Church Library on New Church Website

The church library now has it's own space on the new Druid Hills UMC website. Many thanks to Peter Kinnaird for making it happen! Right now we just have some basic information and links up, but look for our policies and procedures to be added in the near future.

http://www.druidhillsumc.org/?page_id=61

DHUMC Library Interest Group has moved

The DHUMC Library Interest Group has moved to a Google Groups interface instead of the service provided by UMCom (United Methodist Communications). The archives of the group will be publicly accessible, so even if you are not a member of the group, you can keep up with the conversations. A direct link to the group is provided below, and a permanent link has been placed on the sidebar of this blog.

http://groups.google.com/group/DHUMC_Library/

To join the group, please visit the group using the link above and click "apply for membership" on the sidebar. Alternatively, just send an e-mail to me (library@druidhillsumc.org) and I will add you to the group.

Good News for Prisoners Seeking Religious Resources

A follow-up to our June 20, 2007 post on the prison religious book ban: The Bureau of Prisons has announced that they are returning religious books previously removed from prison libraries. They will continue to compile a list of acceptable books, but all books will remain on the shelves until the list is complete. The full story can be read online from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/us/27cnd-prisons.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Formation of DHUMC Library Interest Group

In an effort to generate more interest and participation in our library ministry, I have set up an e-mail group called "DHUMC Library Interest Group." This is a "committee" of sorts that will discuss our library ministry and assist with decision-making. If you are interested in becoming more involved with our library ministry, please visit the United Methodist Communications website (UMCom.org) and request to join this group. A direct link to the group's listing is at the following address: http://www.umcom.org/commtools/com_resourcedesc.asp?resourceid=1728&resourceType=1

Book Marks - October 2007

Are you interested in participating in the exciting and important mission of library ministries? Please contact the church librarian to find out about how you can get involved: library@druidhillsumc.org.

Review of New Acquisition by Darryl Stephens
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder (New York: Random House, 2003).
Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, provides an inspiring account of the medical mission work of Catholic layman Paul Farmer, a Harvard epidemiologist and founder of Partners in Health, who made health in Haiti his life's work. Farmer's work fighting TB, AIDS, and other diseases becomes a quest not only for medical intervention but also for improvement of the living and working conditions of the poorest of the poor in the Western Hemisphere. Having traveled to Haiti twice on mission trips myself, I found the book compelling, accurate, and hopeful. While Kidder's journalistic documentary is not heavily theological, he does provide a rich entree into a theological discussion of mission and health care--especially in terms of the "preferential option for the poor" and treating the life of every person (or patient) as intrinsically valuable, challenging our all-too-common utilitarian calculus for moral decision-making.
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Call number: R154 .F36 K53 2003
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