Book Marks - August 2008

I have returned from the Church and Synagogue Library Association Annual Conference in Greenville, SC where I presented a workshop on blogging. I wish you all could have been there to hear the murmurs of admiration when I demonstrated what we are doing with our church library blog and our church website. We have a wonderful website for our congregation, and if you have not visited it lately please take a moment to click through it. The library pages are newly updated and new content will be added in the coming months.

In the month of August, we will be finishing some of our summer projects. Keep an eye out for the book sale cart. If you are too impatient to wait for it to appear in the Narthex, please come by the library and look at it there. Our cataloging is going strong, as we have now entered over 500 titles in the online catalog. Come by and see the great progress we’re making!

Codex Sinaiticus available online tomorrow

Many of you in our congregation will be interested to know that the Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, is being digitized and will be available online beginning tomorrow, July 24. The website is http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/.

For more information, please visit the website or see the blog posting from Resource Shelf.

Library Open during VBS

The church library will be open during Vacation Bible School:
9:00am-12:00pm, July 23, 24 & 25
Drop by and see us!

New Books from General Conference 2008

Darryl Stephens brought back some books that were on sale at General Conference 2008. They are still "in process," meaning that they are being cataloged and marked for our collection. Please let us know if you are interested in any of these titles, and we will make sure they are available for checkout.

Don't Stop the Music by Robert Perske
Children, Divorce and the Church by Douglas E. Adams
Night on the Flint River by Roberta C. Bondi
Suicide: Pastoral Responses by Loren L. Townsend
Sexual Abuse: Pastoral Responses by Len Hedges-Goettl
The Gospel According to America by David Dark
Sundays in the Tuskegee Chapel: Selected Sermons by James Earl Massey
The New Context for Ministry: Competing for the Charitable Dollar by Lyle E. Schaller
A Global Odyssy the autobiography of James K. Mathews
The Gospel According to Disney by Mark I. Pinsky
The Gospel According to Tolkien by Ralph C. Wood
Wade in the Water: 52 Reflections on The Faith We Sing by Martha Whitmore Hickman
A Sacred Primer: The Essential Guide to Quiet Time and Prayer by Elizabeth Harper Neeld
Hearing Beyond the Words by Emma J. Justes
Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and Care of People with Mental Health Problems by John Swinton
Marks of Methodism: Theology in Ecclesial Practice by Russell E. Richey et al.
Guidelines for Leading your Congregation 2005-2008 series