disciple - Our Journeys - Church Librarians Network2024-03-28T17:43:18Zhttps://churchlibrarians.ning.com/journeys/feed/tag/discipleA Church Library Currently in Transitionhttps://churchlibrarians.ning.com/journeys/morlee-s-team-story-about-restarting-a-church-library-right-now2019-05-31T21:30:00.000Z2019-05-31T21:30:00.000ZMorlee Maynardhttps://churchlibrarians.ning.com/members/MorleeMaynard<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Back in January (2019) our pastor and staff started the process of assessing all the ministries of our church as to how each on aligns to the mission, vision, core values, and discipleship process of our church. They determined that our library ministry needed to move in the same direction our church family is going.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> <strong>On March 27<sup>th</sup>, I officially became the library team leader with no team members. The first task was moving the collection to a new room being created by a building program. With the services of my Sunday School class, we prepared the collection for the move and made the move in four weeks. All of us have jobs and have daily commitments so most of our work was done on Wednesday evenings. The actual move itself had to be done in a few days so many of us readjusted our schedules in order to make it happen by the deadline. To God be the glory!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> <strong>Our next step was unloading the borrowed carts which made the logistics possible. That took three Wednesday evenings. Members of my Sunday School class plus a couple of others have continued to set up the space. Currently we are doing an inventory to confirm what items are on the shelves. We hope to finish the inventory during the next two Wednesday evenings.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> <strong>Layered on top of these actions, we are also working out a new direction for this library ministry. We are dramatically changing the purpose and mission of the collection and the actions of the ministry. Our focus is on making disciples. As we finalize our concept, I will share our two-page description with you. We are very excited about what God is doing in our midst! Hopefully, we will have our grand opening on August 11 when our new building opens.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> <strong>Grateful,</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Morlee Maynard</strong></span></p>
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