The Church has just published a new collection of pictures in a spiral-bound Gospel Art Book. Church leaders, teachers, and members can use these pictures in Church classes and in the home to help people learn and teach the gospel. The book also includes scripture references that correspond to each picture.
This book contains 137 pictures that can be used in the home or at church to enrich gospel teaching and learning. The pictures are organized into six sections: (1) Old Testament, (2) New Testament, (3) Book of Mormon, (4) Church History, (5) Gospel in Action, and (6) Latter-day Prophets.
The book includes an index that lists the pictures and gives references to scriptures and other sources. The book includes the index in each of the following languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. For other languages, the index is available separately and may be ordered in addition to the book.
You can buy a single copy for $3.50 or a box of 20 (to share with your friends) for ony $1.50 each. This book replaces the current Gospel Art Picture Kit of separate pictures in a blue plastic box (which sold for $30.00). Learn more about the book in the news article from Church News and this article on the News Around the Church.
You can obtain this new book in the following ways:
- Purchase a copy in person at a Church distribution center.
- Order a copy at LDSCatalog.com (item number 06048 090).
- View or download a copy online at gospelart.lds.org.
At gospelart.lds.org, you can also view a promotional video about the book in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Please let your friends know about this great new resource. Feel free to share the video by sending your friends links to gospelart.lds.org. You can also embed the video on your blog or Web site using the embed code found on YouTube (English, Spanish, and Portuguese). You can also watch this video below in these three languages.
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Is there a digital version of these images somewhere? I’d love to download it for my iPhone.
Jesse, all the images are available online at gospelart.lds.org.
the real question is, is it just my imagination, or is this a lot shorter than the old gospel art picture kit?
Is there a converson of the corresponding GAK number to the GAB pages.
I have an advent calenar that only shows which GAK numbers to use each night…
Thank you!
I checked with the developers, and they haven’t prepared a converson chart showing the GAK and GAB numbers.
I want the gospel art kit back. So many time we need to display more then one picture. With the book you can’t do that. Is there any place I can find one of the kits?
Debby,
The kits are no longer printed and all the remaining copies at Church distribution centers have been sold. This question came up when the new Gospel Art Book was being developed. The suggestion is to buy 2 copies of the book to display more than one picture at a time. At $3.50 each, two copies of the book is still WAY less expensive than the $30.00 the kit sold for.
I agree with Debby. For the last two weeks in my sharing time, I have used at least 5 of these pictures. The kit was so convenient to use and the stories on the back were invaluable for little ones. Great FHE lessons. Pleeeeeaaaase bring back the boxed kit.
I want the old GAK back! My kids loved to play with all the pictures and tell each other the scripture stories and I was OK with them using the sturdy prints over and over, but the flimsy book pages tear so easily. I don’t mind paying the $30 for individual prints with the stories and information on the back of the pictures! Inexpensive is still Cheap! Sometimes durability and quality is still worth a moderate price. Just sell the kits without the plastic box!
I too desperately am searching for an old GAK. I would pay any amount to have the pictures individually and more important are the stories on the back! There should at least be the option of both….if any one can tell me where I can get one of these precious blue boxes I would be so grateful! Please bring them back to the distribution center. All my fellow moms feel the same way, we all want one!
Pleeease give us back the gospel art picture kit! It’s just not the same without the stories on the back and the sturdy individual pictures. I have need of these pictures every week in sharing time and would also be happy to pay the $30.00 to get it back.
I agree!! Please bring back the old kit!! The new one has too few pictures and is not very user friendly (FHE is quite a chore when it comes to flipping pages!!) Anyone willing to sell there’s please contact me!! I wonder who we talk to about creating the old version again- it seems like there is a need!!
I am completely bugged that I cannot purchase the gospel art kit! While the flip book is nice and cheap, I really would love to have the pictures with the stories on the back. If there were a vote of some kind, I would say BRING IT BACK! I have no problem paying $30 bucks for a nice kit, what a great resource this would be for my family;)
Bring back the Old Gospel Art Kit!!! It had so many benefits that the new spiral book doesn’t have. I know that $30 is a lot, but I would be willing to pay that, or more. I think we should be given the choice. The new book doesn’t have the notations on the back like the original. They were the best FHE tool around for little children, and for talks, and for teaching at the last minute. I could go on. BRING IT BACK!!
I just want to add my vote for the return of the Gospel Art Kit. I would gladly pay 30 dollars for it. Please bring it back!
This new gospel art book is great for some things but I cannot use the pictures the way I want to in FHE (and Primary, too)–spreading them out, having the kids put them in a time line, having one big picture to focus on, etc. and plus there are many pictures not included in the book. When this book came out I purchased it, thinking it was a great idea to have all of the pictures so compact and in one place, and donated my GAK to the DI! Having done that, I feel so much regret as I now see it does not fulfill my needs. Please bring it back as an option.
Here are some suggestions for using the new Gospel Art Book:
If you want to spread them out, you can cut and take out the spiral binding. Then the pictures are free and can be spread out…it takes 10 seconds to do this. You can also laminate them, or place them in protective sleeves.
For the price of the old Gospel Art Kit, you can purchase 20 of the new Gospel Art Books. This way, 20 children could search the pictures rather than having one child hold up a pre-determined picture. If you need bigger pictures, they are still available at Distribution Stores.
I need the Gospel Art Kit back too! The stories on the back made it perfect for scripture study with children, Primary Sharing Times, etc.–the list goes on! The old version can’t be replaced!
Larry,
True you could buy more than one book but what about the stories that were on the backs of the old one? Or what about needing a picture on both sides of the picture? I am sorry but buying multiple copies and cutting them apart is contradictory to why they were put in a book to begin with!!
We all would LOVE to have the kit back- who do we need to tell to accomplish this?
I have looked all over the internet for the gospel art book i have children now and I am in primary, so if anybody has any idea were to get one please let me know! I love how they have the stories on the back its just so convenient for FHE.
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