Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Bible in one Year is Doable!

Thanks to Dick de Roover for his leadership in setting up this blog site and for inspiring the members and friends of Woodhaven Community Church to read through the Bible in 2010!

I especially want to encourage the first-timers. If you have never attempted to read the whole Bible, this is your chance to discover: (1) that it's really not hard to read a book this size when you pace yourself, (2) that reading the Bible will change the way you look at the world, and (3) that when you read Scripture on a daily basis, you come to have an intimacy with God that can't be achieved any other way.

What's especially nice about this is that we will do it together! Dick has done an excellent job with the organizational details. Ask whatever questions you want along the way...and we will do our best to answer them! Post comments about what you're discovering. Share prayer requests, struggles...whatever.

Let's come together and make 2010 the best year yet in our relationship with Jesus Christ!

Faithfully,
Chuck Conniry

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Introduction

Well, there you have it folks: A bunch of ordinary people trying to read the Bible in 1 year. Impossible? Most definitely not! Many people have done this before, some even in less than a year. Boring and dusty? At times perhaps yes (dependent on your attitude that day...). That's where discipline and perseverance come in. Relevant? Absolutely yes! The Bible has stood the test of time and still provides valuable guidelines for our lives today. Moreover, we believe that the Bible is God's spoken word to mankind. It is one of the key sources He uses to communicate with us. A challenge? We think so. Even though our children in school today take in more information than previous generations in an entire lifetime, for some reason it is still difficult to consistently read the Bible on a daily basis. That's why at Woodhaven Community Church in Sherwood, OR we want to start an on-line community of Bible readers who are committed to reading through the Bible in 1 year. Every week we will post the reading material for that week.

A Helpful Hint: To make it through this program in 1 year, plan to just read! Studying each passage is useful, but will slow you down, and might lead to disappointment if you can't keep up with the reading schedule. The cool thing about this on-line concept, though, is that you can leave questions and/or comments for everyone to read, and other people can help you answer these questions. We have a team of several people who will maintain this blog, and attempt to see to it that your questions get answered. In a sense this is a way of doing on-line discipleship! Feel free to join us at any time.

Enjoy the reading as we embark together on this 1 year journey through the Bible!