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The FLC Library Committee
FLC Book Club!
The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylvainen
February 25, 7 pm
Discussion Leader: Donna Gilbery
An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder and a minister’s daughter in the nineteenth century Arctic Circle.
“In 1851, at a remote village in the Scandinavian tundra, a Lutheran minister known as Mad Lasse tries in vain to convert the native Sámi reindeer herders to his faith. But when one of the most respected herders has a dramatic awakening and dedicates his life to the church, his impetuous son, Ivvár, is left to guard their diminishing herd alone. By chance, he meets Mad Lasse’s daughter Willa, and their blossoming infatuation grows into something that ultimately crosses borders—of cultures, of beliefs, and of political divides—as Willa follows the herders on their arduous annual migration north to the sea.”
“Gorgeously written and sweeping in scope, Hanna Pylväinen's “The End of Drum-Time” immerses readers in a world lit by the northern lights, steeped in age-old rituals, and guided by passions that transcend place and time.”(Review from Amazon Books)
Please contact Katie Pyne or Roger Steinke for additional information about the Book Club. A copy of the Featured Book of the Month is available in the First Lutheran Church Library. Please join us!
FLC Library News:
Grief is a part of life. This month we're highlighting books that can help us learn how to speak to people who are grieving, how to work through our own grief, how to help children understand death, and how to see God at work during those difficult times. Find these excellent resources both in our library and outside on the display table during February.
It’s time to submit your favorite photo from 2024! An impartial judge will select nine photos that will hang in our library for a year, but this is much more than a contest. It's a way to share a little bit about yourself with your church family. What did you do, where did you go, what interested you in 2024? All submitted photos will be on display in the library at our gallery showing in March. The more photos we get, the more fun it is for everyone! Informational fliers are available in the narthex and in the library with guidelines for submitting your photo. Deadline for submission: Sunday, February 14, 2025. (note new submission date)
Wonderful memories: Bonnie Ahlstedt compiled and labeled pictures taken at FLC’s special events since 2010, into a photo album, available on the round table in the library. Thank you, Bonnie!
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