Purpose: To help children understand that every day is special.

Material: You will need some little special treat that can be shared with the children.

Lesson: Today we will be doing something very special.* We are going to baptize someone. This baby (or person) will not be baptized again, because we believe each person needs to be baptized only once. So something will happen here in our church today that will never happen again and that makes this a very special day. But you know what? Every day is a very special day for all of us. You will never be in church again on the last Sunday in July (or whatever Sunday it is) at your present age. Hopeful…