CHURCH LIBRARY MINISTRY REPORT
The Church Library Ministry carries out the mission of the local church by providing information through
media for worship, ministry, discipleship, evangelism, and fellowship that results in church growth,
spiritual transformation, ministry expansion, and Kingdom advancement. Local meetings for the church
library workers were held in 2017 including meetings which were hosted by Philippi Baptist and an
offsite meeting at Golden Corral.
During the February meeting, it was cold outside but our theme was “What’s Hot for 2017” as we
planned for 2017 TACMO meetings, reading clubs, VBS and the upcoming library workshops.
During April we joined Hamilton County for book reviews at the Lifeway store at Hamilton Place. In
May, our Bradley Baptist Church Library workers met at Philippi Baptist Church for a working
meeting. Area church library workers assisted our sister church by weeding old books, organizing and
providing overall support to this church library revitalization.
Once again, several of our churches in the Bradley Baptist Association Library Ministry participated in an
Association-wide winter adult reading club during the first quarter of 2017. Various children’s summer
reading programs were coordinated across the county. We were blessed with many readers during the
summer which kept our librarians really busy as well as very happy serving their readers.
Several churches attended the Tennessee Baptist Southeast Tennessee Library Team Training in
September which was hosted by Philippi Baptist. The event included library experts from Louisiana,
Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee which provided a great day of information and training.
We continue to be blessed with some of the most beautiful and well organized libraries in the southeast
ministering right here in Cleveland and Bradley County. Your local church library can provide ministry
opportunities to the unsaved; discipleship for the believers; provide services to toddlers &
preschoolers, homeschoolers, latchkey kids, shut-ins, homebound, and caregivers; and provide
resources for AWANA, missions groups, Sunday School, children’s church, VBS, music ministry, visitation,
expectant and new parents, grandparents, ministers, deacons and their wives, teachers, divorce
recovery, grief recovery and much more. For information on how to begin or renew a library ministry in
your church, please contact Janice Baker at 479-2612. We look forward to working with the area church
library workers in the coming year for His glory.
Janice Baker, Director
Bradley Baptist Association Church Library Ministry
BOLD GOING JAIL MINISTRY
Over the past year Bold Going Jail Ministry has worked very hard to help bring people to know Jesus
Christ as their Lord & Savior. Herb Conley and, Lynn Dykes have retired due to health reasons. Ed
Sadowski and, Dave Thomas are sharing Herb's former respinsibilities. Karen Thomas is now handling
Lynn Dykes' previous responsibilities. Listed below are approximately what was done over this last year.
Bibles handed out to inmates were around 300. • # Saved – 167 • # Rededicated – 174 • Total = 341
Karen Thomas
Bold Going Jail Ministry
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