First Presbyterian Church 1793
Book Club
The dates for the Book Club meetings are chosen by the participants.
Contact the church office to be placed on the email list.
Polls are sent out to schedule the date and time for each month's discussion.
Book Club
Tentative Dates
August - October 2026
Date to be Announced
Marsha Nolf's Home
Theo of Golden
A Novel By
Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn’t explain much about where he came from or why he’s there—but when he visits the local coffeehouse, where pencil portraits of the people of Golden hang on the walls, he begins purchasing them, one at a time, and giving each portrait to the person depicted. In exchange, he asks only for the person’s story. And so portrait by portrait, person by person, secrets are revealed, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are profoundly altered.
A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is an unforgettable novel about the power of generosity, the importance of connection, and the quiet miracles that happen when we choose kindness and wonder.
Date to be Announced
Marsha Nolf's Home
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
A Novel By
Thornton Wilder
The collapse of a rope bridge in Peru sets a friar on a quest to learn about those who were lost in this classic, Nobel Prize–winning novel.
Peru, 1714
On the road between Lima and Cuzco, a century-old rope bridge collapses while five people are crossing it. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk, is about to cross the bridge himself when he witnesses the incident. To reconcile his faith with this seemingly senseless tragedy, Brother Juniper embarks on a years-long journey to learn all he can about the individuals who lost their lives. Through their interwoven stories, Thornton Wilder reveals his own profound reflections on the nature of love, fate, and free will.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey was met with worldwide acclaim when it was first published in 1927. Today, it is widely considered one of the towering achievements of American literature.
Date to be Announced
Marsha Nolf's Home
Frankenstein
By
Mary Shelley
A Gothic Masterpiece That Birthed Science Fiction
A stormy night in 1816 gave rise to a novel that would forever change the face of literature. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley weaves a dark, lyrical, and deeply human tale that has haunted readers for generations. Often misunderstood as a simple horror story, this is, in fact, a profound exploration of the boundaries of science, the nature of humanity, and the perilous costs of unchecked ambition.
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist driven by an obsessive thirst for knowledge, dares to breathe life into lifeless matter. But the being he creates―intelligent, sensitive, and grotesquely misunderstood―becomes a tragic symbol of loneliness and rejection. As creator and creation spiral toward destruction, the novel questions who the real monster truly is.
Dates to be Announced
Meeting Place
Marsha Nolf's Home
