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Church &
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/ you closer to
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lication than
Bill Gentz the previous is-
sue. With anew
editor and place of publication, plus all that
goes into the mailing procedures, we may
not be completely on schedule until the first
of the new year. Thanks for your patience.
Chances are, you are reading this near
what is for most of us, the "holiday season."
For Jews, the holidays are in September with
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the high
days of observance. And this year the first
day of Hanukkah is December 9.
For Christians, the Christmas season be-
gins in different ways and at different times
depending on the practice in your denomi-
nation. But for all of us, the culmination of
this season is December 25. In my own
Scandinavian family background, the cel-
ebration began with December 13, Santa
Lucia Day, and carried on well in January,
past the Epiphany. I've always had a private
battle with liturgical experts in my church
who want to keep any note of celebration out
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In answer to a growing de-
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brary patrons, the CSLA bulletin
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the University's religion and
theology collection on micro-
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This project is being devel-
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2of the long weeks of Advent.
In the midst of this season, of course, all
North Americans celebrate Thanksgiving,
the only national religious o ervance in
our calendars. In many communities, like
ours in New York, this is often an inter-
faith celebration - an opportunity for
CSLA members to show our solidarity
with others.
I hope that your library is the focal point
of much of the holiday celebrations that go
on in your congregation. This is a great
opportunity for the library to be the inspi-
ration through books, videos, art work,
displays, special visitations or whatever
for a great holiday observance. And, while
you are at it, send our editor pictures and
stories of what you are doing and thus
inspire others to do likewise to make the
holidays real for their people as well. It
may be too late to plan any new obser-
vances for this year, but begin now to make
next year's holidays the best ever in your
library.
In the meantime, from your CSLA offic-
ers and board: Happy Hanukkah! Merry
Christmas! - whatever fits your obser-
vance of God's action in our world. Your
holidays will be enriched if you make this
a time to reach out to other congregations
in your community and do your celebrat-
ing together. Living in New York City for
nearly 20 years, I have been inspired by the
joint emphasis we have in our Murray Hill
community. We light both a Menorah for
Hanukkah and a Christmas tree on Park
Avenue and both Christians and Jews at-
tend both celebrations!
I've just returned from anothercelebra-
tion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - the 35th
anniversary of the founding of the Luth-
eran Church Library Association, a sister
library organization with which I have
been closely associated since its earliest
days. One of the highlights of that meeting
was the premier showing of a new video,
"The Most Important Room." That room,
of course, is the library. I'm sure you will
agree with the sentiment and strive to make
this true for your congregation as well.
Bill GentzFROM THE PRESIDENT
Let's Celebrate... Together
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