Baptism Talk with Kit Kat Reminder

This afternoon I am speaking at the baptism of a sweet nine-year old son who was just adopted into our friends' family.  They asked me to speak at his baptism this afternoon so I wrote this talk this morning.  Our main audience will be children so I know this object lesson will hold their attention and that they'll remember what is said.  Feel free to use this talk.  By the way, I didn't think of the concept of using the Kit Kat, it is "out there" on Pinterest.  I just made the graphics and wrote the talk which was inspired by the Pinterest pins.

There are links listed to access these graphics in PDF format.  PS My son with a sweet tooth will be thrilled with the handouts ;)

This poster can be placed by a basket of Kit Kat's as handouts for after the baptism.  Click HERE to get the PDF.

These signs can be used during the talk as visual reminders to hold the kids' attention.  Depending on your stake, you may or may not be allowed to use visual aids during your talk.  Click HERE to get these pages in PDF format.

These are little handouts that can be printed on a sheet of cardstock at home and then attached to Kit Kat bars.  Click HERE to get the PDF.

Here's the actual talk (feel free to cut, paste and edit if desired):

Do you know that you are just about to participate in your very first saving ordinance and make your very first official promise to Heavenly Father?

Today when you are baptized you will make some promises to your Heavenly Father.

See this Kit Kat bar?  It may look like an ordinary candy but it is a symbol that will help you remember your baptism covenants.

K is for KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 

When you are baptized, you promise to do your best to follow Jesus and keep all of His commandments.   When you make a mistake, you repent and try to do better.

A is for ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM.

We can remember Jesus as we stand as a witness of God at all times, in all things, and in all places even until death (Mosiah 18:9).  Wherever we are we can be good examples and share the gospel with others.

We can also bear one another’s burdens that they might be light (Mosiah 18:8).  When someone is sad or struggling, we help them and love them.

T is for TAKE UPON YOU THE NAME OF CHRIST (D & C 18:21-25). 

You will be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  When you are a missionary someday you will wear a name tag with your name on it and also Jesus’ name.  But even before or after you’re a full-time missionary, you can pretend that you have an invisible name tag on.  As a member of Jesus’ church, you do things that Jesus would want you to do to build the kingdom of God and to help others.

Have you heard some of these phrases before at church?  Keep His commandments?  Always remember Him?  Willing to take His name upon you?

These ideas are in the Sacrament prayers that we hear each Sunday.  Every Sunday at church when we take the Sacrament, we renew our baptismal covenants or promises. 

That is what people do when they bow their heads during the Sacrament. We remember the promises that we made to Heavenly Father and the promises He made to each of us. We think about what kind of person we were during the week between Sundays and make a decision on how to do better the next week. But most importantly we remember that Jesus suffered for our sins and sorrows, and He died and was resurrected that we all might live again someday.

Our Heavenly Father loves us so much that whenever we make a promise to Him, He makes a promise right back to us.  A two-way promise with Heavenly Father is called a covenant. Heavenly Father NEVER breaks His covenants. We need to try every single day never to break our promises to Him.

Today Heavenly Father also will make you some promises.  We know about these promises from the scriptures. 

He promises to accept you as a member of His church.

He promises you that He will forgive you if you make mistakes and do something wrong - if you are sorry for what you did and repent.

He also promises that you can have the gift of the Holy Ghost with you and that you can obtain eternal life someday.

All of Heavenly Father’s children need to be baptized.  Being baptized, and then receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, washes away guilt and makes you completely clean.  We need to participate in these ordinances so that we can be prepared to live with Heavenly Father again someday.

Even though you are young, you know how hard it is not to make mistakes, don’t you… mistakes like not telling the whole truth, or being unkind or teasing someone. It is hard for everyone to choose the right every single minute of every single day. Heavenly Father knows that. So on this day He gives you another great gift - the gift of the Holy Ghost. Someone else will talk about this wonderful gift after you are baptized. The Holy Ghost will help you choose the right.

Remember that this is the first day of the rest of your life. After you are baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, you will be absolutely clean in the eyes of your Heavenly Father. I hope that you will always remember your promises and do all you can to keep yourself spiritually clean like today.

(After the baptism, you can have a bowl of mini Kit Kat bars out so everyone can have one.  Depending on the size of the group, you could either attach a little handout to each candy bar or for a larger group you could print out a little sign to go next to the baskets of Kit Kats to pass out after the baptismal services.  Or if that is not allowed, you could give some Kit Kats to the child/children who were baptized sometime after the baptism event.)