Join us for our Women’s Ministry Summer Book Clubs. Each book will meet for one session for a time of fellowship and discussion. All books are listed below with links to purchase and register.
12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You | Thursday, May 28 at 6:30PM | The Fireside Room
Do You Control Your Phone—Or Does Your Phone Control You? As a woman, a parent, or a grandparent, do you understand the effect that phones are having on you and those you love?
The smartphone had become part of us, fully integrated into the daily patterns of our lives. Never offline, always within reach, we now hold in our hands a magic wand of technological power. We have never been more connected, yet we seem to be growing more distant. We have never been more efficient, but we have never been more distracted. Drawing from the insights of numerous thinkers, published studies, and his own research, writer Tony Reinke identifies twelve potent ways our smartphones have changed us—for good and bad. Reinke calls us to cultivate wise thinking and healthy habits in the digital age, encouraging us to maximize the many blessings, to avoid the various pitfalls, and to wisely wield the most powerful gadget of human connection ever unleashed.
Join us for our first Summer Women’s Book Club on Thursday, May 28, at 6:30pm in the Fireside Room in the Administration Building. Purchase your book on Amazon or Thriftbooks. Register here on the website. Come ready to discuss this intriguing topic.
Miracle at the Higher Grounds Café | Thursday, June 18 at 6:30pm | Fireside Room
In this book of fiction, we will explore the questions: “What if I could ask God anything? What would I ask, and how would He answer?” Chelsea Chambers is on her own, working in an old-fashioned coffee shop, in desperate need of help, or better yet, a miracle. Then a curious stranger lands on her doorstep, and with him, an even more curious string of events. People begin to flock to the café looking for a connection to the divine. After catastrophe strikes, Chelsea begins to wonder if the whole universe is conspiring against her. After a shocking discovery opens her eyes to the unseen world around her, she finds the courage to ask God a question of her own—and heaven answers in a most unexpected way.
Join us on Thursday, June 18, at 6:30pm in the Fireside Room of the Administration Building, as we discuss this USA Today bestseller, where fiction is intertwined with biblical truth. Purchase your book on Amazon or Thriftbooks. Register here on the website. Come ready to discuss angels, miracles, and impossible situations.
Before We Were Yours | Thursday, July 23 at 6:30pm | Fireside Room
Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong. While not published as a strictly Christian novel, it contains subtle Christian themes focused on redemption, resilience, hope and faith amidst adversity.
Join us in our last Summer Book Club on Thursday, July 23, at 6:30pm, in the Fireside Room of the Administration Building. Purchase your book on Amazon or Thriftbooks. Register here on the website. Come ready to discuss how redemption can happen in humanity’s worst brokenness.