LeValley United Methodist Church

 

 

 

LIBRARY NEWS

 MAY 2022

Though the calendar says it is spring, it is

Snowing outside as I write this! Oh for the

Hope of spring.

Since Mother’s Day is almost upon us,

We have an offering for that this month.

To Mother with Love by Helen Steiner

Rice. You might be familiar with this

Author from the card section of the store.

She is known as the “Poet Laureate of

Inspirational Verse.” The fact that cards

Are still using her poems/verses 42 years

After her death proves their lasting influence.

Our selection offers many on mothers.

Our second selection is I Told the

Mountain to Move—Learning to Pray So

Things Change by Patricia Raybon. Faced

With a strained marriage, two strong-willed

Daughters and a family medical crisis, the

Author is drawn/led into a deeper prayer life.

I am amazed by the author’s honesty—sharing

Her thoughts with reader as is we were part

Of her accountability group! This leads to

Authenticity and a witnessing to what walking

With the Lord often looks like at street level.

How our challenges/burdens can draw us

Into a deeper relationship with our Father through

the Holy Spirit.

Treasured Grace by Tracie Peterson is our

Historical fiction selection this month. It takes

Place at the Witman Mission in Oregon Country

In 1847 where the “Whitman Mission Massacre”

Took place. The historical setting is true but

Many of the characters are fictional. It is an

Interesting and informative story.

Also added to our cart this month is the

Second installment of Call the Midwife series

The memoir of Jennifer Worth. Shadows

Of the Workhouse is the title of this selection.

It covers some of the history of workhouses

And their lasting effects on British society along

With the midwifery stories.

Hope you find something to your liking.

 

Karen Wambaugh--Librarian