Your Experience with Answers VBS
I just wanted to get any feedback from any of you who have used any of Answers in Genesis' three
Vacation Bible School curriculum. What was your experience, and what
were the results? My family and I are directing VBS at our church
this year, and we're using AIG's, "The Egypt File: Decoding the Mystery
of Life."
Thanks for your input!
Vacation Bible School curriculum. What was your experience, and what
were the results? My family and I are directing VBS at our church
this year, and we're using AIG's, "The Egypt File: Decoding the Mystery
of Life."
Thanks for your input!
Tags: VBS
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Permalink Reply by Robert Barnett on -
I'm still trying to warm my church up to AiG enough to use their materials. The church has no problem with YEC and apologetics, they just want to use a different "focus."
I've been working to demonstrate to them the importance of it. In the next year or so maybe we'll get there.
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Permalink Reply by Kate Taylor Warren on -
I have not used their VBS materials, but I have used the Answers for Kids Series trilogy: 7 Cs of History, Questions, and Beginnings, in creating a VBS program before AiG came out with the first of theirs. I loved them! While I have not had the opportunity to review AiG's VBS material, based on these others, I would expect them to be excellent. I was very pleased with what the kids learned and with reports of things they said/did at home that showed they had truly learned and there was a difference made in their lives. I would expect no less from their VBS materials. I look forward to your report once you have done your VBS week!!
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Permalink Reply by Kate Taylor Warren on
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Robert, I had a similar situation in my previous church. The pastor didn't see any reason to to do anything other than simply present the gospel. After all, he said, Paul never worried about Genesis. He forgot about Paul at Mars Hill. To his credit, he let me use the AiG materials (long story) and is now pretty much on board. Keep at it! The results in the lives of kids are obvious. All of the Bible makes so much more sense to them when it is fit in the framework built by Genesis and Revelation.
Robert Barnett said:I'm still trying to warm my church up to AiG enough to use their materials. The church has no problem with YEC and apologetics, they just want to use a different "focus."
I've been working to demonstrate to them the importance of it. In the next year or so maybe we'll get there.
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Permalink Reply by Phoebe Kautt on -
Yes, I know what you mean. There are a lot of pastors out there that don't see the importance of Genesis. Thankfully, our church has been pretty open. But, that may have to do with the fact that my Dad is the pastor. :)
Keep up the good work for the Creation message, and most importantly, the Gospel message!
Robert Barnett said:I'm still trying to warm my church up to AiG enough to use their materials. The church has no problem with YEC and apologetics, they just want to use a different "focus."
I've been working to demonstrate to them the importance of it. In the next year or so maybe we'll get there.
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Permalink Reply by Phoebe Kautt on
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You must have done that 3 or 4 years ago. I'm glad you wonderful results, and I hope and pray our VBS will have a big impact on the lives of the kids who come to it.
I will definitely give a report on how it went. Until then, I still have to do a lot of planning!
Kate Taylor Warren said:I have not used their VBS materials, but I have used the Answers for Kids Series trilogy: 7 Cs of History, Questions, and Beginnings, in creating a VBS program before AiG came out with the first of theirs. I loved them! While I have not had the opportunity to review AiG's VBS material, based on these others, I would expect them to be excellent. I was very pleased with what the kids learned and with reports of things they said/did at home that showed they had truly learned and there was a difference made in their lives. I would expect no less from their VBS materials. I look forward to your report once you have done your VBS week!!
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Permalink Reply by Phoebe Kautt on
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That's great you were able to help the pastor to see the importance of the Creation message.
We started the creation stuff off at our church back 3 or 4 years ago by playing the Creation Mini Series (by Ken Ham) for our Wednesday Night Bible study. That was what really started it. Since then we started a creation library (which has grown A LOT since we started it), Dad has preached a sermon series on the 7 C's of History, and we've hosted two creation conferences. At the first conference we only had one live speaker (Dr. Jobe Martin), with the rest of the presentations being DVDs. But at the second conference (last fall), we were able to get Dr. John Morris to speak 3 times, and Dr. Jobe Martin to speak twice, and my brother to speak at the last session. (You can watch most of those presentations on our YouTube channel.)
We have had a lot of good responses over the past few years to the Creation material we've put into people's hands. Like Ken Ham likes to say, "It's exciting being a Christian!"
Kate Taylor Warren said:Robert, I had a similar situation in my previous church. The pastor didn't see any reason to to do anything other than simply present the gospel. After all, he said, Paul never worried about Genesis. He forgot about Paul at Mars Hill. To his credit, he let me use the AiG materials (long story) and is now pretty much on board. Keep at it! The results in the lives of kids are obvious. All of the Bible makes so much more sense to them when it is fit in the framework built by Genesis and Revelation.
Robert Barnett said:I'm still trying to warm my church up to AiG enough to use their materials. The church has no problem with YEC and apologetics, they just want to use a different "focus."
I've been working to demonstrate to them the importance of it. In the next year or so maybe we'll get there.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Barnett on
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One step at a time. We had a roughly 2 month (8-11 weeks) series of classes called "Discipleship University" that were put on Wednesday evenings, I spent a year working on getting an apologetics class that ended up called "Defending Creation" going in there. The staff and sunday school teachers thought it was a decent or good idea but that nobody should show, so they wanted me to have patience and invite my friends so I'd have people there.
The event blew everyone away, the first day the room was packed. We had to ask for additional chairs, easily more than any of the other several classes going on at the same time. The closest comparison was a "Financial Peace University" class. God led that every step of the way.
Initially everyone told me we couldn't have a guest speaker (I tried AiG and was offered Ken Ham). Two weeks after I deployed (3 classes in) I learned they had pulled off getting a guest speaker. So the church is opening up somehow. Staff is shifting around (one of the main staff left and was replaced) and the two Sunday services merged into one. So a lot is changing there, and the class was still going when I left. I left an excellent guy in charge of it and told him that as the guy that started it, all I wanted was for the momentum to continue. I'm curious what all has happened and is happening when I get back.
I learned a lot from this as well. The sunday school teacher that helped me start the class suggested I not play any video's longer than 10 minutes, and to present most of the stuff myself as the church leadership was more comfortable getting this from a member than an outsider, even in a video. Guess what; we ended up showing videos like "Already Gone" and it was well received! I also learned that on AiG's "Arguments Creationists shouldn't use" I needed to have documentation for each of those...one person brought up Ron Wyatt and despite how I tried to explain the finding wasn't conclusive, they said, "Well I believe it" firmly. Can't argue with that. If I'd been prepared, I could have explained it better.
Kate Taylor Warren said:Robert, I had a similar situation in my previous church. The pastor didn't see any reason to to do anything other than simply present the gospel. After all, he said, Paul never worried about Genesis. He forgot about Paul at Mars Hill. To his credit, he let me use the AiG materials (long story) and is now pretty much on board. Keep at it! The results in the lives of kids are obvious. All of the Bible makes so much more sense to them when it is fit in the framework built by Genesis and Revelation.
Robert Barnett said:I'm still trying to warm my church up to AiG enough to use their materials. The church has no problem with YEC and apologetics, they just want to use a different "focus."
I've been working to demonstrate to them the importance of it. In the next year or so maybe we'll get there.
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