POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. BAPTISM PROMISES TO SERVE match game. Youth can renew covenants when they are baptized. They promise to: Bear one another’s burdens, Mourn with those who mourn; Comfort those that need comfort; Stand as a witness, and Keep the commandments (Mosiah 18:8-10).
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POST-AND-PRESENT Activity
Baptism Promises match game
Objective: This Baptism Promises match game will especially help children turning eight to make and keep the same sacred covenants made by those baptized at the waters of Mormon (Mosiah 18:8-10).
BAPTISM PROMISES:
Bear one another’s burdens.
Mourn with those that mourn.
Comfort those that need comfort.
Stand as a witness.
Keep the commandments.
See June 2013 Friend magazine, telling about this. When we are baptized, we make promises to follow Jesus, and we renew these promises every week when we partake of the sacrament.
SET UP: (1) Mount visuals on a poster with tape, or a chalkboard with magnets, or (2) Place on a table with youth sitting around the table.
TO START:
1. Ahead of time, tie a string on each youth’s / child’s finger (teachers can help).
2. Say, “Sometimes we tie a string around our finger to help us remember something very important. When we are baptized we make special promises that are very important to us and to Heavenly Father. The prophet Alma in the Book of Mormon is talking to those who went to the waters of Mormon to be baptized. In Mosiah 18:8-10 we read about these special promises:
• Step 1: ‘As ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to BEAR one another’s burdens, that they may be light (MOUNT PICTURE ON BOARD);
• Step 2: Yea, and are willing to MOURN with those that mourn (MOUNT PICTURE);
• Step 3: Yea, and COMFORT those that stand in need of comfort (MOUNT PICTURE),
• Step 4: and to STAND as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death (MOUNT PICTURE), . . .
• Step 5: that ye will serve him and KEEP his commandments (MOUNT PICTURE).’
• Step 6: If we keep these five covenants or promises we make at baptism, God will ‘pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon [us]’ (REVIEW PICTURES).”
3. The presenter/leader can ask youth or children one at a time to draw a covenant reminder card, read it, and place it below the matching picture (to remind us of the covenants we made at baptism).
Note: Pay attention to the letter on each card. When a player places the card on the board below the picture (as shown above), the letter on the card should match with the first letter on each picture, e.g., the letter “B” on the card matches with “B” on the “Bear one another’s burdens” picture.
TO MAKE print activity in color or black and white. Mount pictures on board and place cards in a container to draw from.
THOUGHT TREAT: Baptism Promises Pancakes. For each, divide a pancake into 5 pieces. Then review the 5 promises in the Baptism Promises match game (above): (1) Bear one another’s burdens, (2) Mourn with those who mourn, (3) Comfort those that need comfort, (4) Stand as a witness, (5) Keep the commandments. Share your SWEET testimony of these promises as you enjoy SWEET syrup, jam, or honey on the pancake.
More Learning Activities:
• SING BAPTISM SONGS: 1. Baptism (CS, 100) using the 8 visuals (sample left).
2. Love Is Spoken Here (CS, 190) using the 11 visuals (sample right).
Note: Song visuals can be downloaded from this website from the STORE or song.
• SCRIPTURE TO MEMORIZE: Share the John 3:5 scripture cards with youth/children to download from this website.
• TESTIMONY SHARING: Ask youth to share their testimony on the following. Click on the following website objective to introduce the testimony sharing (that follows): What covenants do I make at baptism? “When we were baptized, we entered into a covenant with God. We promised to take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ, always remember Him, keep His commandments, and serve Him to the end. We renew this covenant each time we partake of the sacrament.”
• VIDEO ON BAPTISM: The Baptism of Jesus – Jesus seeks out John the Baptist and is baptized in order to fulfill all righteousness. (2:54)
Source: ST.2007.6
