Spring 2012 Update: FROM THE LIBRARY (CART)
Greetings from your Library! Most of the Library has been packed away in anticipation of our redevelopment but we still have the Library Cart stocked with a variety of useful books.
We have recently purchased four new books for our Library (Cart) & hope you will find them of interest.
DISPATCHES FROM THE GLOBAL VILLAGE by Derek Evans
An invitation to sit for awhile with stories from a great peacemaker. If you accept this invitation, prepare to be informed, shocked and inspired. This powerful book will change how you imagine the world is, and how the world can be.
A PATH THROUGH LOSS byNancy Reeves Phd
Grief can come from many sources: divorce or separation, abuse, unemployment, a serious injury, chronic or terminal illness, death, childhood loss due to parental illness or substance abuse, or a life transition such as career change or retirement. This self directed journal-based guide recognizes that grief is a process. Through well written, practical information, it provides tools for nurturing the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the self. Includes a section on children and grief.
THE LONG VIEW: An Elder Woman’s Book of Wisdom by Donna Sinclair
This book is about embracing and respecting eldership (our own or another’s), even as we search for meaning and purpose in it. Sinclair writes from her heart about her experiences, and we are drawn into her life as a mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, wife, journalist, baker, gardener, church-goer, and social activist. She offers nourishment for growth, for reflection, for inner peace and for wisdom.
THE SPIRITUALITY OF ART by Lois Huey-Heck & Jim Kalnin
Visual images are potent. When there is a disparity between what we see and what we hear, it is said that we will trust our eyes. It’s natural then that we want to express our deepest values and experiences-our spirituality itself-through art. Through stories, images and thoughts, The Spirituality of Art will guide you to a deeper enjoyment and appreciation of visual art, the spiritual journey, and the connections between the two.
Books may be borrowed any time during the week or on Sunday mornings. Weekdays the Library cart is kept in the Chapel, next door to the KUC Office. Sundays the cart is usually brought into our Fellowship Hall during refreshment time. As before, just write your name, phone number and the date on the card found in the book, leave the card in the little wooden box. A maximum of 2 or 3 weeks for the loan of books, especially new ones is preferred. Submitted by Librarian Arleen Simmonds
Fall 2011 Update:
Our KUC Library is available during redevelopment construction ~ in limited capacity:
We look forward to a new “home” for the library with the redevelopment of our KUC buildings!
Meanwhile the KUC Library will be available in a limited capacity. We have kept out some of the books we think you might enjoy over the summer (and also a selection of resorces for those needing devotional or church development materials). These books are resting on the Library Cart which will be stored in the Chapel (down the hallway past the water fountain and offices). You will need to get a key to the Chapel from the office.
Please have a look at the library, sign out a book or two by filling out the card and placing it in the box. Please return your book in a couple of weeks, replacing the card in the book’s card holder and returning the book on the cart. Thank you!
The purpose of the Library is to make available current reading material of both sacred and secular interest. There are categories of books relating to spiritulaitly, worship, bible study, church growth, psychology, health, healing, biography, children and adult fiction, seasonal (Easter, Christmas), crafts, and much, much more. Many of these books have been boxed in anticiption of KUC redevelopment, and will re-appear when they move into “their new home”. For now, what remains available on the Library Cart is a small selection of resource materials, grief, worship/devotional, ‘building the church’ type books and seasonal, mostly children’s books for Advent and Easter.
When the Sanctuary area redevelopment is finished the Library will go there, hopefully in the reception area with full open access to KUC members. The team of folk who have cared for the KUC library until now will be retiring once the library is moved into its new location when redevelopment is complete, and they are hopeful some new energy and ideas will take shape with a new library team. The present Library volunteers encourage KUC folk interested in this very fulfilling ministry to come forward. They would be happy to share what they have learned. Please contact Arleen Simmonds at waskamloops@shaw.ca or 250-374-2135.
A little bit of history…
KUC’s library has been around for a great many years. For the past 20 or so years Bonnie Daviduk has been the main driving force behind KUC’s library. Arleen Simmonds was assistant to Bonnie for many of those years, and a few years ago Barrie Ogden joined the group. Just last year Beryl Brown and Doreen Willis came on board.
When Bonnie began work on the library it was located on the second floor of the CE Centre (Christian Education Centre). She had a vision of making the library more accessible to the congregation, so on Sunday mornings bags of books were carted to the Fellowship Hall where they were on display during refreshment time and available for borrowing. Ken Lepin saw the need and crafted and donated a beautiful Library Cart so the librarians could keep a rotating variety of books on the cart for Sunday morning display. It worked! It soon became evident that the Library needed to be more accessible by moving to the main floor. The library moved into the Lay Ministry Office, where it has been until this May. That space will soon become the working office for Sharon (Administrative Secretary) as the present office is vacated for redevelopment, thus the majority of books have been boxed and stored.