Theme	Connect with God... Make it Personal is Westwood's focus for 2009. "Connect with God" is the first of our four environments. This year we want to focus on making our relationship with Christ more personal through developing the spiritual disciplines in our lives. This page is designed to give you tools to help make that happen.
Life Journals	Pastor Les is ecouraging every member to purchase one of these notebooks. The Life Journal is a tool to help you grow spiritually by recording the lessons you learn from Scripture and from life. It includes a bible reading plan to read the entire Bible in a year as well as a method of indexing the truths you learn and journal. Pick up yours in the Atrium this Sunday! The cost is $5 and different versions are available for adults, students and children. Click here for more information from the people that developed the Life Journal, New Hope Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. Be sure to see the article How to Journal.
S.O.A.P.	S.O.A.P. is a method of recording the life-application lessons that we learn in God's word. You can use an online form to record it just for you or to share with others. Online S.O.A.P. Form
Bible Reading Plans	Is is critical for spiritual growth that believers regularly read and study God's word. Bible reading and prayer are among the important habits that we refer to as "Spiritual Disciplines". One thing that helps to be disciplined is to have a plan. Below are some possible plans to consider. Life Journal Plan. Page 12 and 13 of your Life Journal give a daily reading plan that takes you through the entire Bible in one year. The daily requirement is 4-5 chapters a day. Modified Life Journal Plan. Read the Old Testament passages one year and the New Testament/Psalms passages the next. The daily requirement there is 1-2 chapters a day. Key Chapters Plan. This plan takes you through the entire Bible in one year, but only focuses on key chapters of the Bible. The daily requirement in this plan is one chapter a day. It is also availabe in print at the church. BiblePlan.org allows you to sign up for 10 different plans. You choose a plan and a translation. A link to BibleGateway.com is emailed to you daily with the passage. This is great if you need reminders! Of these, we recommend New Testament in a Year. Just choose your translation preference and enter your email address.
Online Bible	BibleGateway.comallows you to read different translations and search for key words or phrases when you are studying a particular topic.
The Basics	New Life in Christ is a thirteen week study based on the basic truths of our relationship with Christ.