The Shack by William P. Young BOOK DISCUSSION: Thursday, Jan. 29 @ 7PM

BOOK DISCUSSION: Thursday, Jan. 29 @ 7PM

The Shack by William P. Young
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?"

Mid—Winter 2009 Book Discussion Series
@ Red Jacket Community Library
Over the course of the next four months, January through April, we will explore the concept of FAITH. How does one learn to have faith? Isn’t faith just for the simple minded? Does logical thinking allow faith?

One of the “great” thinkers of our time, Archie Bunker, said: “"Faith is something you believe that nobody in his right mind would believe." While skeptic Richard Dawkins is quoted as saying: “Faith is one of the world's great evils."

What do you think? What will you think after reading and discussing the four novels chosen for our Mid—Winter Community Book Discussion Series?

MY FAVORITE BOOK

January 2009 we will launch the "MY FAVORITE BOOK" project in honor of the Library's 10th year of operation. Come to the library and we will offer to take your picture with you favorite book. Everyone's pictures will be posted at the library. Any of us can help you (Andrea, Chris, Patsy, Bonnie or Kathleen) find your book and take your picture. This project will go on for the entire year of 2009 to celebrate the 10 year that this library has served the Manchester - Shortsville area. See this link for an idea of what we are trying to do:
http://qconline.com/multimedia/MyFavoriteBook/

Santa Claus visits RJCL

Santa was kind enough to drop by the library and visit with our preschoolers on December 3rd.

10th Birthday Party for Red Jacket Community Library

Red Jacket Community Library 10th Birthday Party was celebrated December 6th from 1PM—3PM. Approximately 150 people attended including Senator Mike Nozzolio and Assemblyman Brian Kolb. This was also a party for all of the public libraries in Ontario County, since all 12 of the libraries now belong to the online shared catalog known as OWWL (www.owwl.org).

First, we were entertained by the Red Jacket Madrigals singing group. We held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, a variety of Free Raffles were drawn and we served from 10 birthday cakes made especially for the library by Sunshine Bakery in Shortsville.

Chistmas Cookie Contest

We held our first Community-wide Christmas Cookie contest tonight at the Library. Cookies were officially judged by the owner of the Sunshine Bakery in Shortsville. The public also was able to sample cookies and vote for a “popular vote” prize.
The winner of the contest, Macie King, age 13, of Shortsville, actually won both prizes for her Chocolate Chip cookie with walnuts. Macie is pictured here with owners of the Sunshine Bakery and the Library Director.
We plan to have this become an annual December event.

TRICK OR TREAT!