Mennonite Life, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, curates rare and historically significant books and offers them for sale at three annual auctions. The next Rare and Used Book Auction will take place in the Mennonite Life Community Room on Friday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m.

The full auction catalog is available for download at http://www.mennonitelife.org/events. Notable lots in this auction include a 1771 copy of the 17th-century devotional book "Die Wandlende Seel," printed in Germantown by Christoph Saur; a rare copy of "Die Ernsthafte Christenpflicht" from Ephrata with the name John Metzler; and a New Testament in German from Benjamin Mayer, belonging to the Samuel Histand/Hiestand family.

The auction will also feature a German Bible, including the Apocrypha, from 1765; an 1820 "Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch" with names of Susanna Erb and Fianna E. Rudy; a copy of "Seelen-Schatz" bound with vellum and printed in 1682; "Das Verborgene Leben mit Christo in Gott," printed in Germany in 1787; and a copy of "The Amish Year," formerly belonging to Janice Egeland. Other lots will include "The Wenger Book"; "A Collection of Hymns Designed for the Church of Christ"; "The Holdeman People"; and two copies of "The Earth Is the Lord's" from 2001.

Bids may be submitted online and by mail until Thursday, March 12. Auction books are on display in the Mennonite Life Community Room.

Mennonite Life's vision is diverse communities connecting across boundaries by knowing and valuing their own and each other's stories of life, faith, cultures, and histories.