The All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Library used book sale and free lemonade stand last weekend was a
success in many dimensions. We intentionally priced the donated books low
($1/hardcover, 50 cents for paperbacks) but we still took in our
highest amount ever:
- 2007 book sale: $1225
- 2006 book sale: $1117
- 2005 book sale: $1009
- 2004 book sale: $643
$1225 represents maybe 700 people who came to browse or buy last
weekend during the annual Palo Alto Festival of the Arts. About a dozen
book browsers also asked to talk with the Rector, wanted a
church tour, or sought more information about the courtyard
labyrinth. The book sale made the church available to people in a
comfortable way. Evangelism comes hard for us
Episcopalians (who are
sometimes jokingly referred to as God’s “frozen chosen”). Talking
about books and making new friends over lemonade is easier.
I don’t know how many people came because of
the two craigslist entries
I posted but that may have helped boost sales.
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