My name is Anna Arneson. I read books from the Gethsemane Library. They are always good. You should check out books from the library too. I am the new library assistant.
Snow Happy to be Here is a really fun story about where snowpeople come from and how they come to life. The pictures are really nice and the story is easy to read.
Dazzle the Dinosaur is a book about a dazzling egg and the amazing little dinosaur who hatches from it. The story is about friends and bravery.
Show us your Elements of a Living Faith (ELF) magnet set. Take a photo of your Bulletin board, Message center, Refrigerator door, or where ever you put it. Send it us and we will add yours to the photo album on the website. Who knows...maybe then we will have a contest to pick the neatest (or most-messy) fridge door!
Click here to see the ELF magnets
Send your snapshots to jimarneson@gmail.com
Kids and families, get a head start on your VBS Rain Forest Adventure by checking out some intriguing books. These books highlight the beauty, mystery and wonder of exotic animals and plants that inhabit rain forests and jungles.
Over in the Jungle: A Rain Forest Rhyme by Marianne Berkes
Count, clap and sing to a favorite children’s rhyme while learning about jungle creatures. Delight in Jeanette Canyon’s polymer clay illustrations. No wonder this is an award winner!
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
A recipient of numerous book awards, this is the story of many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest and how they try to convince a man not to cut down their home.
God Made Creepy Crawlies: by Sally Anne Conan
With playful verse and vibrant illustrations, this book explores unique characteristics of a wide variety of animals.
Sharing Nature with Children: by Joseph Cornell
Parents and teachers have been using this classic for years to teach nature awareness and appreciation. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, discover why it has remained so popular.
P.B. Bear’s Jungle Adventure: by Lee Davis
A teddy bear, along with his buddies, a stuffed rabbit and dog, visit their monkey friend, Milly, in the jungle. Besides being a delightful tale, this is an excellent book for beginning readers.
This is the Earth God Made: by Lynn Downey
A rhyming text tells the story of the beautiful world that God made and includes creative activity suggestions.
When the World Was New: by Alicia Garcia de Lynam
This book gently explores the questions: When the world was new, what would have happened if God had not made the sun, stars, living creatures, etc? How would our world be different?
Rain Forest Open Your Eyes to a World of Discovery: by Elinor Greenwood
One of the Dorling Kindersley (DK) series of non-fiction books for children, this treasure presents amazing photographs and facts about each layer of the rain forest.
Owen and Mazee The Language of Friendship: by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu
An orphaned baby hippo and grumpy 103 year old tortoise form a lasting friendship. This true story tells of their first remarkable year and a half together.
Ladies, blossom this spring by reading one of these books that are "hand-picked" especially for you in honor of Mother's Day by the members of the church library.
Non-Fiction
Love, From Grandma by Becky L. Amble
The Wisdom of Daughters by Reta Halteman Finger and Kari Sandhaas
Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs
Second Wife, Second Life By Marjorie Holmes
Where Does a Mother Go To Resign? by Barbara Johnson
Kindred Sisters by Dandi Daley Mackall
Prayers From a Mother's Heart by Judith Mattison
The Life of Katie Luther, Vision Videos
Fiction
Hidden Places by Lynn Austin
Papa's Wife by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Mary Called Magdalene by Margaret George
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingslover
City of Angels by Tracie Peterson
The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley
Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate
All women who check-out a book during the month of May are automatically entered to win the lovely plant on display.
Men, don't despair! June is your month!
Please check out the library display table and find magazines for the entire family to enjoy. We currently subscribe to four periodicals:
Checkout is easy. Just sign your name and the name of the borrowed magazine on the clipboard, located in the basket.
Magazines that have been suggested as possible future subscriptions include.
Please let us know if you have a suggestion for another periodical to include!
Check out the newest additions to our Gethsemane Library. These new books can be found on the second shelf immediately to the left as you enter the library.
Adult Non-Fiction
Adult Fiction
Children
Three years ago the Deborah Circle decided to provide midwife kits to Global Health Ministries (GHM) as a service project. Since then they have provided nearly 200 kits. The kits are assembled in the fellowship hall on special activity days. Each kit includes the following items:
The shirts are sewn by Deborah Circle members and the wonderful caps are knit by Mabel Nielsen. Follow the links below for more information on this project and the other good things being done at Global Health Ministries.
The kits will be used by local midwives in Africa, India, Madagascar, and New Guinea.
Click here to visit the GHM website
