Veteran singer Sir Cliff Richard is lending his support to a campaign to get churchgoers reading and recording their favourite Bible chapter during their summer vacation.

The King James Bible Trust has just released guidelines on how people can make their recordings and be a part of its YouTube Bible project.

Contributions have already been made by politicians and high profile figures like Prince Charles.

Sir Cliff plans to record his chapter in the autumn.

He said: "The YouTube Bible is a great modern way of fusing this wonderful old literary text with a worldwide digital phenomenon.

"The King James Bible was translated to be read out aloud, and the YouTube Bible does just that, allowing anyone to upload their own reading to create a complete living Bible for posterity.

"Your summer holiday could be the perfect opportunity."

The four tips for making your own recording are simple: decide, check, record and upload.

1) Decide:
Pick your favourite chapter from the King James Bible.

2) Check:
Go to the site http://www.kingjamesbibletrust.org/community/the-youtube-bible/our-collection-so-far to check your chosen reading hasn’t been recorded already.

3) Record:
Film time now! You can use any of the following for this:
a webcam
a digital camera
a mobile phone
Record your chapter wherever you like, start with your name, where you’re from and perhaps why you’ve chosen your chapter. Read just one chapter per video clip, but you can submit as many chapters as you like.

4) Upload:
Upload it onto your computer, and if you have a YouTube account yourself upload it onto www.youtube.com. You can create an account by clicking “create account” on the top right hand side of their homepage.
Then send that YouTube link in an email to info@kjbtrust.com.
If you don’t have a YouTube account, email the file of your chapter video to info@kjbtrust.com, and it will be uploaded for you to the YouTube Bible channel.