d
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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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We almost doubled the number of survey participants this past week. We now have 71 responses. Not too late to participate. Click here.
New discussions this past week:
Collection Development on North American Missions, Annie Armstrong, a
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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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Lost Bibles?
Barbara Rodgers has a situation with lost Bibles. Let’s help her out. Click here.
Cultural History Emphases Displays?
Barbara Rodgers also asks a great question for us to discuss. Click here.
Sunday Morning Experiences
Debo
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Sunday Morning Experiences
Yesterday I had an amazing experience with a couple who visited our church for the first time. They were in the Enrichment Center when I got there after Sunday School. Both were very excited about our library!
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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
