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Are the 2023 VBS junior teaching lessons available in KJV?

David Olstad 11 months ago updated by RebekahC 10 months ago 5

Are the 2023 VBS junior teaching lessons available in KJV?

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Hello Rebekah and David,

I can help you with that! The teacher guides are the same for both the ESV and KJV, but the teaching resources are different, depending on the version you chose. The teacher guides have been the same for both ESV and KJV for years now, but that shouldn't affect the teaching of the lesson, as the actual teacher resources are in the desired version. If you received the ESV kit and need the KJV resources, you will need to reach out to customer service at custserve@answersingenesis.org. If you have any other questions or issues, please let us know!

Best wishes,
Tanner

AiG Web Support

I second this! I bought the KJV kit and am just now hearing from my teachers that their books are in ESV.  I went to the USB to download a KJV book for them...and there isn't one!  To say I am incredibly disappointed would be the understatement of the year.

We moved to this program for our VBS about 4 years ago because it was available in KJV.  We have had a lot of success and have been building upon the program but I’m not sure I will continue to use it if the lessons aren’t available in KJV.  It’s even more of a shame that in four weeks I have no response.  

After spending a LONG time on hold, I finally got someone to talk to, and she confirmed that, while they sell the kit as KJV, that's only for the student guides and that the teacher guides have only been developed in ESV. 

Hmmm...most of the help I've gotten from them has been a direct email from customer service - are you sure you didn't get one?  Our pastor and the deacon board allow me some leeway in selecting our VBS curriculum from year to year, and I spend a lot of time researching our options, particularly between 2 different pre-approved publishers.  I'm pretty sure AiG will no longer be an approved publisher if this isn't worked out/answered.  I've spent several hundred dollars of our church's money on a curriculum that we now can't use several of the components or teachers have to do extra (as if they don't already do enough!) to make sure they are able to follow our constitutional guideline requiring KJV be used for all teaching and preaching ministries.  I was SO excited about this theme, but the reality is this segment of it is proving to be so extremely frustrating that I'm sorry I didn't choose another curriculum.

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Hello Rebekah and David,

I can help you with that! The teacher guides are the same for both the ESV and KJV, but the teaching resources are different, depending on the version you chose. The teacher guides have been the same for both ESV and KJV for years now, but that shouldn't affect the teaching of the lesson, as the actual teacher resources are in the desired version. If you received the ESV kit and need the KJV resources, you will need to reach out to customer service at custserve@answersingenesis.org. If you have any other questions or issues, please let us know!

Best wishes,
Tanner

AiG Web Support