Author Archives: hemilykim

“Hear the Word” Special!

Posted on by
Reply

esvheartheword2011Wanted to let all of you know that there is currently a special going on at Christian Audio, which is having its twice-yearly mega sale, where most books are 95% off! Included in that is the ESV Hear the Word Audio Bible, which is available for just $7.49.

Pastor Jonathan from Gracepoint Berkeley church has a mini-testimonial about using the audio Bible: “Whenever I read long chunks of the Bible, I listen to the audio.  It helps me keep focused, underline, circle, etc.”

You can check out this deal, as well as many others on Christian audiobooks.

Have any of you tried this particular version? If not, which audio Bible do you use?

“Journey to Gracepoint Book Tables” – Episode 1

Posted on by
1

There’s a certain fellowship amongst the book table folks across our Gracepoint Ministries, as we share ideas about how to promote reading in our respective churches. And while I don’t have my Mary Poppins umbrella or magic carpet bag yet, it’s been awesome to visit Sunday Worship Services and see the reading revolution in action!

Here’s Allen, the book table guy at Gracepoint Los Angeles church.

And here’s the expanded book table he unveiled this past Sunday! Nice almost-Bruin blue suitcases there. 🙂

Potential book table customers checking out The Battle Plan for Prayer!

 

Heading over to the Third Coast, here’s the book table at Gracepoint Minneapolis church. Kind of artsy and serious looking!

I can sense their excitement to reach out and pick up one of those books!

So we got a glimpse of the book table goings on at a couple of our church plants. You can always send me photos of your church’s book table. Join me next time as we continue our virtual tour on “Journey to Gracepoint Book Tables*.”

*In case you’re wondering, “Journey to Gracepoint Book Tables” is just a so-obscure-it’s-non-existent allusion to “Journey to China,” a public television language & travel show my dad used to watch when I was growing up.

Bibliopolis U Summer Reading Challenge!

Posted on by
6

Over at Gracepoint Berkeley church, we have had over 110 people get free 5th books this past semester. And I know there are some of you who read but opted not to take a free book — that’s a lot of reading we’ve done together. In fact, my informal survey results of college and post-college folks are in, and we have read over 750 books! That is pretty awesome.

With summer upon us, and building on the reading momentum of this past semester, I’m setting my sights on a collective 1,000. What do you say?

To help us in this endeavor, I am pleased to unveil our Summer Reading Challenge. It’s a bingo-style board that gives you multi-disciplinary categories of books to read. In addition to this past semester’s Christian book reading challenge, you’ll notice some fiction and non-fiction included. You can find a link to an in-progress list of possible suggestions for those squares on the Bibliopolis U Recommended Reading List page.  Last but not least, there are some Bible squares for those of you who have Bible-reading goals for the summer!

For each bingo line you complete (up to 5), you can win a free book. Read the entire board and you’ll be in for a special prize.

Click on the game board to download one for yourself!

“But I didn’t even finish my four books yet!!” If this is you, you’ll notice that all is not lost — you can transfer up to 2 books from your in-progress 1st bookmark. This doesn’t apply to those of you who are on book 8 or 23!

You’ll notice there is a spot at the bottom to include your ministry group affiliation. There may or may not be a prize for the group that read the most books (per capita, to be fair).

You can always contact me directly if you have specific questions regarding any book you’re hoping to apply towards the challenge. Happy reading!

Are you up for the challenge? Which bingo line are you going to start with? Are you in the middle of a book right now that you can use on the board? 🙂