Role of our Library
(from the Annual Report of 1992)

The role of our library at St. John’s is to provide material to teach, challenge and expand horizons as we grow in our Christian faith. To this end, in 1992, over twenty books were added to the collection to augment the wide range of material presently available. Circulation records indicate an increase in both adult and youth reading activities over the past year.

Such was not the case many years ago when the late Rev. Jack Cooper ask ed Helen Cushnie to organize a few books, which had been neatly numbered, and to establish a small library. At that time the Sunday School library was separate as was the W. M. S. material. Helen integrated the collection, using the Dewey Decimal System, and over the years, with the valued assistance of many people, has built an enviable library which now holds over 1800 books. We are grateful to her for all she has done and continues to do as Librarian Emeritus. Her dedication and extensive knowledge is invaluable and will always be remembered and appreciated.

Of great assistance to the library has been a gift which was part of the legacy of the late Mrs. Margaret Wilson. Recent renovations to the library were made possible by a portion of this gift which the Trustees transferred for this purpose.

A generous donation from the UCW together with money allocated in the church budget provided funding for the library in 1992.

We look forward to the congregation’s continued interest in the library and use of its holdings in the year ahead.

Betty Canavan

St. John's United Church
262 Randall St, Oakville, ON
Tel: 905-845-0551 | Fax: 905-845-0651
Questions or comments: info@stjohnsunited.ca.
Last update: 12/03/2008.