Library Resources on Paul the Apostle:
The FUMCR Library has a list of 26 items available on the topic of Paul the Apostle. Resources are found in both the childrens and adults section. Come read the essence of Paul's thoughts, learn about his life, his letters and sermons. Discover the importance of Paul in the growth of the early church and how he still impacts Christians in today's world.
Prayer resources in the library:
The FUMCR Library has a nine page listing of materials on Prayer available. There are hardbound and paperbooks for adults and children as well as videocassettes that can be used to guide a prayer adventure. Kits with materials to help families learn about God, Christian faith and how to be a faith home are available. Topics include concrete practices of prayer, history of prayer through the character and essence of prayer. Come check us out.
Children's Summer Activities in the Library:
Surfing The Library: A Summer Reading Program
(June - August 2008)
By reading and completing your surfing record you can earn a book to be placed in the FUMCR Library in your honor.Sign Up & Get Details in The Library.
Come and Go whenever you please during Library Hours.
An additional honor can be earned by reading one book from each of the four categories from the United Methodist Women Children book selections. These books are found in the Children section of the UMW Book Shelves in the Library. This certificate will be awarded at the UMW Family Christmas Party.
Check These Out:
Four New additions:
“The Beautiful Fight” by Gary Thomas. Surrendering to the transforming presence of God every day of your life.
“Loving People: How to Love & be Loved” by Dr. John Townsend. “I love you.” These three words can change your life. Whether you are on the giving or receiving end of these words, they reach deeply into the heart – and can transform your life forever. In this book, Dr. Townsend draws on years of clinical practice to offer specific skills that help you become more loving, and more lovable.
“David: A Man of Passion & Destiny” by Charles R. Swindoll. “David” is the first of a multi-volume series exploring Great Lives from God’s Word and describing qualities that made them great.
“Jesus: The Greatest Life of All” by Charles R. Swindoll. The ninth and final biographical study in the Great Lives from God’s Word series.
Church Library
Library telephone number: (972) 996-0143.Call to reserve or renew a book.
The UMW reading list books are now located in the library
Book Review Club
The Book Review Club of First United Methodist Church will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 22 in Fellowship Hall. Mrs. Ann Shelton will review "Texas Women on the Cattle Trails" edited by Sara Massey.
Reviews are held every 4th Thursday of the month, September through May, and everyone, men and women, are invited to attend. Dues are $15.00 for eight reviews or $4.00 for one, and home-made refreshments will be served following the review.
Written Book Reviews: Selections from our FUMCR Resource Library
THE FAITH: Given Once, For All
By Charles Colson & Harold Fickett
Renowned authors Charles Colson and Harold Fickett caution us that ignorance of our own faith comes at the most critical of times for Christianity and the world at large.
But what do we believe? Why do we believe it? And why does it matter?
“Christians must see that the faith is more than a religion or even a relationship with Jesus; the faith is a complete view of the world and humankind’s place in it. Christianity is a worldview that speaks to every area of life, and its foundational doctrines define its content. If we don’t know what we believe—even what Christianity is--- how can we live it and defend it? Our ignorance is crippling us.”
This book will provide a new grounding for Christians who’ve been practicing their faith for years yet still lack a firm grasp of the basic truths on which their faith rests. This book is an answer to those critics who accuse Christians of theocracy. Christians do not impose—we propose a wonderful vision of life, an invitation to all who will come. Above all, this book is a powerful touchstone, a dynamic exploration of what Christians believe and why. Because you can’t defend what you can’t explain, and you can’t live it until you learn it.
Reviewed by Betty Keeler
Employment Transition Ministry
See the ETM page.
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