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Sue Martin McCabe Library News

The Sue Martin McCabe Memorial Library is a valuable educational resource for the church and the community, offering a wide variety of selections for every reader -- from the casual "fiction lover" to the serious student of the Bible. Our library contains everything from the best sellers and popular magazines to "Seminary level" commentaries, dictionaries, and journals. A separate children's library offers up-to-date selections for children of all ages and includes a comprehensive video collection.

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Library Drifts
            The Lola Kesler Children’s Reading Room has a new look. The shelves have been moved around to give the room a spacious, open appearance. The junior fiction books have been relocated into the main library room. Part of the room can be used for a reading area or for viewing videos. The Children’s Reading Room has been updated for the twenty-first century with four newly acquired computers that we have named Llama Llama, Curious George, Winnie Pooh, and Fancy Nancy. The Library Committee is planning an open house after a Sunday morning church service for members to view the transformation which has been made possible by the bequest made in memory of Frances Hewitt by her family. Watch for the announcement about the open house and plan to attend.

            Using the Sue M. McCabe Library has helped many students who attended our WEE Ministry summer programs to fulfill their summer reading requirements. Mrs. Littlejohn brought a copy of the Martinsville City Schools Summer Reading Program which contains recommended books for each grade level and encouraged her students to read. The Wee Ministry teachers have also read books to their students.

            Stop by the Sue M. McCabe Library and select a book to read. On the cart that is placed in the narthex each Sunday, in addition to the books that Library Committee members recommend, you will find commentaries that coordinate with the Sunday School lessons as well as books on prayer—the topic of recent Sunday morning sermons.

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Visit the library or breeze by the cart in the narthex, and check out a great book to read.

SUE MARTIN MCCABE LIBRARY: The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom, is a riveting page-turner describing how a middle-age Dutch watchmaker became a heroine of the resistance, a survivor of Hitler’s concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century.

During the 1930's, Nazi violence and hatred toward Jews in Holland increased daily. In this climate of hatred and fear, many turned their heads in grief and shame--too afraid for their own lives to save the lives of others. But despite the risk of punishment and death, Corrie ten Boom and her family joined the Dutch resistance--helping Jews elude capture and almost certain death. The family’s charming old watch shop, with its odd angles and unmatched walls, yielded a secret, third-floor room. It was the perfect hiding place--or was it?

When the ten Booms were betrayed, they were plunged overnight into the brutality of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps. But in this hell on earth--the world’s darkest night--Corrie discovered the comfort that would ultimately sustain her: no pit is so deep that the love of God is not deeper still! Corie’s Christlikeness in the face of terrifying circumstances has prepared untold readers to face their own future with faith in God’s ultimate triumph over evil.

SUE MARTIN MCCABE LIBRARY: The Country Life is a novel by Rachel Cusk. Stella Benson answers a classified ad and arrives in a tiny Sussex village, home to a family that is somewhat larger than life. Her hopes for the Maddens may be high, but her station among them--as au pair to their son Martin--is undeniably low. It soon becomes clear that Stella falls short of the requirements necessary for her new role, especially in the area of living the country life. What could possibly have driven her to leave her home, job, and parents? Why is she so reluctant to talk about her past? And who, exactly, is Edward? The Country Life is a rich subtle novel about embarrassment, awkwardness and being alone; about families and love in disguises. It is a charming story of a young woman’s adventures in self-discovery and escaping from the pressures of an uphappy urban life.