Our Salvation and Song: A School Year Reading Schedule of the Gospels and Psalms

I am so excited to share with you all Our Salvation and Song: A School Year Reading Schedule of the Gospels and Psalms.  Over the course of 170 days this reading schedule covers all of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts and Psalms in 6 minutes a day.  Designed to be read five days a week, your family will read one chapter of the Gospels each day for three weeks, followed by a week of readings from the Book of Psalms.

Our family would like to invite yours to join us in participating in Our Salvation and Song this school year.  The key verse for Our Salvation and Song is Psalm 27:8,

My heart has heard you say, "Come and talk with me,"
And my heart responds "Lord I am coming."

This beautiful scripture reminds us that God is waiting for us to come and talk with Him.  I pray that this reading schedule can be a tool to help your family to respond, "Lord, we are coming."    I will be posting monthly information on the readings and encouragement from other families, so please join us. 

I hear all the "what ifs."  What if school already started for us?  What if we miss days?  What if the kids won't listen?  What if I've never read the bible to my kids and I'm not sure how to do this?

On average American kids go to school 175 -180 per school year.  There are around 250 days calendar days between Labor Day and Memorial Day.  So while this is a challenging reading schedule, that will guide your family through a significant portion of scripture, it has grace poured all over it.  The truth of the matter is, no family is going to actually do their reading every day of the school year.  (If you do, e-mail me, I'll send you a prize!)  Our kids are going to get sick, plans will go astray... things will happen, so don't let the "what ifs"  overwhelm your family so much that you don't try.  With just 170 readings of 6 minutes each, it will be easy to catch up or read two at dinner one night.  Before summer starts again, you'll have had plenty of days to complete the reading schedule. 

If this will be your first time regularly reading scripture to your kids, don't feel overwhelmed.  You have probably read 100's of other books out loud to them during their life.  The bible is no different.  The Gospels are full of miracles, friendships and the best hero of all. It may take time to get into the story and language, but your kids will love it!

At the following link: Our Salvation and Song, you can download a beautiful PDF file to print out.  I suggest printing it as a booklet (in your printer settings).  It can then be folded and stuck in the front of your bible so you have it handy each day.  A giant thank you to my friend Manya Glavach who worked so hard to create these beautiful charts.  The chart lists which chapter or Psalms to read each day and will provide a visual marker for you as you move through the school year. 

If you are a fellow blogger and will reading through Our Salvation and Song with your family, I would like to invite you to join a monthly link up I am forming.  Please send me an e-mail and I will send you all of the information.