Chapter Officers
President Natalie Johnson - (708) 314-2331
Vice President - Becky Berg
Scretary - Ruth LaCroix
Treasurer - Karen Long
Reporter - Grace Puls
Past President - Sandy Matalis
Newlstter Editor - Lois Schultz
Next Meeting / Event
September 26, 2009 Church Library Workshop. National Church Library Association Chicagoland Chapter.Trinity Lutheran Church, Lombard IL.
The theme of the workshop will be "Finding Joy in What We Do!"
Author Allie Pleiter will be our speaker in the morning and her topic is "The Funny Factor: Why Humor is our Best Defense in a Stressful World". She will be available to sign and sell her books.
Other topics for the day will be "Promotion Can Be Fun" led by Amy Ruhter a local marketing director and Lois Schultz. "Organizing a User Friendly Library" will be presented by Kristan Schultz.
A luncheon will be served and the Family Christian Stores will be our book seller with a 20% discount offered to the attending church librarians.
Contact Grace Puls: Gracielib@aol.com, 630-323-2137
Past Events
The Chicagoland Chapter held it's Spring workshop on April 25,2009 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church , Downers Grove Illinois. The theme was "Focus on Fiction". Lyn Austin well known author spoke about how she researches her material. There was also a session on "Favorite titles or series of patrons" and just "What is doing well in "your" library". Grace Puls, Reporter gracielib@aol.com.
Our Fall meeting was held September 20th at the LaGrange Bible Church in LaGrange, IL.
Our Spring meeting was held on April 26, 2008, hosted by Grace Lutheran Church, LaGrange, IL. Cindy and Jeff Crosby did a presentation on trends in Christian fiction and nonfiction.
40th Anniversary Celebration and Spring Workshop - A special program that included lunch, election of officers, highlights of our 40 years together as church librarians and guest speaker, Nicole Mazzarella, 2006 Christy Award Winner for her first novel, This Heavy Silence was held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville on April 28, 2007.
