Celebrate New Year’s Day Reading the Scriptures

There is still time to organize a small group to read the Scriptures together on New Year’s Day; and we encourage all Saints who can to do so. It doesn't take much preparation to invite a few friends to meet together and read. When even a few people meet to study or worship, we can claim an excellent promise from Jesus Christ: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). We invite anyone close to Bates City, Missouri, to join us from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on January 1 for a Scripture Read-a-thon at the Bates City Restoration Branch. Come for as much as you can—two hours, all morning, all afternoon, or all day. Bring your favorite edition of the Book of Mormon, a notebook, and other resources that might be helpful. We will begin reading with Mosiah 1 and go as far as we can. We suggest that participants bring snacks to share and food for the noon meal if they can stay and eat with their friends. We will be sitting around a table and taking turns reading, allowing people to pass if they don’t want to read orally. We expect to READ MORE and TALK LESS—but we will stop to discuss verses as needed. Each person will receive a certificate showing which chapters and verses he or she has read during the day. Please call Dee or Paul Ludy, 816-210-8450, for information or directions.