Sunday, February 5, 2012
Just wondering who is joining...
Are you going to join the Shelby UCC's first book club? We're just curious who is going to be participating... so if you are, leave your name in the comment section. We're getting excited to start!!!
Online link for "Small Things with Great Love":
If you want to order the book online, here is a direct link on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Small-Things-Great-Love-Adventures/dp/0830838171/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328458084&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Small-Things-Great-Love-Adventures/dp/0830838171/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328458084&sr=8-1
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Book #1
"Small Things with Great Love: Adventures in Loving Your Neighbor" by Margot Starbuck is the first book that we will be reading. A book order will be placed on Friday, Febrary 10 and hopefully books will be in and we will be ready to begin around the 20th (stay posted for more details). The book description for our first selection from Amazon.com:
"Margot Starbuck is back with as much passion and energy as ever. In thirty brief chapters, she invites you to choose the adventure that fits who you are in authentically loving those around you. Yes, she knows: just the thought of adding something more to your life sounds exhausting. But here's the fantastic truth she's discovered in her own journey: "We don't have to add lots more overwhelming activity to what we've already got going. The regular stuff of our lives--the commute to work and the potlucks and home improvement projects and errands and play dates--are the exact places in which we express and experience God's love for a world in need." With a list of resources, a study guide and a six-week "Adventure Challenge," as well as plenty of stories and hilarity from Margot's own life, Small Things with Great Love will open your eyes to the people around you and the huge impact you can have on them through small acts of love. "Small things happen when I learn the name of my daughter's school bus driver," Margot writes. "Small things happen when I listen to the dreams of a woman who lives in a group home on my block. Small things happen when I risk crossing a language barrier even though I look really stupid doing it." And small things add up to big adventures and surprises, for you and others. The biggest surprise of all might be how powerfully God can use you, right in the midst of your walking-the-dog, paying-the-bills, doing-laundry life, when you're living out his love. Do the first small thing by opening these pages--and let the adventure begin!"
Looks like a good one!
"Margot Starbuck is back with as much passion and energy as ever. In thirty brief chapters, she invites you to choose the adventure that fits who you are in authentically loving those around you. Yes, she knows: just the thought of adding something more to your life sounds exhausting. But here's the fantastic truth she's discovered in her own journey: "We don't have to add lots more overwhelming activity to what we've already got going. The regular stuff of our lives--the commute to work and the potlucks and home improvement projects and errands and play dates--are the exact places in which we express and experience God's love for a world in need." With a list of resources, a study guide and a six-week "Adventure Challenge," as well as plenty of stories and hilarity from Margot's own life, Small Things with Great Love will open your eyes to the people around you and the huge impact you can have on them through small acts of love. "Small things happen when I learn the name of my daughter's school bus driver," Margot writes. "Small things happen when I listen to the dreams of a woman who lives in a group home on my block. Small things happen when I risk crossing a language barrier even though I look really stupid doing it." And small things add up to big adventures and surprises, for you and others. The biggest surprise of all might be how powerfully God can use you, right in the midst of your walking-the-dog, paying-the-bills, doing-laundry life, when you're living out his love. Do the first small thing by opening these pages--and let the adventure begin!"
Looks like a good one!
Should we have a name change?
Do we want to be called just the Book Club... or maybe something different like TeamBOOK? Suggestions welcome!
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