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| Volunteer opportunities: | | Bible Reading Leader
Bible Reading Leaders read the Bible with others individually, in groups, and in community settings. | | Bible Storyteller
Everybody likes to hear a story! Bible Storytellers let children, adults, and older adults enjoy the stories of the Bible. | | Bible Reading Mentor
Since Bible reading can be daunting, Bible Reading Mentors lend a hand to readers in their own congregations who are just beginning to explore the Bible, or who want to read more consistently. | | Bible Reading Ambassador
Bible Reading Ambassadors are communicators — designated spokespeople who communicate with media outlets, congregations, and/or bookstores regarding Bible reading. | | BibleNet Event Coordinator
Event Coordinators are the organizers, schedulers, and promoters of Bible reading events. They also work to collect and distribute used Bibles through the state Bible society. | | BibleNet Membership Coordinator
Membership Coordinators recruit both volunteers for the BibleNet (the hands, feet, and heads who make the work happen), and members whose financial commitment to helps fund BibleNet projects, training, and materials. | | Congregational Contact
Congregational Contacts develop Bible reading programs and projects in their own congregations and coordinate with the local BibleNet. | | Sign Up Now
Request information and a contact from your local BibleNet. | |
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| Volunteering with Your BibleNet | | Community BibleNets are networks of volunteers promoting Bible reading. BibleNets use structured roles (see list at left) to make this easy.
To highlight one possibility:
Bible Reading Leaders read the Bible with others individually, in groups, and in community settings. Individually, they read to children, youth, adults, and older adults, including grandchildren, nieces, nephews, neighbors, hospital patients, nursing home and retirement home residents, shut-ins (both by telephone and in person), hospice patients, and friends. Those reading in hospitals and institutional settings work with the institution and their own congregation to attain the proper credentials (registering as a hospital volunteer, for example). Suggested readings and materials to leave with patients are available through the local BibleNet. Bible Reading Leaders also arrange for printed Bible reading materials to be available in the institutions they serve, such as nursing homes, hospitals, hospices, addiction treatment centers, and prisons.
Reading aloud in a group can bring the words of the Bible to life. Bible Reading Leaders use guidelines created by BibleNetUSA to facilitate Bible Reading Groups. Each group involves five to twelve people from a variety of backgrounds, or from within one congregation, who gather for three to six sessions to read the biblical text aloud without any additional discussion or commentary. Wide diversity of ages as well as religious and cultural backgrounds is possible in a Bible Reading Group. Guidelines and training are available through the local BibleNet. | |
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