Immanuel Library

Many of us have a library card and probably had had since we were a kid. Well, do we have a deal for you!

Our Immanuel library is here for your use without the need for a card or any money. All you have to do is stop in, peruse the shelves, choose your book/s, sign out the book on the card inside the book’s cover, leave the card in the designated card holder and be on your way. Just return the book when you are finished with it – no fines incurred.

There are Bible reference books; daily devotional books; books on prayer, Bible study, and coping with illness and loss. Have a friend who needs a healing word or a friend who could use some help in relationships? The library has just what you need.

In addition to all that, our library has a copy of all the Immanuel book club fiction books. You didn’t know we had a Book Club here? It’s great, and we would welcome anyone interest in joining us – third Friday evening at 7 p.m. Where else but in the library?

Donated Books to Immanuel Library

Immanuel is a generous congregation in so many ways.  One of those ways is donating books to our church library.  However, we have a small library and our shelves are becoming over crowded.  We would ask that if you want to give us some of your books that you contact Diane Chapa with that request.  The library group can then decide if we will be able to take your donated books.  We respectfully ask that you not leave books unless you have contacted Diane.  She can be reached at dianechapa@gmail.com or 612-387-9266.

Reading Recommendations from Immanuel Library

These books can be found in the bookcase in the Atrium.  Please check them out in the library.

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

The Folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything - everything except books, that is.  Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Package, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.  Cussy's not only a book woman; she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else.  Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Pack Horse library service of the 1930's. 

The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton

The Last Train to London is painful and beautiful, absorbing and unforgettable.  A wonderful tribute to courage, a remarkable woman to the ones she saved, and to the ones she could not.  Recommend this book to anyone who thinks no single person can make a difference. 

Becoming Kin by Patty Krawec

An invitation and a challenge to become better relatives to one another at this critical moment in human and planetary history.  Generous and wise, Becoming Kin is a rare book designed to be put to immediate and practical use.

The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan

The true-life story of two people - a Jew and a Palestinian - who become part of each other's life.  Along the way Tolan explains in fine detail the struggle between the two people.