The Library at First Church

The annual Library book sale is an event not to be missed! Funds raised at the sale purchase new library materials and promote library ministries.

Click here to see pictures of our last book sale!

Regular Library Hours

Sunday mornings:
8:45  -  11:00

Thursday mornings:
 9:00  -  11:30

Other times by prior arrangement.

You are invited to ...

...Visit the library and check out books of interest to you and your family.

...Visit the library book rack in the church office or outside the library on Sundays to purchase new Cokesbury books that will brighten your life.

...Donate used books for the annual book sale.  Leave books in the office or call 602.263.5013 for a volunteer to pick them up at your home (proceeds purchase new  library books).

...Donate funds to purchase a memorial book in the name of a special person you wish to remember in this way.  A bookplate listing the memorialized person and the donor will be inserted in the book.  Books may also be purchased in honor of living people.

New Items in the Collection

• One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

• Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

• Bonhoeffer & King, by Robert J. Deotis

• Dry Bones Dancing, by Tony Evans (with DVD)

• Finding God in Unexpected Places, by Philip Yancey

• God is Closer Than You Think, by John Ortberg

• The Gospel According to America, by David Dark

• A Grace Disguised, by Jerry Sittser

• He Was One of Us, by Rien Poortvliet

• The Ice Cube is Melting, by Lyle E. Schaller

• Joshua in a Troubled World, by Joseph F. Girzone

• The New Interpreter's Bible Index (REFERENCE)

• The New Interpreter's Study Bible, NRSV, with Apocrypha

• 10 Gospel Promises for Later Life, by Jane Marie Thibault

• Who Am I? (poetic insights on personal identity),  by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• Why Men Hate Going to Church, by David Murrow

and for children...

•  Buzby the Misbehaving Bee (DVD), by Max Lucado

The purpose of the First United Methodist Church Library is to:

Support the ministry and mission of the church and help church members grow in their understanding of God, with a well-selected collection of resources, to guide members and friends in their spiritual growth, to live their faith, to effectively serve in the life of the congregation, and provide for the wholesome use of leisure time. Our library under girds First United Methodist Church’s ministries of teaching, preaching, and evangelism.

Our library is a member of the Church & Synagogue Library Association.