Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Save money ... Borrow from Discovery Place


THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by our Discovery Place display table at Annual Conference. It was great to meet many of you for the first time, and renew relationships already established. A special thank you to our two volunteers who helped with coverage at the table: Sandy Zirbel (Camp Hill UMC) on Thursday, and Rich Dixon (Shepherdstown UMC) on Friday. Your help was greatly appreciated!

Discovery Place exists to help churches save money by borrowing resources rather than purchasing them. DVD studies almost always include a study guide and/or a book and can be borrowed for as long as you need them. The purchase of these materials and the postage to mail them to you is covered by the Shares of Ministry each church pays. Your only cost is the return postage by library rate, which is inexpensive. You will receive the materials in a canvas bag, and you will return the materials in the same bag. Mailing instructions and a return address card are included. It’s very easy!!

Featured studies for this month are the series That the World May Know by Ray Vander Laan. Popularly called Faith Lessons, there are 16 different titles. Vander Laan helps the viewer experience the Bible in its historical context by visiting the locations in which the Biblical events took place. Listed below are the titles. To view full descriptions, visit our online catalog at www.discovery-place.org and search by title as listed below. We have multiple copies of all 16 titles, and we would strongly encourage you to check them out.

  1. Faith Lessons on the Promised Land
  2. Faith Lessons on the Prophets & Kings of Israel
  3. Faith Lessons on the Life & Ministry of the Messiah
  4. Faith Lessons on the Death & Resurrection of the Messiah
  5. Faith Lessons on the Early Church
  6. Faith Lessons in the Dust of the Rabbi
  7. Faith Lessons Walk as Jesus Walked
  8. Faith Lessons God Heard Their Cry
  9. Faith Lessons Fire on the Mountain
  10. Faith Lessons With All Your Heart
  11. Faith Lessons The Path to the Cross
  12. Faith Lessons Walking with God in the Desert
  13. Faith Lessons Israel’s Mission
  14. Faith Lessons The Mission of Jesus
  15. Faith Lessons A Clash of Kingdoms
  16. Faith Lessons Cultures in Conflict


We invite you to visit Discovery Place at the Conference Office, 303 Mulberry Drive, Mechanicsburg PA 17050. Our hours of operation are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. (but closing at noon on Fridays in the summer). Other hours can be arranged. If you can’t come in person, visit our website at www.discovery-place.org and view the online catalog (you can even place an order online!), e-mail us at discovery@susumc.org, or call 717-766-7968. Thank you, and we look forward to helping you find resources for your church!

Serving Christ with you,
Joni Robison