Book Corner

Summer hours for the Book Corner (May-August):
Sundays, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Regular hours for the Book Corner
Sundays, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
First Saturday of each month, 4:30-5:45 p.m.
First Wednesday of each month, 5:30-7 p.m.

Awakened mind | Stirred heart

Every book is carefully selected by St. Paul pastors, staff, and avid St. Paul readers. Books are priced below retail, without sales tax. A copy of each new book is donated to the church library.

Awaken your mind and stir your heart with current and classic Christian books of enduring significance. You’ll find home devotional materials, Bibles, and scriptural resources. Helpful books focus on Lutheranism, spirituality, prayer, family, life’s circumstances, and contemporary issues. Vibrant children’s books and adult fiction abound too.

New books in the Book Corner

Antiracism resources in the Book Corner

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Gifts for global justice

The Book Corner is committed to stocking gifts and products that provide fair income for the world’s poor. Fairly-traded handicrafts from around the world come to us through networks of artisans like 10,000 Villages and SERRV International, as well as dZi, Lucuma, Swahili African Modern, Venture Imports, and World Finds.

Self-sufficiency for poor and unemployed women is the goal for the Women’s Bean Project, specializing in bean soups and salsas. Out of the Blue granola lends a hand to Tennessee women recovering from abuse and addiction.

You’ll taste justice too. Gourmet coffee, tea, and chocolate are provided through Equal Exchange and Lutheran World Relief. Your purchase ensures that more of the money you spend on coffee reaches the farmers who actually grow it. Fair Trade coffee is a simple solution that means the difference between surviving and not surviving for small-scale coffee farmers.

Other vendors provide distinctive gift items that are expressive of a grace-centered life, including St. Paul apparel, created by Handicapped Development Center, beautiful bath and body products from Agrow’s House, and jewelry from ReClassified Treasure.

Greeting cards

The Book Corner stocks greeting cards that carry messages of encouragement, consolation, joy, and celebration. You’re not likely to find these vendors in any other Quad-Cities location. All cards are priced below retail and without tax.

All St. Paul Reads 2026

Save the date for All St. Paul Reads 2026: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi is the 2026 All St. Paul Reads book. All St. Paul Reads is encouragement for the congregation to read and talk about a single book title in the same year. This annual event takes place on Sunday, Oct. 18, 3-4:30 p.m. Enjoy desserts and conversation with a guest presenter. Childcare will be available.
Theo of Golden is a quick summer read about a mysterious elderly stranger who visits a small Southern town, collecting pencil portraits of its residents in exchange for hearing their life stories. The book is available for $16 in the St. Paul Book Corner.

Stories with the Book Corner

Gather for story time with the St. Paul Book Corner and friends. Each Tuesday at 11 a.m., a staff member or volunteer selects and read a preschool-aged story. Then, kids have playtime while parents take a break and socialize. Meet at the Book Corner. Each week’s story will be posted on social media later that afternoon. Open to anyone. Invite your friends!

Book Corner: Andrea Spencer