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THE MANTEL BOOK COLLECTION
Featured Topic for November, December 2009 and January and February 2010:

How to Prepare for Meeting for Worship

If you peek into our Library at Meeting, you'll notice some books on top of the fireplace mantel. This current group of books, selected by our Worship and Ministry Committee, is known as "The Mantel Book Collection." The purpose of "The Mantel Book Collection" is to highlight books on a particular subject
so that they're easier for you to find. This, in turn, hopefully will encourage Meeting members and attenders to use our Library more. We're asking everyone
to take these books out for only two weeks so that others have the opportunity to enjoy them.

This is the first in an ongoing Mantel Book Collection series. The books will change to a different topic twice a year, or about every four months. Topics will
come from related Opening Exercises, Brown Bag Discussions, and from suggestions made by our various committees.

THE MANTEL BOOK COLLECTION

Book Title

Author

Description

A Guide to True Peace

Unknown

Inward and spiritual prayer

A Testament of Devotion

Thomas R. Kelly

A must read for general knowledge about the Quaker faith.

An Exercise of the Spirit

Unknown

Prayer and Friends

Catholic Quakerism

Lewis Benson

Quakers and Christian history

Church Government

Friends of Great Britain

A complete guide to Quaker procedures.

Daily Readings from Quaker Writings

Linda Hill Renfer, ed.

None

Deepening the Spiritual Life of the Meeting

Unknown

Good material on worship in parts

Faith & Practice

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Handbook of practices

Fresh Winds of the Spirit

Alan Kolp

New insights into George Fox

Friends for 300 Years

Howard H. Brinton

History and beliefs of the Religious Society of Friends

Guide to Quaker Practice

Unknown

Great for Quaker procedures

Laughter in Quaker Grey

W.H. Sessions

Humorous stories

Light to Live By

Rex Ambler

An exploration of Quaker spirituality

Listening Hearts

Susan Farnham, Josgill Gill, R. Taylor McLean, Susan Ward

Many good articles on Quaker procedures

Listening to the Light

Jim Pym

A good introduction to Quakerism

Opening Doors to Quaker Worship

Friends General Conference

Best for information on Quaker worship

Quaker Faith and Practice

Faith & Practice of Friends in Great Britain

None

Reaching Out

Henri J.M. Nouwen

Living life in the spirit of Jesus

Seeds into Flowers

Sheila N. Bach & Elizabeth Ellis

A handbook for nurturing religious education

Seeds into Flowers

Sheila N. Bach & Elizabeth Ellis

A handbook for nurturing religious education

Silence Speech

Unknown

None

Social Law in the Spiritual World

Rufus M. Jones

Very informative about Meeting for Worship

Some Fruits of Solitude

William Penn

Reflections

Testimony and Practice

Unknown

Good on procedures but a bit out of date

The World in Tune

Elizabeth Gray Vining

Prayers and poetry

The Book of Revelation

Arne Unjhem

An interpretation of the last book of the Bible

The Quaker Way

Friends General Conference

Handbook on Quakerism

The Quaker Way of Life

William Wistar Comfort

Everything about Quakers

The Power of the Lord is Over All

R. Canby Jones, ed.

Pastoral letters of George Fox

The Quaker Family in Colonial America

J. William Frost

Friends practices in Colonial Times

Where Words Come From

Douglas V. Steere

An interpretation of Quaker worship practices

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