That is no problem at all. The ultimate goal of this Bible reading journey is to do just that–read the Bible. Reading the Bible each day, for a full year will be challenging. If you miss a day…or a few, just jump back in and keep going. If you are new to Westtown, or you just decided to start the Bible reading journey with us after the beginning of the new year, great! We’re so thrilled you’ve joined us as we read God’s word together. The only rule here is to encourage each other to open scripture, and breathe life from it.

There’s really no correct answer here. While we are using a reading plan from Seeing Jesus Together, which uses the ESV Translation, that doesn’t mean you have to use the ESV translation of the Bible. Feel free to select a translation that is most comfortable and familiar to you. Some translations that we use at Westtown are: ESV, NIV, CSB, NKJV, and NASB.

This Bible reading plan, by SJT, is designed to help you go deeper in your reading and meditation on God’s Word, which we believe will lead to intimacy with Jesus through Healthy Bible Reading. It focuses on two main ways of reading the Bible: (1) In Solitude and (2) With One Another. So, you will be encouraged to do both of these, throughout the year, as you read your Bible. 

An additional resource is the Seeing Jesus Together Journal. This includes the same Bible reading plan as the SJT/Solitude Journal, but it also includes space for group discussion and preparation for being together in Sunday morning worship. 

From the SJT website: “The ONE ANOTHER Section of SEEING JESUS TOGETHER helps 3-5 Christians Embody and Experience Jesus through the “One Another” Commands of the New Testament.” 

We don’t want to discourage you from getting together with others to read through the Bible though. What a sweet time of fellowship and connection that would be! Ultimately, our goal as a church is to keep one another accountable and actively encourage one another to read God’s word throughout the year.