Welcome to the Online Home of Potter's House Books
We are currently revamping our site and although it looks a bit different we are still providing the same excellent customer care you have come to trust. If you are a current customer your "old" login information should work just fine on our new site. If you are a first time visitor - enjoy! If you experience any problems accessing or using this website, please contact us by phone or email:
Phone: (202) 232-5483
Email: booksandgifts@pottershousedc.org
Ordering any of the titles listed on the website can be done in five convenient ways:
- Online through this website
- By calling the Bookstore at (202) 232-5483
- By faxing your order to (202) 232-5493
- By mailing your order to 1658 Columbia Road, NW, Washington, DC 20009
- And, of course, by visiting our store in person
We can ship 'in stock' titles immediately, and all other orders will be shipped as soon as we receive the titles from our distributors. Our online database is updated several times each week, and so the 'in stock' status of books also changes frequently. If you do not find a certain title listed, please e-mail us with your request and we will attempt to order that title for you. We will keep you posted via e-mail about the status of your order.
Our store hours are:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m
Tuesday: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m
Phone orders can be made at any time. A staff person generally is available to answer calls between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) Monday through Friday, and during additional hours that the store is open beyond those hours. If, for any reason, your call is answered by our voice mail system, we will return your call within one business day.
We'll Bring Our Books to You for Special Events
If you live in the Washington, DC, metro area and would like to have a selection of Potter's House books at an event sponsored by your church or community organization, we would be happy to bring our books to you. Examples of events where we have sold books include: a workshop on healing and wholeness, a nonviolence workshop, social justice conferences, an interfaith anniversary event, meetings of the Thomas Merton Society, a scripture workshop and a seminar on writing your spiritual autobiography.
If you would like us to come to such events, or other events of your group's own design, please call Tom Taylor at the Bookstore (202-232-5483). We will bring a selection of our books appropriate to your event.
Fair Trade Products, Pottery, Hand-Crafted Gift Items, Greeting Cards For Sale
The Potter's House Gift Shop offers a fine selection of fair trade and hand-crafted gift items from around the world. We purchase these items from Ten Thousand Villages and other organizations that support fair trade products and low-income craftspeople in Third World countries. Our gift items include pottery, handbags, baskets, candles, crosses, jewelry and other products. We also carry a wide selection of greeting cards. You are welcome to come in and browse.
We at the Potter's House in Washington, DC thank you for your continued support. And we look forward to continuing to serve you with our expanding selection of books on spirituality and social justice and with our fine hand-crafted gift items.