JULY 4th CLOSING

We are

CLOSED

July 4 & 5

We will reopen

Sunday, July 8.

BUSY WEEK, Last Week!

Last week was VBS (Vacation Bible School) at our church.  Here is the sanctuary without children.  The theme was aviation.  Do you see the rope lights by the chairs?  They are supposed to mimic runway lights at an airport.

 When classes are over for the day, the parents who are not teachers line up to pick up their children.  They find the banner for their youngest child's class.  Runners are behind each banner.

The parents have been given a card from the children's department with the names of their children.  The card is given to a runner who goes into the sanctuary to 'retrieve and deliver' the children to the parents.  If you don't have the card, you are not allowed to take the child without going through some identification process and possibly a phone call.  This is for security purposes to keep the children safe.  I don't know the exact number but some said we had around 1,000 students and teachers in attendance last week.

Many families come into the library after picking up their children to check out more books or to cash in their tickets for one of these prizes.  All ages love 'shopping in our store"!  As mentioned in a previous blog, the numbers on the boards match up to bins in our back office.

Currently there are 598 children enrolled in our summer reading program.  We know that our church's daycare has fifty others reading, too.  They will be added to the total next month.

Updates for June

Reminder

The library is closed Wednesday and Sunday nights during the summer.

If you cannot be here on Sunday morning or Monday - Thursday between 9 and 3:30, please contact me by email to set up another possible time.

Summer reading registration continues.  260 are currently enrolled.  This promotion with prizes is for ages preschool through Grade 12 (who graduated this year).

Here are some new additions to our shelves.

Closed for a funeral

We will CLOSED for two hours on Thursday, May 24 from

10:30 until 12:30.

The funeral service for Justin Maples will be held during that time.

You may visit us earlier that morning or in the afternoon.

Please also note that we are observing summer hours which means we are not open on Wednesday and Sunday nights.

See you soon for the reading program for preschool - grade 12.  Two hundred students are currently signed up.  We anticipate about 500 total will be reading Christian Literature with us this summer.

All Aboard for Reading!!!

This is how the back counter looked at the beginning of the week - - - all cleared off and ready for the "General Store".  Additional shelving was added.

 

Prizes were sorted and put in individual shoe boxes.

 A prize from each box is put on the pegboard.  It has clear plexiglass doors and will be placed near the bookshelves for the children to see.

As you can see, each prize is given a number.  Even different colors of the same item receive their own number.  That way when we are in a hurry, we don't have to stop ask, "What color do you want?"

The numbers on the pegboard correspond to the shoe boxes in the back room.  We also put a description of the item on each label.

Just another view.

A bit of a close-up.

 

 A few cars.

 Some stickers - 10 to a sheet.

Self-explanatory.

Parachute people.

We are ready for you to come in to the library - - - fill out your registration form - - check out some books and take home a prize or two!   See ya sometime Monday - Thursday between 9 and 3:30 - - - or on Sunday morning!

Library Training & Summer Reading

On Tuesday night, May 8, at Candies Creek Baptist, we will have our Bradley Baptist Associational Library Meeting.  Training will be introduced for librarians and their workers.  Let me tell you how important this was to me.

Years ago, I was only a library volunteer who applied for and got the director's position at FBC Cleveland.  The materials we will be presenting on Tuesday evening contain the books of knowledge that taught me everything I know about library administration and processing of materials.  The more my workers and I learned, the more our library ministry for our Lord increased.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, call our library at 709-9100 or you can email me at Lharrington@clevelandfbc.com.

This week we unpacked the toy prizes for the children's summer reading program which begins May 20 - - - in just two short weeks!!!  However, if you are reading this and want to come in for early registration  - - and prizes - - - - you may do that beginning May 15.  We are very excited to have your preschoolers - grade 12 come and visit us soon!

Prizes!

Adults - - - - Have you picked up your gift card from the winter reading program yet?

Children - - - We placed orders today for prizes for the summer reading program!  It will begin on May 20.

Checking a book out of the library for free anyday is a prize!  Here are some new titles for you to consider.

Gift Cards

If you participated in the winter reading program for adults and qualified for a gift card, they are ready for you to pick up in the library.

347 persons were enrolled.  They read a total of 2,268 books!

Loving

The last book in the Bailey Flanigan series is ready to be checked out.  We have multiple copies but we also have a waiting list.  EMAIL us if you want your name to be added to our reserves.

The library will be

CLOSED

on Easter Sunday.