A Night in CornerBooks
Purchase with a Purpose
Just inside the Main Lobby at Houston’s First – The Loop Campus, CornerBooks is more than a place to pick up a book or a gift. Many of the items on its shelves come through partnerships with local and global ministries, so each purchase reaches well beyond the checkout counter. When you shop at CornerBooks, you help support ministries around the world!
That mission comes to life each year at A Night in CornerBooks, the store’s annual Christmas market. Guests can browse a wide selection of gifts for the people they love, all in one place, knowing their purchases help someone else.
This year’s market features six partner ministries, along with more than a dozen fair trade artisans from around the globe.
Partner Ministries:
1. World Orphans – Based in Guatemala City, Guatemala, World Orphans partners with local churches to serve orphaned and vulnerable children and families, helping them find dignified, sustainable employment.
2. Mercy House Global – Mercy House Global creates opportunities for vulnerable families around the world, offering hope in Jesus’ name through orphan prevention, job creation, and personal and spiritual development.
3. Heshima – Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Heshima houses entire families with children who have special needs. The children receive the education, health care, and development they need, while their mothers work right next door, crafting products from African materials and earning regular, dignified wages.
4. Passion 4 Guatemala – Based in Guatemala, Passion 4 Guatemala (P4G) offers child sponsorship and education programs, along with job training through the handmaking of bags and other products from recycled plastic.
5. Shopwell – Based in Alabama, Shopwell employs survivors of human trafficking, empowering them to begin their journey toward financial independence.
6. Prodigal Pottery – Based in Alabama, Prodigal Pottery employs, equips, and empowers women who are coming out of homelessness, domestic violence, and sex trafficking.
Shopwell and Prodigal Pottery both work alongside The Wellhouse, a restorative program that serves as the first stop for women leaving homelessness, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. Many of the women employed by these two enterprises come to them through The Wellhouse.
What’s New at the Market?
Shoppers can look forward to Prodigal Pottery mugs, the newest partner and newest item on CornerBooks’ shelves, as well as handcrafted World Orphans leather goods priced from $9 to $160.
Every purchase from our partner ministries helps provide steady, sustained employment for vulnerable women and men around the world. That work helps keep them from falling back into poverty or other situations, and it allows them to stay connected to the community groups where they hear about Christ’s love for them.
Join us on Wed, Nov 18, for A Night in CornerBooks, where every purchase has a purpose. With festive music, seasonal hot drinks, light bites, and desserts, it is the perfect setting to get your Christmas shopping done early, all while giving gifts that give back.