The Bear Creek UMC Library is now online!

Bear Creek United Methodist Church was formed in 1977. In 1988, Val Reissig and a handful of volunteers started our church library. The library is open from 9am to 5pm Monday through Thursday, and from 9am to 1pm on Friday except when the church office is closed. We use a self-checkout system with over 500 books checked out last year. We now have approximately 6,700 books and tapes on our shelves, including books purchased by United Methodist Women for the UMW Reading Program. We are a donor-driven library and rely on support from the church members with books being donated throughout the year, often in memory or honor of someone.

You must have a BCUMC Library Registration card on file in order to check out books from the library. You can pick one up in the library or Library Registration Card, complete it and turn it in at the library. Thank you!

NEW – BCUMC Cokesbury online store now available.

We now have our own personalized online storefront with Cokesbury. By ordering your curriculum through this website, Bear Creek UMC receives rebates, which can then be used to purchase new books for our library! Like any online store, you will need to first create an account by clicking on “Login” in the upper, right-hand corner of the page, then click on “Create New Login” in the center of the page.

History of BCUMC Library

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Bear Creek United Methodist Church was formed in 1977. In 1988, Val Reissig and some volunteers decided that we needed a church library. The old choir room was available, bookcases and books were donated, and we had a library. During her term as librarian, Val had permanent bookshelves and two corner display cases added. Originally the library used a church classification system that organized items by subject with letter designations. There were approximately 2,400 books by 1991. Janice Wood and Henry Van Dyke were also involved in setting up the library. We can thank Henry Van Dyke for getting us involved in CSLAHAC.

He was not only the librarian after Val left, but also was a presenter at CSLA-HAC meetings. After Henry’s death, Barbara Cochran became our new librarian. She was able to procure more bookshelves to finish up our walls and an office armoire for a workstation. She did the initial research and recommended as she left that we convert to the Dewey Decimal System.
In 2003, Amber Woodman became the church librarian. She and her committee spent the first year converting the library to the Dewey Decimal System and creating a computer inventory. With an enthusiastic committee, workdays every Thursday and one Saturday a month, and generous patrons who donate to and use our library, the library continues to thrive. We all work hard to fulfill the stated mission of the library: to maintain the library and its contents as a resource for church members and staff to help them grow spiritually and personally and to promote its use.

The library is open at all times the church office is open. We use a self-checkout system with over 500 books checked out last year. We now have approximately 6,700 books and tapes on our shelves, including books purchased by United Methodist Women for the UMW Reading Program. We are a donor-driven library and rely on support from the church members with books being donated throughout the year, often in memory or honor of someone. A Summer Blast Book Fair is held once a year with patrons buying books for their own libraries and for donation to the church library. In the summer, two reading programs for ages one year through Kindergarten and first through fifth grade are sponsored by the library and include a weekly story time for the younger children. Reading incentive prizes are awarded. The library is also used for committee meetings and Bible study classes.

Summer Reading

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Summer Stories
Mondays 10-10:45 am
June 6, 13, 20, July 11, 18, 25
Stories will be read to the children and they can check out books from our Library. The children log the books they are reading or are read to them, then receive a sticker and a prize for every 10 books. Logs are turned in on Mondays at story time, Thursdays 1:00-3:00pm and Sundays between services.

Track Your Summer Reading
Completed 1st-5th grade
Readers keep track of the number of minutes they read. Between June 6 and July 28 there are 3 opportunities each week for kids to turn in their reading minutes for prizes:

Mondays 11:00-Noon
Thursdays 1:00-3:00pm
Sundays between worship services

Stop by the church library in the Fellowship Hall!