The Annual Book Sale

Thank you for your support of the 2022 Book Sale! We will be back in late winter/early spring of 2023.​
Once a year we hold a public sale of used books and audio/visual material to raise funds for worthy causes. Church members and neighbors donate thousands of books, DVDs, CDs and vinyl records. Our UMW members sort and categorize everything to make it easy for you to shop. We have over 35 book categories and a dozen each of music and video genres. For an approximate list of our categories, click here.

The sale is in February or March each year. Please come and help support organizations in our community by shopping at our used book sale. 

Questions? See below or contact us: 
Details about our sale

What?

Books
  • Hardback and paperback books
  • Children's books
  • Coffee table books
Audio/visual material
  • DVDs
  • CDs
  • Audio books
  • ​Vinyl records​

Where?

In the Vestry of the Metropolitan Memorial campus of National United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. We are located near American University and Horace Mann Elementary School.

3401 Nebraska Avenue, NW
​Washington, DC 20016

When?

The 2022 sale was March 18-20. The next sale will be February or March, 2023.

Parking?

There is plenty of free parking. You can enter the lot from New Mexico Avenue or from Newark Street.

Who gets the $?

Aside from sale expenses, the money we raise goes to recipients chosen by our UMW members. Scroll down to learn about the organizations we supported with proceeds from the 2022 sale.

Anything else to know?

We take credit cards for purchases of $10 and up or cash or checks.

Masks are optional.

Mornings are typically the busiest times. If you want to avoid crowds, try afternoons or evenings.
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​We want you to be comfortable and enjoy yourself while you are at our sales. Just find a church lady in a red shirt. She’ll find a chair so you can take a rest or help you find the bathrooms. 
Meet the recipients of the 2022 Book Sale
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Priceless early care and education in Washington DC

​Now celebrating its tenth year of learning and growing, Educare DC is an early childhood education program here in Washington, DC. With a mission to eliminate the opportunity gap for young children experiencing poverty, Educare DC provides high-quality, research-based early learning to 424 children (prenatal to age five), along with comprehensive wraparound services and family supports. Educare DC aims to ensure that all children enter kindergarten with the skills and access to opportunities they need to be successful in school and in life.
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Where everyone grows

​​​Jubilee JumpStart provides high-quality early childhood education with a focus on children and families with the least access. We engage parents and support teachers in their own development to ensure children are school‐ready, setting them up for lifelong success.
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Relationships grow, leaders emerge, communities change
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​Our mission is to transform communities by engaging children, college-age young adults, and churches in purposeful relationships. Project Transformation’s collaborative model of ministry harnesses the creative energy and leadership of college age young adults, who live in intentional Christian community, and lead summer programs for children in various under-resourced communities.