The Spiritual Dynamics Team at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Lakeland, Florida developed the Community Bible Reading (CBR) program in 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.

While the program used to offer two reading schedules (a three year plan and a one year plan), the program now offers one reading schedule. This plan allows you to read through the Bible in a calendar year by reading three Old Testament chapters and one New Testament chapter each weekday and three Psalms every weekend. If you prefer to read fewer chapters each day, you can complete the plan over three years by reading one Old Testament chapter and one New Testament chapter each day along with Psalms on the weekends. The goal of the program is unchanged: that you develop a habit of and a love for Bible reading that lasts a lifetime.

What better ways to understand the life that the Bible brings than to read, meditate on, 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.