Bible Reading Plan

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Bible Reading Plans

The Bible Reading plans are just that -- very simple plans for reading the Bible. They let you keep track of your progress and will even let you form reading (or accountability) groups with other cabana members!

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What are the cabana Bible Reading Plans?

The Bible Reading plans are just that -- very simple plans for reading the Bible. They let you keep track of your progress and will even tell you what percentage of the plan you have completed. They also let you form reading (or accountability) groups with other cabana members so you can make your way through a plan with a partner or a whole bunch of partners!

You can start a plan at any time. And you can work at any pace. You can do one reading a day or one reading a week. It's completely up to you.

There are a number of plans available. We have one plan for the entire Bible that is broken up into 365 readings. This plan is designed for those who want to read through the Bible in a year. There are also plans for each individual book of the Bible. These plans are very simple and basically consist of one reading for each chapter in the book. They are ideal for more in depth studies.

Instructions

There is no sign-up to start a reading plan! Of course, you must be a registered manna cabana user. Simply login to the cabana and click on the 'Reading Plans' link in the margin.

This will take you to the welcome page of the reading plan. You can use the drop down menu at the top of the page to switch plans.

Choose the plan you wish to do.

Progress Snapshot

As you do the readings, check them off and click the 'Update' button to save your progress. If you make a mistake and check a reading that you haven't done, just go back and uncheck it. No big deal.

When you check a reading, the system will give you the opportunity to post some comments on that reading. If you do this, the comments will be posted on the cabana boards to the 'Reading Plan' forum. This is a special forum designed exclusively for the reading plans. You cannot start threads in this forum -- they can only be started by using the reading plan system. But you can reply to threads. This is designed to encourage people to discuss their readings and to share what they've learned.

Reading Groups

Here is the coolest feature (we think so anyway). If you want to be accountable with somebody for your readings, or if you want to start a Bible Study with others, the system will help you! First, talk with some other cabana members about the plan and ask them whether they would like to go through a plan with you. Once you find a partner (or 2 or 3 or...), go to the main page for your reading plan. This is the page that shows your progress snapshot for the plan you are reading. On that page, you should notice a 'Reading Group' link. Click this link.

Now you will see a few things. At the top, you will see a list of people in your accountability group. Under that, you will see a text field where you can add people to your group. And under that, you will see a chart that shows everyone's progress.

Here's how this works.

To add somebody to your group, simply type their username in the text field and click the 'Add' button. You must type their username exactly as it appears on the cabana boards and it is case sensitive. You can type more than one username in the box -- just be sure to separate each username with a space. This will add them to your group.

NOTE: They must also add you to their group! Once they do, then you will be able to view their progress. When you add somebody to your group, you are basically giving them permission to see your progress. But they must also give you permission to see their progress. So both people must give each other permission. Only then will you both be able to see each other's progress.

Sound complicated? It's really not! I promise! Just try it out.

One quick example... Let's say Bob adds Jane to his group. And Jane adds Bob to her group. Now Bob can see Jane's progress and Jane can see Bob's progress. But what if Bob also wants to be accountable with his friend Jim, but Jane doesn't know Jim? That's ok! Bob should just add Jim to his group and Jim should add Bob. Then Bob and Jim can see each other's progress and Bob and Jane can see each other's progress. But Jim and Jane cannot.

Enjoy!

Now get into the Word!