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CL winter 09-10 - Evangelical Church Library Association

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completing their course of study successfully.<br />

Numerous excellent materials<br />

are available on these topics.<br />

College Graduates<br />

College and university graduates again<br />

face choices. Some choose to continue<br />

studying by moving on to a graduate<br />

school or seminary. Some are ready to<br />

prepare their résumés for job interviews.<br />

Provide books on writing<br />

résumés and interviewing for a job, as<br />

well as copies of seminary catalogs.<br />

Preparing a Graduation<br />

Emphasis<br />

First, during April or May determine<br />

where you will set up your graduation<br />

emphasis. Do you have at least one flat<br />

surface on which to display a variety<br />

of materials? Is there a ceiling support<br />

or another structure from which you<br />

can suspend eye-catching advertisements?<br />

What type of mobiles or posters<br />

will you make?<br />

It It is is vital vital that that we<br />

we<br />

continue continue to to seek<br />

seek<br />

out out new new groups<br />

groups<br />

in in our our churches<br />

churches<br />

to to whom whom we we can<br />

can<br />

minister minister by by providing<br />

providing<br />

and and publicizing<br />

publicizing<br />

inspirational<br />

inspirational<br />

and and educational<br />

educational<br />

resources resources in<br />

in<br />

our our libraries.<br />

libraries.<br />

P P R R O O M M O O T T I I O O N<br />

N<br />

Second, after your Easter and Mother’s<br />

Day emphases, place short advertisements<br />

for your materials in your<br />

church bulletin or newsletter, beginning<br />

with college graduates. They will<br />

need the most time to peruse materials<br />

to benefit from them. Encourage<br />

students in their junior years of college<br />

and high school—and their parents—<br />

to look at the graduation-related collection<br />

of books and other materials in<br />

your library.<br />

Third, get lists of your church’s<br />

graduates from the office and post it<br />

in an easily visible place with congratulatory<br />

messages around it. You could<br />

ask friends and family members to<br />

write notes to display. Consider giving<br />

out bookmarks with an inspirational,<br />

graduation, or other appropriate<br />

message. Be certain to have a<br />

different design appropriate for each<br />

of the different age groups of graduates<br />

you intend to honor.<br />

Finally, plan an event to honor<br />

these young people. Who wouldn’t<br />

enjoy a graduation party? Offer popcorn<br />

and a chance to browse through<br />

available materials. You could even<br />

hold it earlier on the same Sunday<br />

that you kick off your summer reading<br />

club. For instance, have the graduation<br />

party and present those materials<br />

Sunday morning after worship,<br />

then have your reading-club kickoff<br />

Sunday afternoon before the evening<br />

service or other activities. This way<br />

you only clean up once.<br />

It is vital that we continue to seek<br />

out new groups in our churches to<br />

whom we can minister by providing<br />

and publicizing inspirational and<br />

educational resources in our libraries.<br />

Whether they are graduating from<br />

college, high school, middle school,<br />

or elementary school, each age group<br />

has its own set of choices to make.<br />

Each transition point also has its own<br />

assortment of challenges to face.<br />

You can play a vital role in helping<br />

children, teens, and young adults<br />

make their choices biblically, armed<br />

with Christian resources, and providing<br />

Christian books for their parents as<br />

they seek to guide their children.<br />

___________________________________<br />

Jeanetta Chrystie is a freelance writer and<br />

church library volunteer at University<br />

Heights Baptist <strong>Church</strong> in Springfield,<br />

Mo.<br />

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