The Spiritual Dynamics Team at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Lakeland, Florida developed the Community Bible Reading (CBR) program in early 2005 and introduced it to a pilot group that summer. They produced the first schedule in September 2005 and began encouraging people in the habit of daily Bible reading and scripture memory.

The program offers two schedules. CBR-3YR allows you to read the New Testament once each year and the Old Testament in three years by reading two chapters per day and one Psalm every weekend. CBR-1YR allows you read the entire Bible in one year by reading four chapters per day and three Psalms every weekend. CBR-1YR includes the chapters read in CBR-3YR to encourage continuity and discussion between people following either schedule. The goal of the program is for you to develop a habit of and a love for Bible reading that lasts a lifetime.

What better way to understand the life that the Bible brings than to read, journal about, and discuss chapters with your family and friends. Since its inception, CBR has reached hundreds of people in Polk County and several area churches. Those who have moved away from the area have taken CBR with them to Gainesville, Boston, Chicago, and even Swaziland, Africa.

Join CBR with your friends in Lakeland and around the world. To ask us questions, or to tell us that you have started Community Bible Reading, email us at celebratecommunity@trinitylakeland.org.