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A special volunteer program at St. Mark's is that of a Scripture Reader.   As a volunteer you may choose the Saturday, 5:00 p.m. service, or the Sunday service that you prefer, 8:30am or 11:00am.   A scripture reader is called on an average of two times per year.  The readings consist of the first and second scripture lessons and the psalm. The church office will mail the reading material to you well in advance of the scheduled reading date.  We encourage you to consider this leadership opportunity which involves a minimum amount of time for an important part of our worship service.  

Concerned about having to read all those long and difficult to pronounce Bible names and places in public?   No worries!  We offer a Pronunciation Guide (below) which lists many commonly used words, along with their phonetic pronunciations.  

If you are interested in volunteering, please call and leave your name and phone number, along with which service you would prefer to read, at the church office (419-353-9305) or email us at:  stmarkbg@dacor.net

 

Lector's Pronunciation Guide

Abana AHB-ah-nah
Abba AHB-ah
Abednego ah-BED-nee-go
Abel-meholah AY-bel-mi-HO-lah
Abiathar uh-BY-uh-thar
Abihu uh-BY-hew
Abilene ab-ih-LEE-nee
Achaia ah-KAY-yah
Agabus AG-ah-bus
Ahaz AY-haz
Akeldama uh-KEL-deh-muh
Alphaeus al-FEE-us
Amalek AM-ah-lek
Amalekites ah-MAL-eh-kites
Amaziah am-uh-ZY-uh
Ammonites AM-mo-nites
Amorites AM-oh-rites
Amos AY-mus
Amoz AY-muz
Amphipolis am-FIPP-oh-lis
Ananias an-ah-NY-us
Annas AN-us
Antioch AN-tee-ok
Apollonia ap-puh-LO-nee-ah
Apphia AF-ih-ah
Apollos ah-PAWL-lus
Archippus ar-KIPP-us
Arimathea air-ih-mah-THEE-uh
Assyria ah-SEER-ee-ah
Azariah az-ah-RY-ah
Baal BAY-uhl
Baal-zephon BAY-uhl-ZEE-fon
Babylonia bab-ih-LOW-nee-ah
Balaam BAY-lam
Balak BAY-lak
Barabbas bah-RAHB-as
Barnabas BAR-nah-bus
Barsabbas bar-SAH-bus
Bartimaeus bar-tih-MEE-us
Bashan BAY-shan
Bdellium DELL-ih-um
Beelzebub bee-ELL-ze-bub
Beersheba beer-SHEE-bah
Beor BEE-or
Berea beh-REE-ah
Bethel BETH-el
Bethphage BETH-fah-jee
Bethsaida beth-SAY-ih-day
Bithynia bih-THIN-ee-ah
Caesarea sess-ah-REE-ah
Caiaphas KAY-ah-fas
Canaan KAY-nan
Capernaum kuh-PER-nee-um
Cappadocia kap-puh-DOH-shee-uh
Cephas SEE-fas
Chaldeans kal-DEE-anz
Chloe KLOH-ee
Cilicia sih-LISH-ih-ah
Claudius KLAW-dih-us
Cleopas KLEE-oh-pas
Colossae koh-LAH-sih
Crescens KRES-enz
Cretans KREE-tuns
Cyrene sy-REE-nee
Dalmatia dal-MAY-shih-ah
Decapolis deh-KAPP-uh-lis
Demas DEE-mas
Denarii deh-NAIR-ee-ee
Dura DYOO-rah
Edom EE-dum
Elam EE-lam
Elamites EE-lam-ights
Eldad ELL-dad
Eli EE-lie
Eliezer ell-ih-EE-zer
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani AY-loy, AY-loy LAH-mah sah-bahk-THAH-nee
El Shaddai ell SHAD-eye
Emmaus eh-MAY-us
Epaphras EH-pah-fras
Ephah EE-fah
Ephesus EF-eh-sus
Ephphatha EFF-ah-thah
Ephraim EE-fray-im
Ephrathah EF-rah-thah
Etham EE-tham
Euphrates yoo-FRAY-teez
Gabbatha GAHB-ah-thah
Galatia gah-LAY-shah
Genneseret geh-NESS-eh-ret
Gihon GY-hon
Gilead GILL-ee-add
Gilgal GILL-gal
Golgotha GAUL-goh-thah
Gomorrah goh-MOR-ah
Habakkuk hah-BAK-uk
Hades HAY-deez
Hagar HAY-gar
Hananiah han-ah-NY-ah
Haran HAIR-un
Hazael HAHZ-ah-ell
Hermes HUR-meez
Horeb HOR-eb
Hyssop HIH-sup
Iconium eye-KOH-nee-um
Iscariot iss-KAR-ee-ot
Ituraea it-yur-EE-ah
Jabbok JAB-ok
Jairus JAI-rus
Japheth JAY-feth
Jearim JEE-eh-rim
Jehoiada jeh-HOY-ah-dah
Jehu JEE-hyoo
Jeroboam jair-uh-BOH-am
Joash JOH-ash
Joses JOH-seez
Judea joo-DEE-ah
Justus JUS-tus
Kadesh KAY-desh
Kidron KID-run
Laodicea lay-oh-dih-SEE-ah
Lucius LOO-shus
Lycaonian lik-ah-OH-nee-an
Lysanias ly-SAY-nih-as
Lystra LISS-trah
Macedonia mass-eh-DOH-nee-ah
Magdala MAG-dah-lah
Malchus MAL-kus
Mamre MAHM-ree
Manaen MAN-ah-en
Manasseh mah-NASS-eh
Massah MASS-ah
Matthias mah-THIGH-us
Medad MEE-dad
Medes MEEDZ
Media MEE-dih-ah
Melchizedek mel-KIZZ-eh-dek
Meribah MAIR-ih-bah
Merran MAIR-un
Meshach MEE-shak
Mesopotamia mess-oh-poh-TAY-mee-ah
Midian MIH-dih-an
Mizar MY-zar
Moab MOH-ab
Moriah moh-RY-ah
Mysia MISH-ih-ah
Naaman NAY-ah-man
Nadab NAY-dab
Naphtali NAFF-tah-lie
Nebuchadnezzer neb-yoo-kud-NEZ-er
Negev NEG-ev
Nicanor ny-KAY-nor
Nicodemus nik-oh-DEE-muhs
Nimshi NIM-shy
Ninevah NIHN-eh-vah
Onesimus oh-NES-ih-mus
Ophir OH-fur
Pamphylia pam-FILL-ee-ah
Papyrus pah-PY-rus
Parmenas PAHR-mee-nas
Parthia PAHR-thee-ah
Parthians PAHR-thee-ans
Patmos PATT-mos
Peniel PEN-ih-el
Pergamum PURR-gah-mum
Pharaoh FAIR-oh
Pharpar FAR-per
Philemon fie-LEE-mon
Philippi FILL-ih-py
Philistia fih-LISS-tee-ah
Philistines fih-LISS-tinz
Phoenicia feh-NISH-ih-ah
Phrygia FRIJ-ee-ah
Pi-hahiroth py-ha-HY-roth
Pishon PY-shon
Pontus PON-tus
Praetorium pay-TOHR-ee-um
Prochorus PRAHK-oh-rus
Quirinius kwih-RIN-ih-us
Rabboni rah-BOH-ny
Rahab RAY-hab
Ramah RAY-mah
Rephidim REF-ih-dim
Saba SAY-ba
Sadducees SAD-yoo-seez
Salome sah-LOH-mee
Sanhedrin san-HEE-drin
Sardis SAR-dis
Sepulchre SEH-pull-kur
Shadrach SHAD-rak
Shaphat SHAY-fat
Shechem SHEK-um
Sheol SHEE-ohl
Shiloh SHY-loh
Shinar SHY-nar
Shittim SHITT-im
Sidon SY-duhn
Silvanus sill-VAY-nus
Simeon SIM-ee-un
Sinews SIH-nyooz
Smyrna SMUR-nah
Sodom SOD-em
Sosthenes SAHS-theh-neez
Stephanas STEFF-ah-nas
Succoth SUKK-oth
Syrophoenician sy-roh-feh-NISH-an
Tabor TAY-bor
Talitha cumi TAL-ih-thah KOO-mee
Tarshish TAR-shish
Teman TEE-man
Tetrarch TEH-trark
Theophilus thee-AH-fih-lus
Thessalonica thess-ah-loh-NY-kah
Thyatira THY-ah-TY-rah
Tiberias ty-BIHR-ee-us
Tigris TY-griss
Timaeus tih-MEE-us
Timon TY-mon
Titus TY-tus
Trachonitis trak-oh-NY-tis
Trigon TRY-gon
Troas TROH-ahs
Tubal TYOO-bal
Tyre TIRE
Uriah yoo-RY-ah
Uzziah uh-ZY-ah
Yahweh YAH-way
Zalmon ZAL-mon
Zarephath ZAIR-eh-fath
Zebedee ZEB-eh-dee
Zebulun ZEB-yuh-lun
Zechariah zek-ah-RY-ah
Zerubbabel zeh-RUB-ah-bel
Zoan ZOH-an