A friend and I just took over our church library and are doing our best to increase interest in our books. All of the comments so far have been from churches who have disbanded their libraries. We are not ready to do that.
we held a book sale and sold off all our duplicates and books that were not being taken kut anymore. From thie money we generated from this sale, we purchased some new books from another church that had a Christian boom store. Our church also held a collection for the library and with that money, and some money that was in our bank account we were able to purchase quite a number of new books.
We are looking for any other ideas to get ore people to use our library. We have a great location, just off the fellowship hall on the main level.
some things we have discovered is that
1. People won't take out non/fiction Delphi help/God help books"
3. People want fiction.
3. People say "no more Amish books but that is mainly what.is being taken out.
4. We are thinking of holding reading contests and giving prizes (for the children)
5. We are planning on "featuring" new books with a little review.
6 . Doe anyone out there have any other ideas to generate some new life into our libraries?
Unfortunately I think that's what's happening to all libraries and churches. People need to go to more conferences and hear speakers (and get motivated to change). It's hard to get women to even come for a community breakfast on Saturday morning to hear the speakers.
Athens CRC does 'do Halloween'. We see it as a mission opportunity. We have kids and parents coming down the street, why not be proactive? We hand out Audio CD's for kids from Focus on the Family and Insight for Living. We also hand out candy, bookmarks with the church programs listed, and gospel tracts. We have kids that come back each year to get the Audio CD's.
Posted in: Is There Still a Place for Church Libraries?
A friend and I just took over our church library and are doing our best to increase interest in our books. All of the comments so far have been from churches who have disbanded their libraries. We are not ready to do that.
we held a book sale and sold off all our duplicates and books that were not being taken kut anymore. From thie money we generated from this sale, we purchased some new books from another church that had a Christian boom store. Our church also held a collection for the library and with that money, and some money that was in our bank account we were able to purchase quite a number of new books.
We are looking for any other ideas to get ore people to use our library. We have a great location, just off the fellowship hall on the main level.
some things we have discovered is that
1. People won't take out non/fiction Delphi help/God help books"
3. People want fiction.
3. People say "no more Amish books but that is mainly what.is being taken out.
4. We are thinking of holding reading contests and giving prizes (for the children)
5. We are planning on "featuring" new books with a little review.
6 . Doe anyone out there have any other ideas to generate some new life into our libraries?
Posted in: Is There Still a Place for Church Libraries?
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Posted in: Is There Still a Place for Church Libraries?
Unfortunately I think that's what's happening to all libraries and churches. People need to go to more conferences and hear speakers (and get motivated to change). It's hard to get women to even come for a community breakfast on Saturday morning to hear the speakers.
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Athens CRC does 'do Halloween'. We see it as a mission opportunity. We have kids and parents coming down the street, why not be proactive? We hand out Audio CD's for kids from Focus on the Family and Insight for Living. We also hand out candy, bookmarks with the church programs listed, and gospel tracts. We have kids that come back each year to get the Audio CD's.