Sacramental Living

The mission of our church library is to promote and provide titles that will enrich one’s faith in Jesus Christ no matter where they are in their faith journey.  Our hard copy collection of Christian-based media includes approximately 4,000 books, several hundred video and audio titles, and several periodical subscriptions.  However in this day and age of the Internet, we should also consider promoting online sources that we feel are consistent with our mission statement.

Yesterday I was introduced to one such source.  It is a blog entitled Sacramental Living maintained by two of our sisters in Christ who attend church here at St John.  At this blog you will find entries that bring faith-based current events to our attention, as well as those containing thought provoking spiritual examination.  Like this church library blog that you are presently reading, Sacramental Living is a fairly new blog, so go check it out if you have a chance and provide the authors with some feedback on their writings if you feel so inclined.

The URL for the Sacramental Living blog is http://sacramentalliving.blogspot.com.  A link to the Sacramental Living blog will be available from the main page of this blog you are presently reading.  By subscribing to their blog, you will be assured of receiving the authors updated writings as they are posted, just like you can with this blog.  You are subscribed to this blog, aren’t you?  If not, use the orange button with the white stripes just below to start subscribing!

New Look in the Library

If you have been looking for the familiar blue crate in which to return your borrowed library materials, it has been retired after many years of faithful service.  Taking its place is a new cloth-lined basket located straight ahead as you walk into the library.

On the shelf right above the returned materials basket is another smaller basket containing blank comment forms.  If you would like to provide some commentary about your experience with church library books or videos to share with other church library users, we would love to hear your feedback.  Reviews can be anonymous and will be posted in our online library catalog.  There is a return basket for completed forms right next to the basket containing the blank forms.

The library computer is sporting a spiffy new flat panel monitor.  Shortcuts on the library computer desktop can be used to navigate directly to the church library online catalog.  The library pages on the church web site continue to evolve with more information about the library collection and how to more effectively find what you are looking for in the collection.  The URL for the church library web pages is http://www.stjohnlutheran.org/lib.htm.  There is even a link to this church library blog that you are presently reading.

All of these changes, both in the library and online, are being made in an attempt to make the contents of the library more accessible to the members of our congregation.  Please stop by if you have a chance, either in person or online, to browse the collection of faith-enriching materials.  If you have any questions about finding materials in the library or using the library web pages, please contact the church librarian using this e-mail link.