Bookpoint
A bookshop and library ministry from Hall Green Baptist Chapel
Welcome to Bookpoint
Bookpoint is our bookshop and lending library, offering a carefully chosen selection of Christian books — from introductory titles for those exploring faith to deeper reads for established believers.
Whether you're looking for a gift, something to read yourself, or want to borrow a title from our library, you are very welcome to drop in during our opening hours.
Get in touchOpening Hours
Tuesdays & Saturdays
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Find Us
Hall Green Baptist Chapel
Bridgehouse Lane
Haworth, BD22 8QE
Featured Books
They Whisper About Us
“They Whisper About Us,” by Joy Vee is a fictional story with a Kingdom message- it glorifies God and points people to Jesus. It centres around two girls, one a ballerina in the Soviet Union who has never heard of the Gospel, and one an aspiring public speaker from present-day Lincoln who is wrestling with it. When she finds an old tea tin and a set of ballerina shoes in her local theatre, we begin to discover how the stories of these two girls are intertwined.
I loved the insight into life in the Soviet Union during the 1960s from a young person’s perspective, and
particularly the clandestine ways in which the young ballerina is taught parts of the Bible. The events of her life are never predictable, and though the book contains emotional twists, God’s grace is a clear vein throughout.
The questions that both the ballerina and the girl from Lincoln struggle with can resonate with people of all ages.
“The Letters She Never Sent,” occurs alongside the first book, but from different characters’ perspectives, and only in the present day. It is written through short letters and diary extracts. The story is both sweet in the relationships it portrays, and gripping in the unravelling of events through the contrasting voices of the two main characters. You’ll gobble it up after reading “They Whisper About Us”!
These books are mostly told from the perspectives of young girls, but the truths and themes are mature
enough to strike or encourage anyone- whether to hearten a Christian or introduce a non-Christain to our
faith.
Safe All Along
Katie wrote Kisses from Katie (and Daring to Hope) about her experience of working with children in Uganda and adopting 13 girls.
In Safe all Along Katie offers practical guidance for navigating all the anxieties and worries that threaten the peace God offers His people.
Katie is married to Benji — they live in Uganda — and they have 15 children, teens and young adults. They sent seven children to college on a different continent. Katie speaks about placing her troubles and fears, and about placing her confidence in an unshakable God. - Gill Lockwood
Memorable Loss
When Kath asked us to read a book and write a review on it, this book just jumped out at me as dementia took my mother ten years ago.
It’s a story about two ladies, both teachers although Kathleen, who the story is about, is retired. They met at a church group and instantly struck up a
friendship despite Karen being warned off by her friend as Kathleen was an ex- deputy head and there being an age gap of over 40 years.
It’s a tale of Kathleen’s journey into dementia so there are some tears (in my case, particularly when she had her MMSE [mini-mental state examination])
and some smiles, notably when asking her to sign the Do not Resuscitate order “…what are we waiting for? I don’t want to be late for my appointment with God.”
As it says in the book, every case of dementia/Alzheimer’s is different as hers was to mine and will be with anyone else who had had to cope/is coping with someone suffering so there is quite a bit of medical detail in this book alongside the story of the deep friendship that grew between the two women and their shared faith.
To quote Sam Allberry in the beginning of the book: “This book is poignant, insightful and hopeful. It will equip and edify in equal measure.”
I could not agree more.
LS