Patton Memorial Library
The Patton Memorial Library is a resource for the people and programs of the Sewickley United Methodist Church. The reference and circulating collections include books and audio visual resources which encourage and support faith in children, youth, and adults.
In 1965, Mr. Franklin Patton endowed the library in memory of his brother and their parents. This endowment set up a permanent trust fund to provide for the operation of the library.
The library also serves as a repository for the Archives of the Western Pennsylvania Annual conference of the United Methodist Church.
Other materials may be obtained through The United Methodist Church Library website.
Book Reviews
God Stories, Inspiring Encounters with the Divine edited by Jennifer Skiff is very interesting reading. It tells of everyday people and their experience with God in their lives. I enjoyed reading some good news for a change and how God’s hand has touched their lives. One of our church members, Eva Houser, is featured on pages 101 and 102 as she wrote, “I asked for a sign”. Not to spoil the book, for you all, please check it out in our church Library. Thank you, Eva, for sharing your book with us.
New arrival in the Library is a CD of “Favorite Hymns of Billy Graham” sung by Wintley Phipps. Wow, what a great CD for easy listening and wonderful memories of past Billy Graham Crusades. Thanks to Kim Benjamin for the donation.
New to our Library is the 2008 “Book of Discipline”. This is a book of the law of our denomination. The book describes the job functions of our church council and the different duties of our committees. It is the guide book of our church and why we do things the way we do.
Children check out our DVD collection. We have new VeggieTales and Pond’s series DVD’s. Come and look for what is new.
Library Hours:
Sunday 9:30 to 11:30 AM
Thursday 6:00 to 7:30 PM
During Church Office Hours and Bible studies
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