More information about these events can be found at www.haumc.org/events
Our featured speaker is author Linda Daniels. Over her lifetime, Linda had received words from the Lord but they were sporadic and infrequent. This changed
when an inspirational speaker, Gary Oates, came to her church about 8 years ago.
Gary taught a session on hearing the voice of God and writing His messages in a journal. Linda has been hearing and journaling daily since that experience. Those messages,
along with pertinent Scripture verses, are the basis of her devotional, HIS HEART, HIS VOICE; Words of Encouragement.
On October 13, Linda will share some simple steps to hearing God’s voice. You will have time to listen, receive, and write it down. Linda believes that when people receive and then share what God says to them, it encourages everyone and develops a hunger
to hear more from Him.
The program also includes a workshop on marketing your library, the annual business meeting, a book swap and time to visit the church’s library.
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Our featured speaker is Leanne Waterworth, inspirational author of Just Breathe; Choosing Joy, One Breath at a Time. A Wis-consin resident, Leanne blogs about the challenges she faces as the mother of two boys who have cystic fibrosis. In her Jan-uary 25 post, “Lamentations,” she reported that her 15-year-old son had been struggling with debilitating back pain, her younger son had been hospitalized for persistent vomiting, her gymnast daughter had broken both heels and the entire family was adjusting to a recent move to a smaller home for financial reasons. She wrote: “In spite of our circumstances, I still have joy. I love my husband, my children…Life is really, really hard sometimes. God is still good. Each day is new and I am able to find reasons to praise him.” Copies of her book will be available for sale throughout the morning.
The program also includes a continuation of the conversation on weeding 
that began in the Fall 2017 Library “Nuts & Bolts” workshop. How do you decide when it’s time to remove an item from your collection? What do you do with items you no longer want? Do you have different rules if the item was donated by a church member? We anticipate a lively discussion.
The registration form is available on this website under forms.
How do you decide what new books to purchase or accept as a donation for your library? How are new books processed? How do you tell your congregation about them? How do you decide that it’s time to retire a book? Does your library have a page on your church website and/or other social media? Have you ever wondered what other church libraries do?
These topics and more will be covered in two work-shops at the Fall meeting!
The workshops are designed to encourage interactive participation and sharing of ideas. Each one is being offered twice to keep the groups smaller and so participants can attend both of them.
You will find more information in the current newsletter. Registration is found under forms on this website. For more information please email lauraedirks@gmail.com.
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Our featured speaker is Rev. Lindsay Hardin Freeman. She will discuss her groundbreaking book, Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter.
Per her website: “My passion is women of the Bible. Through writing and speaking, I share their stories. Scripture, tradition, reason, and humor are my tools. My goals are to free Bible women from their dreary literary caskets—and in that process, draw contemporary women deeper into God’s sacred circle.”
As always, there will be a book swap, time to visit the church library, an opportunity to network with other librarians and lunch.
The board members believe that Rev. Freeman’s presentation could be of interest to members of your church who aren’t on the library committee – e.g., Bible study and women’s groups. This meeting could also be an opportunity for you to promote your library.
Your guests should be included on your registration form. As always, any member of your church can attend the meeting at the $15 member rate, even if s/he isn’t on the library committee.
This information was taken from the Off The Shelf 2017 spring edition.
In her groundbreaking book, Bible Women, Rev. Freeman identifies every woman who speaks in the 
Bible, providing her words, context, and historical background. Each entry lists the woman, her prominent traits, where to find her story, a “classic moment”, and her
Biblical profile. There is a summary of her words, a quick recap of her story, and then some reflections on her life and how she might relate to various areas of modern life.
Rev. Freeman’s other books include a children’s book, The Spy on Noah’s Ark: Bible Stories from the Inside Out and Wisdom Found: Stories of Women Transfigured by Faith. You won’t want to miss her. At her presentation to a group at The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Philadelphia, she received a standing ovation.
About the Author: Lindsay Hardin Freeman is a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest who has won over thirty awards for journalistic excellence, including the 2015 Gold Medal Award in Bible Study from Independent Publisher.
From 2010-2014, she and a research team worked to do something never done before: to document every word spoken in the Bible by women. Her work takes her around the country, speaking to groups about the accomplishments and struggles of Bible women. She enjoys finding humor and grace in the Bible, and shares it fully.
The Spring issue of Off the Shelf will include a complete schedule for the morning, along with a registration form. If you are not a member and do not receive the newsletter, the registration form will be on this website with more meeting information in early April.
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Jessica Zillhart, talked about selection of religious materials in the public library system. Jessica is currently a Materials Selection Librarian at the St. Paul Public Library. She’s also a member of Ebooks Minnesota’s collection development task force and she’s involved with the Digital Public Library of America’s Content Curation Corps for their Open Ebooks Initiative. Her presentation was very interesting as well as enlightening.
Gary from Magers and Quinn Booksellers (3038 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis 55408) presented a lot of useful information on new and popular books. Many of us were not aware of this bookstore. Gary Mazzone is their outreach and sales director-a great source of informat
ion for our group. Magers and Quinn Booksellers is the largest independent, family-owned bookstore in Minnesota. As Gary reminded us small businesses are the mainstay of America and we are encouraged to support them.
A big thank you to all the publishers who donated books that Magers and Quinn could distribute at our meeting. Everyone got 3 to 4 brand news books for their libraries.
Check them out at http://www.magersandquinn.com
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