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    Throughout the year there are always opportunities for ministries to present volunteers with a gift.  While there are many things to choose from when it comes to giving a gift, the following books are tremendously beautiful and make a genuinely touching and lasting gift.

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Good Friends Warm the Heart Author/Illustrator - Heidi Satterberg Publisher - Harvest House

 

• Favorite Features:
• Colorful, fun, completely adorable illustrations - excellent and enjoyable!
• Poems, verses, quotes and proverbs about friends and friendship

    This delightful book makes an excellent gift for a volunteer as well as for any friend.  It's illustrations charm while the text encourages - extremely well done Heidi and Harvest House!

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How Sweet the Sound Author/Illustrator - D. Morgan Publisher - Harvest House

• Favorite Features:
• Beautiful, amazing illustrations of country churches, homes, seasons - excellent!
• lyrics and background for a number of hymns
• quotes, verses, poems about music, Heaven, church, faith, grace, prayer and the cross

    This truly enjoyable book would genuinely touch a music director, choir director or anyone who enjoys the old hymns and beautiful artwork.  The text encourages, uplifts and informs as you learn about some well loved songs.  Extremely well done D. Morgan and Harvest House!

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The Heart of Loveliness Author - Emilie Barnes Illustrator - Donny Finley Publisher - Harvest House

• Favorite Features:
• prints of colorful oil paintings of women and life - lovely
• verses and insight about what it means to be a godly woman
• encouraging, challenging and thoroughly enjoyable

    This book would make a truly touching gift to any volunteer as well as for a friend or family member.  Very Nicely done Emilie, Donny and Harvest House!

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Where the Grass is Always Greener Paintings by - Donny Finley Text Compiled by Terry Glaspey Publisher - Harvest House

• Favorite Features:
• amazing prints of tremendously well done paintings
• text looks at, "the lessons golf can teach us about how we should live our lives"
• each chapter includes, quotes as well as stories about golf and life

    This book is an excellent choice for your volunteers who enjoy the game of golf.  With insight from golfers such as Max Lucado and Billy Graham this book is sure to be thoroughly appreciated by any who receive it.  Extremely well done Donny, Terry and Harvest House!

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Letter to a Grieving Heart Author - Billy Sprague Photographer - John MacMurray Publisher - Harvest House

• Favorite Features:
• awesome, beautiful, amazing photos of tremendous places
• quotes, poems, lyrics and verses throughout
• text tells the story/experience of the author's journey through grief to hope

    This incredible book would make a truly touching, powerful and encouraging gift to give someone who is experiencing grief and loss.  Extremely well done Billy, John and Harvest House!

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Bedtime Prayers and Lullabies Author - Twila Paris Painter - Kathryn Andrews Fincher Publisher - Harvest House

• Favorite Features:
• tender, soft, adorable, colorful, "real" illustrations - incredible!
• 12 lyrics from lullabies
• Scripture for each lullaby
• thoughts from Twila to explain each lullaby and the message, point the lullaby makes clear
• lullabies teach important truths
• powerful method to teach in memorable ways
• messages to parents about necessity of training their children

    This lovely book would make a truly thoughtful gift to a volunteer who has a baby.  Not only are the illustrations truly amazing, but the text challenges, encourages and uplifts - extremely well done Twila, Kathryn and Harvest House!

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For This Child I Prayed Author - Stormie Omartian Illustrator - Susan Rios Publisher - Harvest House

• Favorite Features:
• tremendous, detailed, colorful, adorable illustrations - excellent!
• 17 prayers for parents to pray through to support and teach their child while giving the child back into God's hands
• each prayer includes Scripture and encouragement to trust God with our children
• effective tool to help parents learn to truly pray for their children

    This book would make an awesome gift for any volunteer who is a parent - as well as for any parent as it provides the guide to follow to aid parents in becoming truly effective prayers for their children.  One of the single most important and powerful things a parent can, should and must do for their children is to pray for them.  This book makes praying simple, understandable and real.  Extremely well done Stormie, Susan and Harvest House!

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