Mardel Christian & Education

I love getting lost in this store. It’s bigger than expected and I love being able to find Christian gifts here. Their discounted items are usually a great deal. Their home décor is amazing. Sometimes a bit pricier than Hobby Lobby but definitely unique.
The usual items that we look for here are journals or bible study materials. They even have a spanish section!
The kids section is always fun and they provide several at home activities for learning,
I had one negative experience where a store employee followed us around. Probably due to the fact that we had a young child with us in the home décor section. I figure they might have has a couple accidents in the past.
Otherwise, this is a fun store to visit and look for items that are not readily available in secular stores.

Did not expect such a huge store — we stopped in just for a gift purchase. Staff is very helpful. The educational section was great — we have intended getting some supplementary educational material for my two youngest in elementary, but there is a big difference in looking at a something online and actually reading through it in a store. There was a ton of mainstream materials — we picked up math workbooks from Scholastic as well as some Christian education materials. And they have the largest selection of Willow Tree gifts my wife had ever seen (her favorite). Pleasant and uplifting — glad we discovered it.

Really good selection. They have a bit of everything from educational supplies, to christian books, movies and such. Yes Amazon is cheaper, but it’s very difficult to «shop» amazon when you do not know exactly what you are looking for… I’d highly recommend stopping here even just to brouse. Shop local!

This store is great for finding all your Christian book, décor, and novelty needs in one trip. They have a best seller table up front so twice I’ve been able to walk in and pick up the book I came for right there. I didn’t have to search around for it and was in and out of the store in under 5 minutes. Love that!

Love this store for teaching supplies and projects! Everything is organized and it is easy to find what you are looking for. Also they have a friendly staff. It’s easy though to spend a fortune in there because their stuff is a little pricey.

Some of their educational supplies are reasonable and I like the fact that they are do close to my school and home for all of the laminating that I have to do each month.
For the most part the staff is helpful and courteous. I only had one rude experience but I haven’t seen that clerk since. I am NOT religious and I was raised catholic. I find it funny when I see their «Bible» station for «all your bible needs» just sayin.

This christian store is big and good size! I would love to come back and buy things here!

This place is horrible. I usually did my back to school shopping here because they have a vast amount of things for teachers. However, I stopped shopping here because the employees that work there are very RUDE. They are not very friendly, nor do they seem eager to assist you. I hope many of you will read this and find another place to shop at. It’s definately not worth the trek to Cedar Park!

WOW! I just happened by and saw the sign… I had never heard of Mardel, but saw that it stated it had Christian Educational, so I stopped in. It’s much larger than the common Christian stores around… but very similar. It was sort of like a Teacher’s Heaven mixed with a Christian bookstore.
They had lots of things at bargain prices… and since I hadn’t planned to go there in the first place I just sort of poked around to see what they had. I got a movie for $ 1, a gospel CD for a $ 1, some novels for my bookworm daughter for about $ 3 a piece… then I looked over at the educational section and found something I wanted to go over with my son to help him with critical thinking skills. Very cool.
I meandered over to the bibles… I’m really picky… and they had lots of Thompson Chain KJB’s and other choices other than Zondervan and Thomas Nelson. I liked that! I even bought one for my daughter. On check out the clerk asked me if I wanted free engraving on the cover. (?!) I had to ask if I had just heard him correctly… the bible was already an amazing bargain — marked down $ 15 dollars! So, within about 3 minutes they had engraved my daughters’ name on it for me. I even got a cup of free coffee while I waited.
SOOO…it’s a great store in general.
I rated it with 3 stars, because personally I don’t like all the religious and weird stuff they sell — just because something is called «christian» doesn’t make it so. That’s my personal take on that issue, but for the store in general it is excellent.

I’m confused about what this store is. They seem to present themselves as a Christian emporium — indeed, it’s tha most expansive religious store I’ve ever seen. But I couldn’t find the most basic Christian things there.
My wife and I went in here because we’re in the process of buying a new home. We were looking for a crucifix and I was hoping to replace a medal that had been stolen from my wife in South America and a Saint Francis Xavier medal that I had lost.
Inside, this store is about the size of a typical Barnes & Noble. They have all sorts of decorations and religious items.
When I asked the first lady if they had a crucifix, she apparently didn’t know what a crucifix is. The lady she asked said that I should go to a Catholic store to find a crucifix, that this store is a Christian store and they don’t carry anything that is «denominational». I found that curiously odd — tons of crosses, but not a single crucifix.
Next I asked the ladies if they had any religious medals. The response was a flat no.