Michigan Church Librarians

Calling all church librarians in Michigan to join this group to share stories, prayer requests, and ideas!

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Marty Woodall December 26, 2025 20:21

I want to invite all librarians to attend the Central Alabama Library Conference on March 7, 2026
check out the EVENTS page for full conference information
Debbie Dehart September 9, 2023 15:20

In TWO WEEKS (Sep. 23) the Evangelical Church Library Association will hold its annual conference - in Michigan this year! Berean Baptist Church in Portage, MI. Speakers include Lynn Austin, Susie Finkbeiner and Mary Morgan, plus a number of other Michigan authors will join us for lunch conversation and also on FRIDAY night at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids for a round table discussion. You can find more information and sign up at the website, www.eclalibraries.org. There is a brochure there which tells you all about it. Hope to see you there, and tell any church librarian, Christian school librarian, or book lover you know! All are welcome.
Denise A Roberts April 22, 2018 22:02

We also use LibraryThing. It is WONDERFUL. We are around 11,000 books and have a monthly newsletter that goes out.
Mary Jo Durivage March 14, 2018 9:12

Hello

Thanks for creating the Michigan group, Morlee. Our group has not yet met again but I did take a look around the local Methodist church library and saw that they use LibraryThing to keep track of the collection. That is my thought also. Will post something once our fledgling group meets again. Thanks.

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