Events

Hello fellow librarians, please see the information below about the Central Alabama Library Conference. We are inviting you to attend even if you are a public librarian, a public school, private school, or a Christian school librarian. We can all learn from each other. I’m sure things are changing in whichever type of library you serve in. We all want our libraries to thrive. Come get some new ideas and share some too! Feel free to invite other librarians you know. Let’s all work together to ben

Virginia Church Library Association

Coffee & Chat

February 10, 2024

10 - 12 p.m.

Monument Heights Baptist Church

5716 Monument Ave. 

Richmond, VA  23226

(804) 285-3256

monumentheights.org/library

We will discuss promotion using newsletters, social media, and more.

Bring your ideas and questions for a time of roundtable discussion and fellowship with other church librarians.

RSVP by Friday, February 9, 2024 to

Lee Smith @ vachurchlibrary@gmail.com

or (804) 306-3862

VCLA Coffee & Chat 2.10.24 (8.5 x 11 in)

Hosted by the Nashvile Baptist Association Church Library Ministry Network at:

Immanuel Baptist Church

222 Belle Meade Boulevard

Nashville, TN 37205

Virginia Church Library Association
Fall Conference
Celebrating 65 Years of VCLA
Saturday, October 21, 2023
8 - 3:30 p.m.

Location
North Run Baptist Church
2100 Lydell Drive
Richmond, VA 23228

Conference Leaders
Morlee Maynard – Church Library Ministry Network Coordinator and Church Library Ministry Specialist & Church Library Director at Forest Hills Baptist, Nashville, TN
Carolyn Walker – Church Library Ministry Network Church Library Ministry Specialist & Church Library Director at First Ba

Can't wait until this Thursday, September 21! 

If you can't be with us in person, we will have Zoom available. Email Morlee Maynard (churchlibrariansnetwork@gmail.com) if you want to Zoom in with us.

All librarians in Middle Tennessee are invited to our first gathering of the Nashville Baptist Association Church Library Ministry Network. We are starting a new type of approach to fellowship, learning, and serving.

Virginia Church Library Association 

& 

Tabernacle Baptist Church

Coffee & Chat

Saturday, July 29 @ 10 a.m.

Join us for a time of fellowship and learning as we discuss "How the Library Can Aid in Bible Journaling. Bring your ideas and questions for a time of roundtable discussions with other church librarians. 

If you have books, DVDs, or library supplies you would like to share with others, we will have a swap area. Items should be 2012 or newer, not yellowed, torn, or written in.

For more information

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

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