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Book Club
Our women's book club began meeting in April 2015 and continues to welcome new members each month!
We are happy to have grown to nearly 20 active members and encourage everyone to give our book club a try!
Questions about book club can be addressed to Simone McGuinness via email or 518-928-6954.a
Upcoming Reads and Meeting Dates
​(Book club meetings begin at 7pm in the Parish Center Library, unless noted otherwise)
2025 Reads
January 8: New Year Reflection (the 2nd Wednesday of the month)
February 5: How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
March 5: MEETING IS CANCELLED
April 2: We will discuss: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
May 7: Nice Work, Nora November by Julia London
June 4: Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters by Emily Roberson
July 9: Summer Activity - no read! (the 2nd Wednesday of the month because of July 4th)
August 6: The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
September 3: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
October 1: The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin (We may need to purchase this book as there are not enough copies in the library)
November 5: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
December 3: Brave the Wild River by Melissa Sevigny
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 18:15
December Service Project Recipients
2024 Birthright of Schenectady
2023 Safe Inc. of Schenectady (Hair Care Products)
2022 Family Life Center of Schenectady City Mission (Bra Drive)
2021 Family Life Center of Schenectady City Mission (Kitchen Products)
2020 Family Life Center of Schenectady City Mission (Bra Drive)
2019 Joan Nicole Prince Home
2018 Family Promise of the Capital Region
2017 Eyes Wide Open
2016 Family through City Mission of Schenectady
Books we have read:
1-3 New Years Reflection and Discussion
2-7 The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
3-6 Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
4-3 This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
5-1 The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
6-5 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
7-10 Summer social meeting
8-7 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
9-4 The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
10-2 Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
11-6 The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
12-4 Us Against You by Fredrick Backman
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