SUMMER BOOK CLUB
Once again FPC Adult Ministries is pleased to present our summer book club. Each month an inspirational book is offered for you to read and then join fellow book lovers in an open discussion on the monthly book selection.
This summer’s theme is Paths of Grace and features the following books that we hope will entertain, enlighten, and entice your imagination.
JUNE SELECTION
The Unlikely Disciple
By Kevin Roose
This funny and though-provoking book follows an Ivy League student, Kevin Roose, in his adventures from the free-spirited culture of Brown University to the hall of the conservative, Baptist, Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.
“His journey takes him from an evangelical hip-hop
concert to choir practice at Falwell's legendary Thomas Road Baptist Church. He meets pastors' kids, closet doubters, Christian rebels, and conducts what would be the last print interview of Rev. Falwell's life.” -www.booksamillion.com
DATE: Tuesday, June 29
TIME: 11:00 AM
LOCATION: Great Hall, Grissom Campus
COST: $12 for book purchase, available at both campus offices
$8 for lunch, RSVP required by Wednesday, June 23
FACILITATOR: Dr. Howard Hansen
JULY SELECTION
The Help
By Kathryn Stockett
Prepare to meet three unforgettable women . . .
Skeeter, twenty-two year old, Ole Miss grad, who closest confidant, her maid, has disappeared
Aibileen, black maid, wise caregiver, who recently lost her own son
Minny, short, round, sassy, who’s tongue has cost her many a job
“Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.” -www.booksamillion.com
DATE: Tuesday, July 20
TIME: 12 Noon
LOCATION: Great Hall, Grissom Campus
COST: $14 for book purchase, available at both campus offices
$7 for “Southern Style Lunch” RSVP required by Thursday, July 15
FACILITATOR: FPC Members, Connie Barnard & Audrey Bruner
AUGUST SELECTION
Reception, Presentation
& Book Signing with the Author
The Devil’s Courthouse
By Lawrence Thackston
This Southern mystery-thriller takes place in the Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina in 1974. The brutal killing in the tranquil Great Smoky Mountain National Park is just the beginning of something evil. Ranger Cole Whitman is the lead investigator under
the watchful eyes of the FBI and a local sheriff with a long-time grudge.
Cherokee mystic lore, racial tensions, an old murder case, a massive; manhunt and a haunting psychosis developed in Cole’s past lead to a fast-paced climatic showdown which will find judgment only at the Devil’s Courthouse.
-www.thedevilscourthouse.webs.com
DATE: August 3
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Great Hall, Grissom Campus
COST: $15 for book purchase, available at both campus offices
Author, Lawrence Thackston will present his mystery novel, dedicated to his father.
