1st Bingo Winner!

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Just 10 days into the Bibliopolis U Summer Reading Challenge and we have our first Bingo winner over at Gracepoint Berkeley church! Being the first, Andrew makes many constituencies proud: bragging rights to a2f Berkeley, Class of 2016 college graduates, MCAT studiers around the world, and the general Brohirrim of Gracepoint.

For those of you who are curious, Andrew completed the middle line. He read some legit books, including The Hobbit, The Case for Faith, and notably, the Christian Heroes series biography on…Brother Andrew (not him!). And like many of you who have told me, he has a strategy of which line he’ll be reading next.

I know some of our other churches across Gracepoint Ministries will be launching their own summer challenges soon. I’m looking forward to celebrating our readers everywhere!

“Hear the Word” Special!

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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

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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.