Chapter Officers
President - Dulcie Campana
Vice President - Paula Erickson
Secretary - Jane Scofield
Treasurer - Laura Dirks
Newsletter -Sandra Johnson
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Next Meeting / Event
October 27, 2012 Church Library Workshop. National Church Library Association MN Twin Cities Area Chapter. Beautiful Saviour Church, Plymouth, MN. Contact Dulcie Campana: 763-427-2488, livingoutfaith@hotmail.com
April 27, 2013 Twin Cities Area Chapter field trip to the Swedish Institute in Minneapolis
January 26, 2013 Church Library Workshop. National Church Library Association MN Twin Cities Area Chapter. Faith Lutheran Church, Coon Rapids, MN. Contact Dulcie Campana: 763-427-2488, livingoutfaith@hotmail.com
Past Events
April 28, 2012 Church Library Workshop. Book Swap, Devotions, Chapter Meeting, Shegitu Kebede, author Sharing topic: Refugees and your library ESL Instructor presentation (tentative), Lunch catered by The Flamingo Restaurant Food will be Ethiopian with a choice of mild or medium spicy. Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, 1669 Arcade Street, Saint Paul, MN.
Our Winter Meeting was held Saturday, January 28. The meeting started off with a short business meeting.
Featured author, Sandra Benitez will speak about her book “Bag Lady - A Memoir”. She talked about her other writings. We had time to vast the church’s new library and, of course, our ever popular book swap.
The subject of working with the parish nurse to advance both the nursing and library ministry was also discussed. How can one support the other.
The meeting was followed by a tasty boxed Lunch from Anoka’s Truffles and Tortesto.
Our Fall Meeting was held November 5 at the
Golden Valley Lutheran we discussed Controversial / Challenged Books and Book Selection, Inspirational Resources had an update on New Books and Featured Author Sandra McLeod Humphrey spoke
We met on April 30, 2011, for our field trip to the
Horticultural Library at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. We
will have a presentation of the library history, a tour with small
groups, a presentation of the Seed Stories display, and a
flower pot lunch.
April 24, the TCLA visited Open Book
located at 1011 Washington Ave S., Minneapolis Mn 55415 at 10: 30 am, followed
by lunch in the
Coffee Gallery on site. Open Book is a center in which all who are
interested in the literary and book arts can feel at home. The
building includes wonderful places for contemplation, conversation,
and literary and artistic creation. It is open to the greater
community, through engaging activities and programs designed to
awaken interest, educate, and provide access to the rich and joyful
universe of the written word, stories, and especially books.
The Twin Cities Chapter of NCLA helped kick off Calvary Lutheran Church's 50th Anniversary Year on January 23, 2010.
Program included:
Judy Ekback of Inspirational Resources - Update on what is coming for Spring & Summer
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Parade of Authors - Julie Klassen author/editor of such books as the Apothecary's Daughter
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Meeting will include a light lunch.
The Twin City Chapter met October 24, 2009, at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church at Arcade & 35E in /St Paul. There was a Parade of Authors featuring Jodi Hills and Tristan Publishing had a display and told about their publishing business. Colleen Steig also gave us an overview of how she created that memory book for NCLA.
On Saturday, April 25, 2009, the Twin Cities Area Chapter sponsored
a field trip to St. John's University. The day's activities included a
tour of the abbey, noon prayer, a sandwich bar luncheon, a tour of the
St. John's Bible display, and free time to visit the gift shop.
We had a wonderful inspiring meeting at University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis Sat Jan 24th.
Tidbits:
- Installment of new officer Paula Erickson as Vice President
- Renewal of Existing Officers: Sandra Johnson as President and Laura Dirks as Secretary
- Informative and insightful review of the trends in the Christian publishing industry as well as a review of available books and resources from Judy Ekback of Inspirational Resources
- Heartfelt and encouraging story of "Starting From Scratch Again When You're Single Again" from Sharon Knudson, Author.
- Viewed the 50 Years of NCLA Ministry book that will be presented to NCLA. It is a book form of the Power Point Presentation at the National "Celebrate" Conference this past fall.
The Twin Cities Area Chapter's met on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, MN. The morning's activities included: business meeting, tour of the Minneapolis Central Public Library optional tours of the church's art gallery and library book swap food, fellowship, and more!
The Twin Cities Area Chapter held a quarterly meeting on Saturday, February 2, 2008, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Golden Valley MN. After a business meeting, local author Sharon Hinck shared her own experiences in the church library and how they shaped her into the Christian author she is today.
Sharon’s works include Symphony of Secrets, The Sword of Lyric Series, and The Becky Miller Series. Sharon is often asked, “What invited you into your church library?”. The availability of Christian fiction helped shape her passion for Christian writing. She said it was especially important for her as a teen because she could read whatever she wanted without worrying about the appropriateness of the material. She added that teens don’t want to be appealed to as teens, but rather, want to be able to pick up adult books. The church library is one place teens can do this without parents having to worry about the appropriateness of the content. Because of her experiences in her church library growing up, Sharon felt especially indebted to her church librarian. Sharon said she began to look at the church librarian as a hero. It was a touching moment to learn that two of Sharon’s heroes were in the audience that day, her mother and her childhood church librarian. Through her fiction writing, she developed a new image of what a hero looks like ordinary people who are called to be heroes in ordinary ways.
The second speaker was a representative from Northwest Bookstores, a local Christian bookstore chain. Beverly Snyder, Special Events Coordinator, brought some of her favorite selections for the group to preview and had books available for sale afterwards. It was a full morning capped off by the opportunity to meet one another and share ideas. Let us know if you’re thinking
located at 1011 Washington Ave S., Minneapolis Mn 55415.
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