The Covenant Path Baptism Preview booklet
If you’ve been following along, you know that this year our ward will be doing our Baptism Preview with a slightly different focus. Rather than an “Eight is Great” celebration for the Baptism Preview, I really feel moved to discuss The Covenant Path with the Primary children. A lot of the Baptism Preview will be the same: we’ll still talk about what to expect from baptism, the logistics of when and where the baptisms take place, and what to bring. But all of this will be set within the context that baptism is the gate to the rest of the covenant path. I want the children to leave the Baptism Preview with the idea that they are at the beginning of a fulfilling, lifelong adventure.
With that in mind, I rewrote the booklet we give out to the children at the Baptism Preview. Much of the content is similar to the original version I wrote about 10 years ago. But the focus in this new one is truly the temple and future covenants. Remember: “As we stand in the waters of baptism, we look to the temple.” Primary is the beginning of the covenant path and we have the unique opportunity to be sure the children see a glimpse of the lifelong blessings of covenants in their lives.
I also included a few activity pages–the art is from the Media Library on lds.org. Some of it is from the Family History workbook (which I love) and a few other items are from the coloring pages that are available. It’s all formatted into a 9 page PDF which is easy to print and photocopy. If you’re in a pinch, you could easily use the first page of the black and white version as your cover page. I am hoping you’ll be able to print out the full color version available below as your cover.
Also, please note that the whole PDF is shifted to the right one full inch, intended to be hole-punched on the left.
Baptism Preview: The Covenant Path booklet, 9 page PDF
