Our library in Hewett Centre is open every Sunday after service during Coffee Hour in Hewett Centre, and our Library Team offers related reading lists based on the topic of the Sunday service. Here is their list for the upcoming service on “Life Insurance”, featuring Rev. Shawn Gauthier on Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 11 a.m. All are welcome in Hewett Centre after the Sunday service to check out some books, and to have coffee and conversation.
VanU library books related to this Sunday’s sermon:
1. The Addiction Ministry Handbook: A Guide for Faith Communities by Denis G. Meacham, 2004, 259.42 MEA
From a review by uufnn on LibraryThing: “… Rev. Patricia Hoertdoerfer, Children, Family and Intergenerational Programs Director, UUA said of this book, “Faith communities can and do make a difference in the lives of families struggling with addiction problems! Meacham’s ‘Addiction Ministry Handbook’ is an excellent resource for Unitarian Universalist congregations and their lay leaders–for the knowledge found on every page, the inclusive attention to our broad spiritual foundations and the practical tools it provides for caregivers and addiction ministry committees.” …”.
2. The Welcoming Congregation, edited by the Rev. Scott W. Alexander, 1990, 289.1 ALE
Unitarian Universalist Association. From page 1, on LibraryThing: “This manual, prepared by the UUA’s Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns, is designed to help interested congregations become more welcoming places for the gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in their midst and in the wider community”.
3. Churchworks: A Well-Body Book for Congregations by Anne Odin Heller, 1999, 254.09 HEL
From LibraryThing: “…uses the human body as a metaphor for the congregation and provides essential advice for growing and sustaining a healthy church.”.
4. Salted with Fire: Unitarian Universalist Strategies for Sharing Faith and Growing Congregations by Scott W. Alexander, 1994, 289.13 ALE
Published by Skinner House Books.
5. Guarding Sacred Embers by Linda Weaver Horton, 2011, 288 WEA
Gift of Rev. Steven Epperson. Has a sub-title of “Reflections on Canadian Unitarian and Universalist History”. From Google search AI Overview: “… It provides a collection of essays and historical accounts detailing the development of these religious traditions in Canada. …” and “… It covers topics such as the history of Unitarian and Universalist churches and themes of Canadian Unitarian history. …”.