Church of the Advent | Anglican Church in Colwood

At the Ladies Guild meeting on Wednesday, February 8th, Lori Angellini spoke to those present about the scope of the work of the Cool Aid Society. She included a note about the work of their dental clinic which offers free dental services to Cool Aid clients and others who would not otherwise have access to dental work. They are currently fundraising to help cover the costs of this service, with a private donor offering to match all donations to the dental services during the month of February.

The Guild voted at the meeting to send $500 to the Cool Aid Society for the dental clinic. Members also voted to send $500 to the Canadian Red Cross for the earthquake relief efforts in Turkiye and Syria. The donation to the Red Cross will be matched in kind by the Canadian Government up until Feb 22nd.

Janet Denford, our parish librarian reports that the books in the narthex have been supplemented, recatalogued, and organized into themes, and are ready to be browsed and borrowed. In the picture, Noreen Dunn admires Janet's hard work.

Every item is now labelled with a unique shelf code: that is, an abbreviation of its theme with the first few letters of the author’s name, and in some cases a number or copy number. The majority of books and multimedia are shelved together in shelf code order outside the parish office.

Reference books, which are for use in the church only, are located on the bottom shelf of the new small bookcase in the narthex seating area. Books for younger children are on the small table nearby, and are available for loan as well as for use during worship. A list of the themes, with their abbreviations, is in the binder in the small bookcase, along with copies of the complete catalogue, green loan slips, yellow return slips, and a pink box to put your slips in.

A changing display of books that may interest you will occupy the top shelf of the bookcase. Most items can be borrowed for 3 weeks and renewed once. Day-books for daily devotional use, labelled DEV (or SEAS) DB, can be borrowed for the length of the period the book covers, up to a year. There are no fines for late returns, but please be considerate of others who may be waiting for the book you have.

To borrow a book or DVD, fill out a green loan slip and put it in the pink box; do the same to renew it. When you return it, fill out a yellow return slip, put it in the box, and leave the item beside the box.

This Week’s Top Shelf

Marcus Braybrooke. Learn to Pray: a Practical Guide to Faith and Inspiration.
159 pages. Published 2001.
Theme: Prayer. Approaches to prayer and step-by-step exercises.

Stephen Cherry. Barefoot Disciple: Walking the Way of Passionate Humility.
179 pages. Published 2011.
Theme: Christian Life. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book for 2011.

Max Lucado. Romans: God’s Big Picture.
119 pages. Published 2007.
Theme: Bible Resources. A guide to reading St. Paul’s letter to the church in Rome.

Debbie McMillan. Confronted by Jesus: Daily Reflections for Lent.
121 pages. Published 2013.
Theme: Seasonal. A reflection for each of the 40 days of Lent, with weekly study guide.
[Seasonal daybook: may be borrowed until the end of Lent].

Hilary Price. The Life that Changed My Day.
171 pages. Published 2004.
Theme: Christian Life. Encouragement to spiritual growth.