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Find a Predefined Reading Plan That Fits Your Faithlife Groups!

Faithlife is your online tool to connect around the Word. On Faithlife, you can share reading plans with all your Christian groups, study Scripture, tackle difficult passages, and share notes. From custom reading plans to preexisting reading plans, there are options to fit all your needs.

The Power of Predefined Reading Plans

Predefined reading plans give you a different approach to reading in community. They let you focus on a single biblical theme and discover where that theme comes up in Scripture. Defined reading plans are built into your Logos software, Faithlife account, and the Faithlife Study Bible. They’re terrific ways to study specific topics like faith, worship, baptism, discipleship, love, and much more. Each plan is tied to a specific theme and an allotted amount of time—you can take a seven-day journey on forgiveness, or experience 10 psalms on thanksgiving, or take two months to dig deeply into the Gospel of Luke. There are reading plans for just about anything. And now you can read anywhere with the Faithlife Study Bible—get it FREE through March 2014!

How Do I Use Predefined Reading Plans?

Now you can share these predefined reading plans with any of your Faithlife groups. Here’s how to set up a predefined reading plan just right for you and your groups:

1. Select the group you want to read with in Faithlife.

2. In the sidebar, click the “Add” option in the Today’s Readings widget.

3. In the dropdown window, choose from the long list of predefined reading plans.

4. Members in the group can then “connect” and start the group reading plan.

It’s as simple as that. This powerful tool allows you to delve deeper into the faith and share your journey with others. You can create reading plans for any of your Faithlife groups, or form a group around any of the 20,000-plus resources available through Logos. Get your groups ready, and start reading today!

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Bible Study Made Easier with Faithlife’s Group Reading Plans

The Faithlife Community is bringing Christians together around the Word. It allows you to create and join groups, share announcements and events, share your Logos resources within those groups, and even share notes on Bible verses and Logos resources through the Faithlife Study Bible. And with Faithlife’s newest feature, you can create custom reading plans in Logos and share them with your Faithlife groups!

For any of your Logos resources, you can create dynamic group reading plans for your Faithlife groups—plans that fit your schedule. You could choose to read the new Free Book of the Month, The Christian Doctrine of Prayer, over the course of a year, six months, or just a couple of weeks.

For this month’s free book, we’ve created a Faithlife group and a corresponding reading plan so that we can read the book together. This is a wonderful way to try out group reading plans and interact through the text. Plus, you get a free book out of the deal!

Entering into this group reading plan is easy. Here’s how to do it:

1. Download The Christian Doctrine of Prayer from the Free Book of the Month page on Logos.com. (You must own a resource to participate in a group reading plan.)

2. Go to the Christian Doctrine of Prayer group in Faithlife.*

3. On the Christian Doctrine of Prayer group page, click “Join” at the top right.

 

4. Once you join, you’ll be prompted by the “Today’s Readings” widget in the sidebar to “Connect” with, or “Ignore,” the group reading plan. Click “Connect” to begin the reading plan.

Now you’re ready to start reading! You can participate in the group reading plan through the free Faithlife Study Bible app, Biblia.com, or your Logos Bible Software. Click the link in “Today’s Readings” to view the text in Biblia, or find it in your current reading plans to the right of the search bar in your Logos software or the Faithlife Study Bible app. Faithlife will update you on how you’re progressing through the text with reminders in “Today’s Readings.”

Get The Christian Doctrine of Prayer  (for free!), join the Faithlife group, and start reading in community today!

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Create Custom Reading Plans to Share with Your Faithlife Groups!

Building a custom reading plan is an easy way to connect with your Faithlife groups. Whether it’s for your church, your small group, or your Christian book club, Faithlife allows you to create a plan around your schedule and needs. Maybe you already have a Faithlife group you want to transition into a reading group, or maybe you want to form a group around a certain text. Creating a group is easy.

Once you have the group you want, it’s time to select the text. In order for everyone to participate in your group reading plan, everyone MUST own the resource you want to read. Just like in a face-to-face book club, you can’t read if you don’t own the text! Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up your custom reading plan:

1. Open your Logos Bible Software

2. Under File, select Reading Plan

3. Select the text you want, how often you read, when you start, when you want to finish reading, and what group you want to share with.

4. Click “Generate”

Now you’re ready to read with your group. A reading schedule will automatically appear in Faithlife’s “Today’s Readings” widget to keep you on track. You’ll be able to talk about the text, share your insight, and so much more from within your group on Faithlife. Get started today!

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