Welcome!

The first Personalized Scripture study was born out of a simple conversation of three women trying to fit in some personal scripture study time.  We agreed that it was easier to read with our young children and count that as our daily scripture study than trying to fit in something for ourselves.

That thought rolled in nicely with my yearning for a much slower study than we usually get in Sunday School class at church.  By trying to cover either the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants in an entire year, each week seemed like a race through multiple chapters.  The 40 minutes of lesson time was barely enough to skim the surface, with no time to delve deeper into the verses on their own.  And then there are all the women who serve in callings that don't allow them to get to class on Sundays.  While we can try and read on our own, I was missing the chance to discuss what I was reading with others.

And so I was determined to lead a small group on a weekday morning through a small section of scripture at a time.  I wanted to provide a reading schedule of a few verses a day, with accompanying journal prompts to help us all apply each verse we read to something relevant in our roles as women, wives, mothers, sisters, teachers and leaders.  Then we would meet once a week to talk about what we had discovered in the scriptures and about ourselves.

The first study is now complete, and I will load each week of the study up on this blog in a separate entry to be easily found by anyone who might wish to use it on their own, or to start up a small study group on their own.  Please note that this is not an LDS church curriculum, but it does stay within the scriptures and General Conference material.

If you have been looking for a guide to daily scripture study, to engage in conversation about the scriptures, or to organize a small group study of your own, I hope you find it helpful.

Terri-Ann Gawthroupe