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This Friday: Drama and Improv
This Friday (8/2) at 11am is our last summer program. Lilian Brooks will be leading a Kids’ Drama & Improv Workshop!! If you’ve been looking for a fun and engaging way to boost your child’s creativity and self-confidence you’ve found the right spot! With a perfect blend of improv games your child will develop their imagination, communication skills, and performing abilities.
Lilian has extensive experience working with children and theater, and we are honored to have her as our guest this week! We look forward to all of you joining us in our final program for the summer!
The library is open from 10am until 2pm, and the drama program will start at 11am on Friday, August 2nd.
New Hours in August
Starting August 1st, the library will have new open hours.
Instead of Tuesdays, we will now be open by appointment on Wednesdays. If you’d like to come in anytime during the day on Wednesday, just send an email to library@cbclilburn.org. The reason we ask for appointments is to make sure someone is in the library when you get here, as sometimes we have meetings or take a lunch break during the day.
For the month of August, we’ll be open on Fridays from 11am until 3pm. Those hours are open for walk-ins, no appointment needed. The double doors to the far left as you look at the church will be open during those hours on Fridays, and the library is down the hallway to your left.
OPEN HOUSE – August 27
We will be having an evening Open House on Tuesday, August 27th from 6:30 to 8:30pm. This is for anyone interested in learning more about who we are and how our library works, and how you can be a member. This is a drop-in event without a formal program. We will have information about the library that you can take home and read, and you’ll be able to sign up for a membership on the same night. Children are welcome! Please help us pass the word!
Cornerstone Youth
On occasion we like to tell our library patrons about events and ministries around our host church, Cornerstone Bible Church. This month, we wanted to let you know about our ministry to the youth, CoYo! Last October we welcomed a new youth pastor, Wilmer Reynoso, and are very excited about what he’s been doing with the middle and high schoolers. CoYo meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm for food, fellowship, teaching, and d-groups. CoYo is open to anyone grades 6 to 12, even if they do not attend CBC.
This Wednesday, August 7th at 5:30pm there is a parents meeting where you can meet Wilmer and the other leaders, learn more about CoYo, and ask any questions. If you want to know more about this meeting or CoYo in general, please reach out to Wilmer directly at wilmer@cbclilburn.org.
Clive’s Corner: Olympic Fever
Enjoy these monthly recommendations from our library mascot, Clive
It’s Olympics season! I know I’m just an owl, but the TV in the library is showing the Olympics and I’m watching with interest! If you’re enjoying them too, take a look at the books in our brand new sports section! I picked five of my favorites, all specifically about Olympic athletes.
Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper, by Ann Malaspina – Alice Coachman grew up in a poor black family in Albany, Georgia in the 1930s. Her feet wanted to fly and she worked hard to overcome social and financial obstacles that eventually brought her to the 1948 Olympics in London. A great inspiring story!
Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story, by Paula Yoo – Sammy Lee was a Korean-American man who grew up in California in the 1930s. Despite only being allowed to swim in his local pool one day a week, he discovered a love for diving that ultimately led him to a gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics.
A Picture Book of Jesse Owens, by David A. Adler – Jesse Owens was a black man was born to a poor family, but against all odds, he went on to become one of the greatest athletes in history. He learned to run with such grace that people said he was a “floating wonder.” After setting multiple world records as a college athlete, including three in less than an hour—”the greatest 45 minutes in sport”—Owens competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Adolf Hitler intended for the games to display Aryan superiority, but Jesse disrupted that plan. He was known as “the fastest man in the world” and is considered one of the greatest athletes.
The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Adaptation): The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics, by Daniel James Brown – Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. At the center of the tale is Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, whose personal quest captures the spirit of his generation the generation that would prove in the coming years that the Nazis could not prevail over American determination and optimism. This is the young reader’s version which is written in easier words so middle grades and older can enjoy this inspiring story. After you read the book, be sure to watch the movie, too!
Eric Liddell, by Catherine Swift – Eric Liddell, hero of the film Chariots of Fire, risked becoming a national disgrace at the 1924 Paris Olympics when he refused to run on a Sunday. Disqualifying himself from the finals, Britain’s hope of a medal was sacrificed as well. But criticism turned to sensational acclaim when Eric entered–and won–a race for which he was completely untrained, finishing a full five meters ahead of the favorite. At the height of his celebrity, though, he shocked everyone by announcing he was stepping down from athletics in order to serve God as a missionary in China. A great story of how God used one man in both the Olympics and on the mission field.