“Join the Journey,” a free webinar on Jan. 31, will explore the many ways to participate and become enriched through The Good Book Club.

The Good Book Club is a churchwide program that invites the reading of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles during the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter. Led by Forward Movement, the Good Book Club readings begin the Sunday prior to Ash Wednesday (Feb. 11), and finish on Pentecost (May 20).

During this webinar, the Rev. Jay Sidebotham and Forward Movement deputy director Richelle Thompson will help participants to prepare for the journey, providing context and background for Luke and Acts and sharing information about how to access and use dozens of resources created to encourage engagement with The Good Book Club.

The 30-minute webinar will be conducted on Wednesday, Jan. 31 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern/2:30 p.m. Central/1:30 p.m. Mountain/12:30 p.m. Pacific/11:30 a.m. Alaska/10:30 a.m. Hawaii. Registration is available here. Preregistration is suggested.

In addition to the webinar, a wide range of resources, from prayers to videos to study guides, are now available from the more than 25 partners here. Spanish resources and information are available here.  A comprehensive toolkit link is here.

The Good Book Club, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has said, provides an opportunity to “read, mark, learn and inwardly digest the Holy Scriptures.”  He noted that “The Gospel of Luke tells the story of Jesus” while “the Acts of the Apostles tells the story of those who followed in the footsteps of Jesus.”

More resources will be added, so check the resource page regularly for personal development, group discussion and program planning.  Stay up-to-date by following The Good Book Club on Facebook here.

Partners
Partners in The Good Book Club are:

The Episcopal Church
Forward Movement
Acts 8 Movement
Bible Study Media
Building Faith at the Center for the Ministry of Teaching
Center for Biblical Studies
Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes
ChurchNext
Episcopal Diocese of Central Gulf Coast 
Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers
Episcopal Church Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries
Episcopal Church Women (ECW)
Episcopal Church Foundation
Episcopal Communicators
Episcopal Migrations Ministries
Forma
Gathering of Leaders
Grow Christians
Invite*Welcome*Connect
Missional Voices
PlainSong Farm
RenewalWorks
The Living Church
United Thank Offering

For more information, contact Jason Merritt at jmerritt@forwardmovement.org.