Year of the Bible

2020 is the "Year of the Bible" at Connection Christian Church.
Each week, we will focus on one book of the Bible (and occasionally two). The week includes up to five reading chapters and a memory verse for every book of the Bible, and the sermon that Sunday will be from that book as well.
Sharpen your spiritual vision by engaging the whole Bible in 2020!

The Schedule

We start the year with the opening 8 narrative historical books (the Octateuch!) of the Old Testament. Then, during the season of Lent, we look at books of poetry and the Gospels and Acts. In the Easter season, we turn to the primary letters of Paul. We move through the summer with the story of Israel in the remaining historical Old Testament books, the wisdom books, and the four major prophets. We kick off the fall season with the remaining letters of the New Testament and then finish the year during the holiday season by focusing on the word of God to the people of God in the minor prophets.

Date	Books	Chapter Reading	Memory Verses	(Special Day Emphasis)
	OT Books of Law and Identity
1/5	Genesis	Gen 2, 12, 18, 27, 37	Gen 1:27
1/12	Exodus	Ex 2, 3, 5, 14, 20	Ex 20:2
1/19	Leviticus	Lev 1, 10, 16, 19, 25	Lev 19:2
1/26	Numbers	Num 3, 6, 11, 13, 14	Num 30:2
2/2	Deuteronomy	Deut 6, 8, 29, 30, 34	Deut 6:4
2/9	Joshua	Josh 1, 2, 3, 6, 24	Josh 1:9
2/16	Judges	Judg 2, 4, 7, 14, 15	Judg 8:23
2/23	Ruth	Ruth 1, 2, 3, 4	Ruth 1:16
	Poetry and Gospels in Lent
3/1	Psalms	Psa 1, 8, 19, 23, 51	Psa 46:1	(Start of Lent)
3/8	Song of Songs	Psa 103, 139; Songs 1, 3, 7	Song 2:8
3/15	Mark	Mark 1, 4, 6, 8, 10	Mark 8:34
3/22	Luke	Luke 2, 6, 8, 10, 15	Luke 2:11
3/29	Acts	Acts 2, 4, 8, 12, 18	Acts 1:8
4/5	John	John 1, 4, 12, 13, 16	John 3:16	(Palm/Passion Sunday)
4/12	Matthew	Matt 5, 17, 26, 27, 28	Matt 7:7	(Easter Sunday)
	NT Paul Primary Letters in Eastertide
4/19	Romans	Rom 5, 6, 7, 8, 12	Rom 8:31	(Baptism Sunday)
4/26	1Corinthians	1Cor 1, 3, 8, 11, 13	1Cor 13:13
5/3	2Corinthians	2Cor 2, 4, 5, 8, 9	2Cor 9:7
5/10	Galatians	Gal 1, 2, 3, 5, 6	Gal 6:10	(Mother's Day)
5/17	Philippians	Philip 1, 2, 3, 4	Philip 4:4	(Graduate Sunday)
5/24	1 & 2 Thessalonians	1Thess 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	1Th 5:16, 2Th 3:13	(Memorial Day Weekend)
5/31	Philemon	2Thess 1, 2, 3; Philem 1	Philem 1:6	(Pentecost)
	OT Books of History
6/7	1 & 2 Samuel	1Sam 3, 10, 16; 2Sam 5, 11	1Sam 2:2, 2Sam 7:28
6/14	1 & 2 Kings	1 Kings 3, 9, 17; 2Kings 2, 22	1Kings 3:14, 2Kings 2:6
6/21	1 & 2 Chronicles	1Chron 15, 28; 2Chron 6, 10, 36	1Chr 16:34, 2Chr 7:14
6/28	Ezra	Ezra 1, 3, 4, 6, 7	Ezra 3:11
7/5	Nehemiah	Neh 1, 2, 4, 8, 13	Neh 8:10
7/12	Esther	Esth 1, 2, 3, 5, 8	Esth 4:14
	OT Wisdom
7/19	Job	Job 1, 2, 3, 40, 42	Job 1:21
7/26	Lamentations	Lam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Lam 5:19
8/2	Proverbs	Prov 1, 2, 3, 8, 31	Prov 1:7
8/9	Ecclesiastes	Eccl 1, 3, 7, 8, 11	Eccl 7:5
	OT Major Prophets
8/16	Isaiah	Is 2, 6, 11, 40, 61	Is 55:8
8/23	Jeremiah	Jer 1, 4, 7, 18, 29	Jer 33:3
8/30	Ezekiel	Ezek 1, 3, 8, 34, 37	Ezek 36:26
9/6	Daniel	Dan 1, 2, 3, 6, 10	Dan 2:20
	NT Letters
9/13	Ephesians	Eph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Eph 4:5
9/20	Colossians	Col 1, 2, 3, 4	Col 3:2
9/27	Titus, Jude	Titus 1, 2, 3; Jude 1	Titus 2:11, Jude 20
10/4	1 & 2 Timothy	1Tim 1, 2, 3; 2Tim 3, 4	1Tim 6:10, 2Tim 3:13	(World Communion)
10/11	Hebrews	Heb 2, 8, 11, 12, 13	Heb 11:1
10/18	James	James 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	James 2:17
10/25	1 Peter	1Pet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	1Pet 3:9
11/1	2 Peter	2Pet 1, 2, 3	2Pet 1:10	(All Saints Day)
11/8	1, 2 & 3 John	1Jo 1, 2, 3; 2Jo 1; 3Jo 1	1Jo 4:7, 2Jo 6, 3Jo 4
11/15	Revelation	Rev 1, 2, 5, 11, 21	Rev 21:6
	OT Minor Prophets for Advent & Christmastide
11/22	Hosea, Joel	Hos 1, 4, 6, 14; Joel 2	Hos 12:6, Joel 2:32	(Thanksgiving Sunday)
11/29	Amos, Obadiah	Amos 3, 5, 8, 9; Obad 1	Amos 5:24, Obad 15	(Advent 1)
12/6	Jonah	Jonah 1, 2, 3, 4	Jonah 2:7	(Advent 2)
12/13	Micah, Nahum	Mic 1, 2, 4, 6; Nah 1	Mic 6:8, Nah 1:7	(Advent 3)
12/20	Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai	Hab 1, 2; Zeph 1, 3; Hag 1	Hab 2:3, Zeph 3:17, Hag. 2:19	(Advent 4)
12/27	Zechariah, Malachi	Zech 1, 12, 14; Mal 2, 3	Zech 7:10, Mal 4:2	(Christmastide)

You can download a PDF of the complete schedule here.
This Year of the Bible schedule and content was created by Dr. Joe Weaks. Graphic by Erin Patton.

You are encouraged to:

Engage actively with where we are in our series throughout the year.
Read the chapter reading the week leading up to that Sunday. There are at most five chapters, so perhaps that could be Mon–Fri.
Memorize the memory verse from the book or books that week. There are 66 books, so that means 66 memory verse. That just 66 sentences to memorize over the course of a whole year.
Plug into our weekly bible studies that will be covering the book(s) of the week.
Participate in the sermon on Sunday in a new way as it arises out of the book you've already set your mind on.

Think about it…
If you actively engage with our Year of the Bible, at the end of the year you will have gotten a sense of every book in the bible, and grown tremendously in your faith journey.