Congregational Library

October Events Schedule

Congregational Church History - October 14, 21, 28 10:00 AM-3:00 PM

Executive Director, Peggy Bendroth, teaches a course on the history of the Congregational denomination. Reservations required. Each class covers a specific period in the history of Congregationalism. Take one class ($25.00) or all three ($75.00). Scholarships available. Contact Peggy at mbendroth@14beacon.org or 617-523-0470.

Cultivating a Church Library - October 18 9:30 AM-12:30 PM

Librarian, Claudette Newhall, leads a class in creating, managing, and promoting your church library/resource center. Topics covered are starting a library, managing and organizing an existing or new library, promoting the library, and obtaining necessary resources. A bibliography will be provided. The cost of the class is $10.00. Contact Claudette at cnewhall@14beacon.org or 617-523-0470.

Walking Tour of Congregational Boston - By request and reservation only - $10.00

Executive Director, Peggy Bendroth, guides participants to the city's famous Congregational landmarks, from Old South Church to Park Street Church. Contact Peggy at mbendroth@14beacon.org or 617-523-0470.

Library Tour - In October by request and reservation only - Free

Librarian, Claudette Newhall, leads a tour on the history of the library. Contact Claudette at cnewhall@14beacon.org or 617-523-0470.

More events coming in November and December.

New Books

We've received some new books you may be interested in borrowing.

Dry Bones and Indian Sermons: Praying Indians in Colonial America by Kristina Bross

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The Healer's Calling: Women and Medicine in Early New England by Rebecca J. Tannenbaum

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Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East by Ussama Makdisi

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Jessica's Simmons Class- October 4- "Archives 2.0"

Jessica will be offering her Archives 2.0 class again this fall at the Simmons main campus. There's a dizzying number of new technologies that are out there that weren't there five years ago. They can be overwhelming when experimenting with them on your own. This will be an overview of (but not necessarily limited to) wikis, alternatives to social networking, Google documents, RSS feeds.

Contact Kris Liberman at Simmons Continuing Ed. to sign up. Deadline September 29th.

September Classes/Events

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Peggy Bendroth's A School of the Church: Andover Newton across Two Centuries, will be celebrated with a book release party on September 18 from 5-7pm here in the reading room. There will be copies of the book available for sale and we will serve light refreshments.

Please RSVP with Claudette Newhall by September 15.

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A reminder that Jessica will be offering her Records Management class in Exeter, NH on September 22nd from 6-8pm.  Cost: $15, deadline for registering is September 15.

For those who have already attended the Records Management class (previously known as Research 101), there is a luncheon in Lexington on September 18 from 11:30-1:30. Cost: $15, deadline for registering is September 15.

A recently developed class, New Technologies in a Church Setting will be offered on September 24 here at the library from 9:30-2:30.This class is designed to be an introduction to some useful and inexpensive (or free) tools that can help a church communicate more efficiently and reach new people. Find out what the hub-bub is about wikis, blogs, Google documents, and more.   Lunch will be provided and there will be some time to explore the new material online. Cost: $20, deadline for registration September 19.

Contact Jessica Steytler to resister for these events.

For a complete description of these events and more, please visit our web site.

Toy Book Collection

We have added the Tenney Estate Toy Book Collection to our online catalog. Some of the titles included in this collection of toy books are "Advice to Sabbath School Children," "The Good Boy," "The Good Girl," and "The History of Goody Two Shoes: embellished with neat engravings." This collection was presented to the Library in 1947 by Ralph F., Harry W. and Charles A. Tenney. Many woodcuts are included in these small books of juvenile literature.  Woodcut from the wrapper of "The Good Girl:"