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Featured
on the Library Cart during this time of reflection and meditation during Lent
will be books about prayer to encourage thought and meditation. Books
on the cart include: --The
Everything Prayer Book by
Ron Hennies & Sonia Weiss that will help you “learn how to open your heart
and soul to find comfort, healing, and hope.” --Passages
of Light
with selected scriptures by Thomas Kinkade, painter of light. --Lord
Teach Me to Pray
by Kay Arthur is a 28 day study that provides practical insights to help you
know how
to pray, what
to pray, and what
to expect when you pray.
For the young and young at heart: --Can
I Pray With My Eyes Open?
By Susan Taylor Brown assures all that they can pray when, where, and how they
want, and they will always be heard. --Bless
This House
by Leslie Staub with a bedtime prayer that will find a lasting place in the
hearts of children of all faiths. --Give
Me Grace
in which author Cynthia Rylant has prayers for kindness, for love, for gratitude
and guidance to begin or end a busy day. --The
Lord’s Prayer with
paintings by illustrator Tim Ladwig
offers a fresh look at the beloved words of The Lord’s Prayer. Please feel free to spend some time in the library with a book or take one home.
The church
library has been fortunate to have several books donated recently and are
featured on the library cart. A
special gift is the book, Katherine’s Guilt, a warm and loving story about what matters most in
life; home and family. Of particular
interest to this congregation is that a music CD to accompany the story is
included with the music written by Sharon (Lippitt) Kazee, who is now Dean of
the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities.
Sharon, daughter of Dottie Lippitt and the late Richard Lippitt, grew up
in this church and is also the granddaughter of the Reverend Austin Lippitt, a
former pastor at this church. Other works
of fiction donated include: Christ
the Lord by Anne Rice, a historical fiction and mystery, which
presents Jesus as nature mystic, healer, prophet, while still being a young boy
struggling to understand his gifts. From a
mystery series published by Guideposts, Through the Fire and A State of Grace take place in Copper Mill, Tennessee and are about a
minister’s wife and her experiences in this charming town nestled in the
foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Many thanks to Andrea Bennett for her work in getting all the church library material labeled, which reminds borrowers to return the material to the church library. As a result, it is no longer necessary to sign items out; just return them to the library cart or the container just inside the library.
To make the library more “user friendly,” the check-out procedure involving signing out items is being eliminated. As a reminder to return items, labels are being placed on the front (when possible) of all church library materials requesting return to the church library. The labeling has been completed! Thanks to Mary Lou Sheller, Nancy Tyson and Andrea Bennett.
Featured on the library cart during December will be the delightful
collection of Christmas books and other materials.
All ages will enjoy the stories and illustrations in the books which
include:
For the young and young at heart–The Crippled Lamb, Memories of the Manger, Dan and the
King, One Wintery Night, The Singing Shepard.
For
adults – Christmas Stories by
Charles Dickens (a very old edition), An Angel’s Story, and
Christmas in All Seasons. A special donation just received in the library is a
gift from Greg Russell, pastor at First Congregational from October, 1991
through August 1997. The book of
essays titled Comfort
Ye - Finding Light in Times of Darkness, compiled
by Richard H. Schmidt of Forward Movement, shares responses to questions posed
when facing some of life’s sole retching experiences.
Grouped in
two sections, the essays in the first section are the result of a personal
experience, and Pay
Attention to Nudges by Greg
Russell is the first one. In his
piece, Greg shares how he coped with the sudden death of Jane, his beloved wife
who was known and loved by many including those who knew her when Greg was
pastor here. The second section addresses a broader scope of issues arising from
tragedy and loss. Thanks to the
Weiss family for the “personal” delivery of the book. For the youth, God’s
Words of Life for Teens, is an extra
copy of the book presented to “graduating” acolytes by Christian Ed.
Scripturally based, the book is organized alphabetically to give guidance
to teens on issues such as attitude, dating, fear, God’s will, peer pressure,
temptation, and worry. A Garden’s Promise by Judith Couchman offers a creative approach to nurturing one’s spiritual life with a focus on pleasure gardening. All three books will be featured on the book cart during July. The Martha Weaver Devotional books soon to be posted here........
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