Evangelical Church Library Association
P.O. Box 353
Glen Ellyn, IL 60138
Phone: 630-375-7865
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What People Are Saying!
"There's no way that either of us would've known where to begin to organize the church library. It had lots of books but, the readership was minimal. Now that things are labeled and organized, people are coming in, checking books out and even requesting more books. The conference was the impetus that we needed! And I love the CHURCH LIBRARY magazine. Thank you so much."
"The conference was great, as usual. This day always motivates me."
"The book reviews in the Church Libraries Journal are extremely valuable to me as I choose books for our library."
"Conference is awesome each year!"
2009 Conference
Faithful Through the Ages:
40 Years of Gods Blessing
Oct 23-24, 2009
in Wheaton Illinois
2009 Keynote Speaker: Julie-Allyson Ieron (pronounced: I-RUN) is a conference speaker and author. Her newest book is The Overwhelmed Woman’s Guide to … Caring for Aging Parents—a project she not only wrote, but lives on a daily basis. Her other books include: Praying Like Jesus, Staying True in a World of Lies, Conquering the Time Factor, and the Sisters in Faith Bible Study Series. Julie is passionate about coming alongside others to encourage them to pursue an ever-deepening relationship with Christ. She is a frequent guest on national radio and TV broadcasts.
Before you bring your items to the BOOKSWAP, please go through and remove all of the following:
* Used and empty video, audio cases. No one wants these.
* Secular books, CD's, videos, etc.
* Decades old magazines.
* Books that are literally falling apart.
* Time sensitive books such as "Y2K" type books. Or books on financial planning that are 30 years old.
* Books that talk about "Cassette ministry" or How to use microfilm in your youth ministry.
* Christian directories. No one is interested in Christian B&B’s from 10 years ago.
* Bible studies that have writing in them.
* Very old church cookbooks.
* Books with pages missing.
* Books with falling out, yellow and/or brittle.