TOOLS

Bible Scheduler

The Bible Scheduler tool will generate a Bible Reading Plan, a Schedule, for reading the Bible in a single year (Old Testament once, New Testament twice).

Key Features:

The schedule can start on any day of the year, not just January 1. The default starting date is Today.
The starting date can reference any book and chapter of the Bible (when not Genesis 1 or Matthew 1, the starting date will be recalculated back to Genesis 1 and Matthew 1). The intent is that, if you get off schedule, you can regenerate the schedule from where you left off.
The starting year is assumed to be this year unless the current month is December, the starting month is January, and the starting book/chapter is Genesis 1 (in which case the starting year will be next year). You can specify the year to override these decisions.
The day of the week (for example, “Mon”) will be displayed for each day's reading, but it can be omitted.
The schedule format can be either “Calendar” or “Listing” with three available font sizes.
With the Calendar format, the week will start on either Sunday or Monday.

Process Notes:

Reading selections always break on chapters.
Reading order is straight through the Bible, Genesis through Malachi for the Old Testament (once per year), and Matthew through Revelation for the New Testament (twice per year).
One day per year, midway through the year, there is only an Old Testament reading selection. Otherwise there is always a reading selection from both the Old Testament and New Testament.
Once every four years, on February 29, there is no reading selection.
An attempt is made to balance the reading time from day to day and between the Old and New Testaments.
Reading time should be, on average, about 15 minutes a day.

Printing Tips:

Generate the schedule with the Calendar format and a Small font.
Select your browser's Print Preview option.
In Internet Explorer, adjust the top and bottom margins until 26 weeks appear on the first page and the number of pages is reduced from 3 to 2.
In Firefox, go into Page Setup and adjust the scale to 98%, reducing the number of pages from 3 to 2. You could also adjust the top and bottom margins if you'd like.
In Safari, go into Page Setup and adjust the top and bottom margins to something like .8, reducing the number of pages from 3 to 2.
Then print the 2 pages on a single sheet, back to back.
Cut the excess right and left margins.
You'll end up with a handy single-sheet reading schedule that will fit nicely in any Bible.