February is a busy month for Plymouth as we gather to commemorate Black history in America. Our faith tradition is founded on memory and ceremony. We are called to remember so as not to forget to call upon the power of God to bring justice and love to our world as others before us have done.

And on the night of February 28, when the gatherings are over, what will turn these memories and ceremonies into a personal commitment to equity in America? Stealing time away to be alone with a book. And possibly a pen. Personal study and reflection seems to be a habit for many who are emboldened to engage with their community towards new visions.

Because of Plymouth’s long-standing commitment to racial justice, you will find in the Plymouth Church Library a broad, comprehensive collection of books not only on the history of Blacks in America and what it was, but where it can lead us.

If you can’t wait to dive in, stop by the Plymouth Church Library Table on most Sundays. Register as a library user if you haven’t already and begin borrowing. Also go online here to access the entire card catalog and request that a book be put on hold for you to pick-up or have mailed. The Library space itself may be closed and presently without librarian but we are very much still in business!

Also, Sunday’s guest preacher Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV’s book, A Sin by any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South, is available for check-out.

The Plymouth Church Library Committee