The Church in Aurora Library

The church library is located in the Eldridge Room off the Great Hall. We have many types of books besides religious, as well as videos, CDs and children’s books and magazines. It is a serve yourself system with no due back date.

Check-Out Instructions

Remove book card from pocket in back of book or audio-visual item.
Print your name and today’s date on card.

Cards for magazines are at the back of the check-out box. Write date, your name and the issue of the magazine on card.

Place card at front of check-out box.

Catalog cards with a blue dot indicate books which are housed in the Stephen Ministries Room downstairs. They should be checked out and returned there.

All other materials should be checked out in the Church Library and returned to the shelf beneath the card catalog. Please do not reshelve them. THANK YOU

March 2009 News -

What's Miss Julia involved in now? A developer has designs on the historic town courthouse. The plan is to tear it down and build upscale condos on the site. Miss Julia Paints the Town by exposing the town's many eccentric locals in hopes of scaring off developers. This is the ninth book in Ann B. Ross' series starring the perfectly proper but feisty southern lady.

Neta Jackson has surprised me by starting a new series, Yada Yada House of Hope with the first book, where do i go?, which is centered around the Manna House Women's Shelter. Some of the characters that we know from the Prayer Group will make appearances in the new series.

The ladies of Covington are back in Joan Medlicott's Promises of Change. Can't wait to see what changes now.

You don't need to be a knitter to enjoy our new series, The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. This is a rather diverse group of women who meet at a New York city yarn shop to work on their latest projects and to encourage each other in their personal situations.

Who better to recommend this series but Joan Medlicott, who called it a delightful read. "The Lumby Series" is located in a charming village by that name which is located in the foothills of the Rockies. Not only are there some quirky characters (and we do love them), but even a pink flamingo that thinks he's a bald eagle. I think it's a good thing to think highly of oneself if it's not taken too far. We have the first three books in the series, The Lumby Lines, Stealing Lumby and Lumby's Bounty written by Gail Fraser.

All of these new series are suggested for those who read the Karon and Medlicott series, so I'm sure we'll love them. Jan Karon has a new book coming out in April, so help me watch for that.

November 2008 News - Children ask a lot of questions and Bible Questions and Answers covers all of the major figures and events in the Bible with short, easy to understand, illustrated questions and answers for young children.

Often times when reading N.T. scripture we're baffled about something Jesus said. Garry Wills explores the meaning of Jesus' teachings in his book, What Jesus Meant. He thinks that we make a lot of presumptions about what was said, so that it will fit what we believe, but that Jesus spoke very clearly on these subjects. This is really an interesting book. I'm sure after reading it, you'll want to reread the Gospels.

If you want a really feel-good read, try Philip Gulley's Harmony series. Gulley is a Quaker minister who writes about the fictional town and people of Harmony. Like Jan Karon's Mitford, you'll love the characters here. His newest story is Almost Friends. Thanks Winnie C. for telling me about this wonderful series.

Bart Ehrman is an expert on early Christianity, Jesus and the N.T. He has dispelled many legends about Peter, Paul & Mary Magdalene in his new book. He says there is no historical evidence to indicate that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, or that Peter was crucified upside down. Lots of good stories here about these three followers and close friends of Jesus.

June 2008 News - So often we have trouble understanding Bible passages simply because we don't know the history or culture of that time. We don't know the significance of an event or the meaning of something like palm fronds. The new Archaeological Study Bible has a tremendous amount of information for our edification.

After twelve books in the regular series, I was already tired of being "Left Behind". Now authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins have expanded their story line by writing two prequels, "The Rising" and "The Regime". We also have what I hope are the last four books in "Left Behind - The Kids", volumes 37--40.

Terry Pluto is a sportswriter who must know a lot about faith to have written the book, Faith and You, which is twenty-eight short essays on faith in every day life. He also writes regularly for the "Akron Beacon Journal."

Why is it that we're always searching for the perfect prayer; always feeling that we should improve our prayer life? Henry and Norman Blackably try again to encourage us to just use Jesus' prayers to guide us. In their new book, "Experiencing Prayer With Jesus", they give us many good examples of His prayers, and how to model our prayers to these, knowing that the Father would have been pleased by His Son's prayer life.

George Barna thinks that children should be the church's # 1 priority. In his book, "Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions", we learn that a child's moral development is set by the age of nine. Well, what should the church and parents be doing? We all try to teach our children values and morals from an early age. Isn't this enough? He thinks that children shouldn't just be part of the "package" in the church's teaching program, but that we need to do more to assure that these young ones become life-long followers of Christ.

We all have our own "picture" of what Heaven is like, but still have questions. In his book, "Heaven", Randy Alcorn uses Bible passages to give us a better idea of what to expect when we get there.

Look for these on the New Book shelf above the magazines. Please return all library materials to the shelves below the card catalog. Do not recard nor reshelve.