Exegetical Aim: We must be baptized to be effective disciples for Christ.

Props: Baptismal font or deliver the sermon near the Baptismal pool (optional).

Lesson: Good morning! (response) I want to talk to you about Baptism this morning but I have a few questions I want to ask you first. Here’s the first one: Who knows how to spell hamburger? (response) Single out one of the children. How do you spell it? (response) That’s pretty good spelling. Hamburger is a big word. What was the first thing you had to learn before you could spell hamburger? (the alphabet) Why is it important to learn the alphabet first? (response) What if you only learned to spell hamburger and that’s it? Would that help y…