Events

Virginia Church Library Association 

& 

Bethel United Methodist Church

Coffee & Chat

Saturday, June 10 @ 10 a.m.

Come and join us for a time of fellowship and learning. Bring your ideas and questions for a time of roundtable discussions on various topics with other church librarians. A catered lunch will follow for $15 and will include crab salad and two other cold salads, mixed green salad, dessert, and drinks.

If you have books, DVDs, or library supplies you would like to share with others, we will

Virginia Church Library Association

Spring Conference

Transforming Lives Through Church Libraries

Chester Baptist Church

4317 School Street

Chester, VA  23831

May 5 & 6, 2023

Discounted Early Registration Fee & Scholarship Applications Deadline is now April 20.

Guest Conference Leaders

Allison Maynard - Book Systems, Inc.

Bev League & Carolyn Walker - Church Librarians Network

VCLA Officer & Members - Marth Hancock, Lee Smith - VCLA Director, and

Jewel Barger VCLA Assistant Education Director 

Spring Confer

Charles Businaro, Georgina Businaro, Bev League, and Morlee Maynard are excited about the opportunity for church librarians to experience a conference with lead pastors, ministers of discipleship, children's ministers, youth ministers, state leaders, seminary professors, and more.

We have created a library track during this event that will have give you the choice of 20 workshops during 4 sessions. During Sessions 1 and 3 you will have 18 choices. During Sessions 2 and 4 we will apply what we l

Due to the passing of Marty's husband on February 23, this conference is cancelled. Our love and prayers go with you, Marty.

Program: A Sampling of Library Choices

Ruthe Turner, library director at FBC Dallas, will introduce books for church libraries. 

Registration: Free

Nan Alvis is DACLO Director.  

Theme: Fully Relying on God (FROG)

Registration Fee: FREE

Checkout the schedule and the course descriptions

North Alabama Conference Schedule

North Alabama Course Descriptions

Registration Form

Everyone is invited to this one-day annual event!

Virginia Church Library Association 

2022 Fall Conference 

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Dover Baptist Association 

11006 Lakeridge Parkway 

Ashland, VA 23005

Conference Leader

Hope Ferguson 

Local Guest Author 

Rev. Kathy Fogg Berry

Conference information, registration form and scholarship application are available on you website under the Upcoming Events tab. vacla.org/upcoming-events/

Check out our website vacla.org, Facebook (VCLA/Virginia Church Library Association) and Instagram (vachurchlibrary) p

Save the date and mark your calendars now! ECLA will be holding their conference this fall on October 8th at the Faith Baptist Church in Winfield, IL. We cannot wait to see all of you in-person and will be updating as we make additional plans. Don't miss it!

Since we haven't had an opportunity recently to be together and encourage one another, we thought it would be good to have an informal open forum to talk books and libraries.  LET'S GET TOGETHER!

Follow the morning with a lunch and afternoon breakout sessions? This could be the best encouragement we've had in a long time!

The event is FREE including lunch.

Details and Signup: TexasChurchLibrarians.org/

Contact: texaschurchlibrarians@gmail.com

Reunite Through Reading

A weekend of workshops, authors, books, raffles, activities, and so much more!

Begins at 4:00 PM (PDT) on June 24, 2022

Ends at 4:00 PM (PDT) on June 25, 2022 

For more information and to register to attend, visit http://pnacl.org/newsite/conference/ for more information or email us at conference@pnacl.org.

What makes fiction “Inspirational”? In many cases, it not only means fiction without certain
things—explicit language or sexuality—but also fiction with an additional theme of spirituality.
Christy Hall of Fame and bestselling author Cathy Gohlke will talk about how she seeks to make
her books not only entertaining, but also purpose-driven stories inspired by today’s headlines
that speak to readers’ needs and interests and offer comfort, consolation, and inspiration from
the Bible.

Christy Hall

Virginia Church Library Association

Spring Conference

June 4, 2022

9 AM – 3 PM

Conference Leaders

Morlee Maynard

Bev League

Location

Monument Heights Baptist Church

5716 Monument Ave.

Richmond, VA  23226

www.monumentheights.org

(804) 285-3256 

 This will be an in-person and virtual conference 

Detailed conference information with class information, schedule, registration fee /form  and scholarship application are available on our website under the upcoming events tab

Check us out on social media for upd

Librarians and Book Lovers, join us for the annual Spring ECLA Conference. We have many authors and presenters that we know you will find interesting and inspiring. Our keynote speaker is Steven Layne, author and world renowned speaker. He is amazing and you will not want to miss his presentation as well as all the other literary treats we have in store for you.

Check it out and register at eclalibraries.org. Questions, contact president@eclalibraries.org

Facilitator: Morlee Maynard     Time: 10:00 - 11:15 A.M. Central Time

Jesus commissioned us to make disciples. Church libraries make disciples best with their churches. And churches need their library teams to join their disciple make strategies. Through a panel discussion, let's consider 5 disciple making principles that guide churches. Each of these principles open opportunities for libraries. The panel members represent small, median, and large churches. What are they doing? Be sure to regist

Facilitator: Bev League

Time: 10:00 - 11:15 A. M. Central Time

Learn many different fun and creative ideas for programming activities that will help draw various ages into your library.

NOTE: Please send your Questions and Ideas to Bev League (bevleague@gmail.com) by Friday March 18th. Include the RE: LIBRARY QUESTIONS for Zoom.

Be sure to register, click here.

Facilitator: Allison Maynard

Time: 10.00 - 11:15 A.M. Central Time

Learn about Atriuum, an internet-based library software program. This course is Question driven/Attendee driven.

If you know Questions you have before the event, PLEASE email them to amaynard@booksys.com include the RE: Questions for Zoom. Send those questions by Friday March 11th.

Be sure to register: click here.

If you have general questions about the library software, if you are considering purchase, please send those questio