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title: "City Scene"
date: 2016-04-20
author: "Laurie Stroud"
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# City Scene

**Bible Reading Marathon**

![City Scene Bible Marathon Southside Baptist](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/City-Scene-Bible-Marathon-Southside-Baptist.jpg)The front steps of Birmingham’s historic Southside Baptist Church will be the site of the sixth annual Birmingham Bible Reading Marathon. Reading of the Bible begins at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 1 and will continue around the clock until 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, the National Day of Prayer. [![city scene bible marathon child on stool DSC05727](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/city-scene-bible-marathon-child-on-stool-DSC05727.jpg)](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/city-scene-bible-marathon-child-on-stool-DSC05727.jpg)The Bible Marathon will be one of many going on simultaneously throughout the world. Everyone is welcome to read or listen during the event. Reading will be in 15-minute increments and you can sign up for one increment or a group may sign up for a block of time. For details or to sign up to read visit [www.libertypark.org/biblemarathon](http://www.libertypark.org/biblemarathon). The event will conclude on May 5 with a time of prayer for our city, state, and nation.

**Join the annual Bible Reading Marathon being held on the front steps of Southside Baptist Church, 1016 19th Street South.**