Library Meeting

 

Our Bradley Baptist Associational Librarians meet together on a quarterly basis.  This time it was our church's turn to be the hostess.

 

 

The great thing about it is we have some library workers who also are great at hospitality and serving.  One of the women used to cater events so her experience is very helpful.

 

Three of us brought dishes from home (cut glass - not crystal).  Rather than cook, we went to the local stores and bought the best.  Don't you love how ruffled lettuce really dresses up a platter?

 

The potato chips are Lay's.  The one in the back is a Tomato Basil.  You have to try it.  You will become addicted.  The one in front was a Parmesan - something - - not as popular - - but the traditional wavy chips and dip are always a hit.

 

Do you know what the next picture is?

 

 

Just unfold it.

 

Isn't it pretty?  It belongs to Barbara R.  We used it for our bread (which we took out of the package).

 

 

Dessert was an assortment from the Bread Basket Sampler Bakery.  There were pumpkin bars, lemon bars, chess bars, oatmeal toffee bars, and brownies.  The cookies you recognize.

 

Before the food setup.

 

 

 Our speaker did a phenomenal job!  Mike is on our leadership committee at church and told us the path God led them in relocating our church - - - from the idea God planted in their heads to the many, many answers to lots and lots of prayer as they journeyed into uncharted and oftentimes - - unfamiliar territory.  It was amazing to see how God's hand orchestrated each step of the way. 

And our 'normal' library business followed directly on the heels of the last box of food going out to the relief workers who are still doing cleanup and utility repairs after the tornado.  Last week, volunteers at FBC prepared 500 hot lunches for Red Cross Distribution for about a week.  In the evening, sandwich meals were sent out.  "Chain saw" groups came in for assignments each day and headed out to help anyone who called the church and requested assistance.  It has been thrilling to see our church family minister abundantly during this week.

 

And even though I forgot my camera, I had my phone with me.  The pictures look pretty good.  Cell phone technology has certainly progressed rapidly and I don't even have the newest one on the market.

Church in Action

It is a beehive of activity here on Thursday, April 28.  Due to the many storms and tornados in the area last evening, there is a lot of destruction to be cleaned up today - - - - cleaning that requires chainsaws and tree removal.  Earlier this morning, men were organized into work crews and sent out to help as telephone calls were received at our switchboard.

Our kitchen crew prepared food and fed members of the community who were without power.  Numerous take-out plates of lasagna and salad were sent to the workers and home owners.

Video of some of the area's damage can be seen at http://www.newschannel9.com/  and  http://www.wrcbtv.com/  and http://www.wdef.com/

Updates Made

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GIFT CARDS!

Great job to everyone who particpated in the adult reading program! We now have the gift certificates available for everyone to come and pick up. Come by and get them!

Winter Reading Program Results

The winter reading program ended this past Sunday and our totals are in.  339 persons were enrolled this year.  They recorded that they had read 2,373 books!  The majority were from our church but the remainder came from 39 other churches in our surrounding area.

We will announce on this blog when the gift cards are ready to be picked up by those who qualify.  

Updates Made on Tabs

Updates have been made to NEW TITLES and LINKS.

If you are in the Winter Reading Program, Sunday night, March 27 is the LAST night for adults to list their titles in our library notebooks.

Who was St. Patrick?

When Patrick was sixteen years old, he was taken captive in an Irish pirate raid and was sold as a slave to a herdsman in North Ireland.  He escaped at age 22 and somehow found his way to Gaul, where he spent some time in a monastic school.

After returning home, he saw a vision and heard voices from the Irish coast, crying "We beseech thee, child of God, come and walk again among us."  He answered the call and returned to Ireland, the country that had enslaved him for six years!

At this time, the Irish were almost wholly unevangelized.  They worshiped the elements, saw evil spirits in trees and stones, and engaged in magic, even in human sacrifice which was performed by the druids.

About the year 432 A.D., Patrick gathered people around him in the open fields and preached Christ to them.  His burning zeal, deep sincerity, and gentlesness of manner won peasants and nobility alike.  As a result of his obedience to God's call on his life, he planted 200 churches and baptized approximately 100,000 converts.



Both Catholics and Protestants like to claim Patrick, but he was neither.  He was a Celtic missionary in the British Isles before the time of either Protestants or Roman Catholics.  His father was a deacon and his grandfather a Celtic priest.  St. Patrick died March 17, 461.

The three leaves of the Shamrock can represent the Trinity - God, the Father; God, the Son; and God, the Holy Spirit.

You can also use the the openings in the pretzel to teach about the Trinity, too.  We have all the titles shown on this page.