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Welcome
Welcome . . . The Welborne United Methodist Church Library is open to all of our church community! Welborne Christian Preschool teachers and students also check out library books. To borrow a book, write your name and the date on the borrower card from the back of the book, and file the card alphabetically by title in the index card box on the library desk. Please return the book by placing it in the red basket in the library.
New
Books . . . Have you read The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations by Bishop Schnase? You're welcome to check out a WUMC Library copy! The book is central to the Va Conference's 5 Talent Academy and their All Things New program. The Faith Matters Sunday School class has studied it, Rev. Franklin Gillis recommended it during the WUMC Leadership workshop, and members of the Finance Committee and Church Council are reading it. For more information about how this powerful book is being used by the VA UMC, visit www.vaumc.org.
Recommended
Reading . . . The United Methodist Women at WUMC participate in the UMW Reading Program. They have a bookcase in the left corner of the library that houses the recommended books, which are available for anyone to check out. To learn more about the program, visit http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/resources/reading-program/ .
Children’s
The WUMC library would be grateful to have any of these titles donated to our children’s collection.
Special
Programs . . . STRIVE for FIVE the library way -- it’s a lot more fun than eating five servings of vegetables a day! The theme on the library bulletin board for November is Strive for Five, as in Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations: radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity. In the season of giving thanks, each of the five practices will have a different colored card, which will be provided at the top of the board. If a church community member sees another doing something that exemplifies one of the five practices, the observer can fill out a “thank you postcard form” for the practitioner and tack it to the bulletin board during the week. Senders can sign their names or remain anonymous. On Sundays, members can come to the library to see if there is a card for them, then take it down and keep it. I think it would be wonderful to see the whole board covered with thank you cards in different colors, being sent to and from different people. Reverend Andrews says that if the library bulletin board overflows with cards, we are welcome to start a second board in the hallway. Let’s be extravagant and overflow with praise!
Reading
Incentives . . . check back soon!!!