January’s Library Selections

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Church Library has a new January list of books for you to check out. A random selection of books by Barb are on display in the church library in the Friendship Room. Please come, browse and borrow!  A brief description of each book is posted to help you select the book that may interest you.

Selected books are on the trolley.  Please sign out books in the binder.

WORSHIP THE KING by Joni Eareckson Tada et al

Discover the meaning behind a dozen of our old, favouite hymns; what lead to their creation and more about the writer.

WEEKEND QUILTING WONDERS edited by Jeanne Stouffer & Sandra Latch

Need a project for this weekend?  Choose one of 40 quick but beautiful quilts to complete (or almost complete) in just two day!

FISH AND OTHER SEAFOOD edited by Marian Hoffman

After many heavy holiday meals, tempt your palate with some lighter fish options as a change.  You might find a new family favourite.

NOT YOUR PARENTS’ OFFERING PLATE by J. Clif Christopher

The New Year is a good time to review our plan for giving to the church.  This book offers some suggestions as to how to go about doing so in the twenty-first century.

MAKING THE SMALL CHURCH EFECTIVE by Carl S. Dudley

Written in the late twentieth century, I wonder if the ideas suggested in this book are still valid.  Please read it and let me know.

PULPIT AND POLITICS by Dennis Gruending

Written by a former MP, the author examines the competition between religious progressives and conservatives for power and influence in Canadian public life.

COME AWAY MY BELOVED by Frances J. Roberts

A devotional classic updated for today.  This book provides an opportunity to meet with God in an intimate setting.

PROOF OF ANGELS by Ptolemy Tompkins & Tyler Beddoes

If you are curious about the role that angels play in our lives then this is a book to answer some of your questions and ask more.

MIRACULOUS MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN by Jack Canfield et al

“Chick Soup for the Soul” books always provide the reader with inspiring messages for the day.  Enjoy the ones in this volume.

THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Reading this book inspired our Book Club to hold a high tea and hat fashion show a few years ago.  You may enjoy the story, too.

CAUSE FOR HOPE by Bill Phipps

Written by a former moderator of our United Church of Canada, this book outines the core themes of the new story that is challenging us as we move forward in the decades of the twenty-first century.

AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN by Yossi Klein Halevi

The author describes his extraordinary spiritual journey to discover, as an Israeli Jew, a common spiritual language with his Christian and Muslim neighbours in the Holy Land.