02337cam a2200421 i 4500 282853786 TxAuBib 20170119120000.0 160813s2017||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2016037150 9781410493217 hc -- large print 1410493210 hc -- large print (OCoLC)956643213 TxAuBib rda Gulley, Philip. A gathering in Hope [large print] / Philip Gulley. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017. 359 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Hope ; 3 Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction series "Bestselling author Philip Gulley offers humorous, small-town storytelling as he follows the foibles and follies of Pastor Sam Gardner. Thanks to an unexpected windfall, Sam Gardner's congregation (with the exception of a few malcontents) is eager to expand their meetinghouse. But before building can commence, the County Environmental Board and the Department of Natural Resources put the quietus on the plan. A colony of endangered Indiana bats have made the tree beside the meetinghouse, and the meetinghouse attic, their place of hanging, mating, and living, which poses a big problem for the congregation. Aside from the fact that their fanged visitors are engaging in sinful acts on church property, until these bats leave for hibernation, Hope Friends Meeting is left without a gathering place. And when an over-zealous Leonard Fink takes matters into his own hands, he may even land himself--and Sam--in jail"-- Provided by publisher. 20170119. Clergy. Fiction. Churches Indiana Fiction. City and town life Indiana Fiction. Large type books. Christian fiction. Humorous fiction. Hope ; 3. Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction. Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction series. TXLIV