The Friendship Club Magazine #3

A Christian Mag For Kids!

Issue #3

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John 3:16

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Contents Empty Tomb Craft Page 8

Resurrection Buns Page 14

Animal Facts Page 20

Word Search Can you find Bobby?

Page 15

(Not the big image of him on page 7)

Answer on Page 23

Balloon Rocket Page 20

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and everything on the earth, including people. But sin entered the earth through the devil who corrupted God's children and got them to follow him instead of God, and soon God saw that all human beings were evil in their hearts and minds and deeds.

But God had a plan that would save His children so that they could live in Heaven with Him when they died. And so, God sent His Son Jesus Christ to earth so that everyone could see exactly who God was (because Jesus was one in the same as His Father), and through faith in Jesus instead of their own idea of who God was, everyone could have a relationship with God and go to Heaven.

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Jesus taught people all about God and He did amazing miracles like making blind people see, lame people walk, and even raising dead people to life, to show that He really was the Son of God that they could put their

faith in. There were very bad people who saw that lots of people were following Jesus and they did not like that because they wanted everyone to follow them, so they killed Jesus by nailing Him to a cross. But don't worry.

You see this was God's plan all along, and on the third day after being killed, God raised Jesus to life again! Jesus appeared to over

“Do

500 peoplewhen He had risen over 40 days. On the 40th day, Jesus told His disciples to wait to receive the Holy Spirit which was needed to have a relationship with God and go to Heaven, and then He was taken up to Heaven in the clouds. All of the disciples received the Holy Spirit and so has everyone who has believed that Jesus is the risen Son of God since then, and this is the good news of the Gospel!

not be afraid, for I know that

you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; He has risen, just as He said!...�

Matthew 28:5-6

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1.

Jesus dies approximately

, 000 years ago.

2.

How was Jesus killed?

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3.

What town was Jesus killed in?

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4.

Approximately how many eye witnesses saw Jesus when He was

ressurrected?

5.

What did Jesus say His disciples must receive (in order to know

God and go to Heaven)? ________________________________ 6.

Here's a little story of how Bobby came to know Jesus...

You may remember Bobby from issues 1 & 2 of The Friendship Club magazine. Well, Bobby wasn't always a Christian. He went to Church with his parents ever since he was a baby andn heard all of the stories about Jesus, but Bobby never really thought too much about it and didn't really understand how Jesus was relevant to his life at all. That is, until one day when Bobby really needed some help.

Bobby was skateboarding one day and all of his friends had gone home.

It was nearly dinner time but Bobby thought that he would try one last time to skate down the biggest ramp in the skatepark as he had been wanting to do for some time. Just as Bobby started to skate down the ramp, he fell off his skateboard and tumbled the rest of the very long way down. Bobby landed hard at the bottom and he was in a lot of painl Bobby had broken his leg! With no one around, and not being able to walk, Bobby was helpless. 'What can I do', he despaired. Suddenly, Bobby remembered the stories he had heard in Kid's Church about how Jesus healed people and how He is alive today and still does the same miracles.

Bobby just knew deep down in his heart that the stories were real and he called out to Jesus to help him. Instantly, Jesus healed Bobby's broken leg and took away all of the pain!

Bobby was so happy and thanked Jesus for helping him and then he walked home. Bobby told his family and everyone he knew about what Jesus had done, and from that day on, Bobby always talked to Jesus and wanted to do his very best to follow him.

The End

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1. Cut out two ½ circles from coloured paper for the tomb (or can draw and colour the tomb)

2. Cut out a circle and pin onto the paper with the tomb (see picture).

3. Decorate your picture 8.

Music Lesson #3

8

th

Notes

Hot Cross Buns

In issues 1 & 2 of The Friendship Club magazine we learnt about tempo and whole, ½, and ¼ notes. Remember tempo is the '1, 2, 3, 4' count in a song. A whole note lasts for all 4 beats in a bar, a ½ note lasts for two, and a ¼ note lasts for 1 beat. Now lets play an 8th note which lasts for ½ of one beat (see how to count it below). Another name for an 8th note is 'quaver'.

Figure out what notes are in the song and where those notes are on your instrument.

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Pet Care Beef Jerky is an easter treat that your dog will love!

Beef jerky is very easy to make.

1. Preheat oven to 65 degrees celcius or, if oven does not have a temperature setting that low, just to the lowest temperature you can.

2. Slice meat thinly and place on oven tray and put in the oven with the oven door slightly ajar.

3. Cook beef jerky for 4-8 hours until you can bend a piece with no moisture coming out. If it breaks, you have over cooked it.

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Early Christians did not call the memorial of Jesus' resurrection 'Easter'.

The name 'Easter' was adopted later when the Christian memorial of Jesus' resurrection was combined with a pagan festival which celebrated the goddess of spring called Eastre.

Early Christians combined the two religious observances, that fell around the same time, in their attempt to convert the pagan people they were ministering to.

In 325 AD, Emperor Constantine met with other Church leaders and decreed that Easter would fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

Both the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs were symbols of the pagan festival and traditions of the pagan people.

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For atheists and agnostics in many parts of the world, Easter is about the Easter Bunny who brings them chocolate.

One of the ways Easter is celebrated in France is by

children

game

where

playing they

eggs into the air.

a

toss The

first child to break their egg must give away some of their candy.

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You'll be glad you don't live in the Czech Republic when you hear how they celebrate Easter.

Boys

collect willow branches which they decorate with ribbons and then use to hit girls!

Jewish people don't celebrate Easter. They celebrate Passover around the same time as Easter. On Passover, they eat a roasted lamb shank

bone;

bread; and

egg;

matza,

an

unleavened

haroset, a paste made of friut,

nuts, and wine.

Christians know the true meaning of Easter.

On Easter

Friday we know Jesus was crucified and on Easter Sunday...

He rose again.!

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Resurrection Buns

1. Mix the flour, baking powder, and enough milk to form a ball of dough. Break the dough into small balls and roll out into circles about 1-2mm thick.

2. Mix the melted butter with

What you'll need

about ž of the cinnamon and sugar mixture, and brush/spread a thin layer of this mixture on

1 cup plain flour, 1 tsp baking powder

each of the dough rounds.

Milk Butter/margarine

3. Place a marshmallow in the

(melted)

centre of each of the dough

Cinnamon Sugar:

rounds and wrap the dough

1 tsp cinnamon

around the marshmallow to form

& 1 tb sugar

a ball.

4. Brush the outsides of the balls

Marshmallows

with the melted butter mixture and sprinkle each with the remainding cinnamon sugar mix.

5. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for approoximately 10 minutes.

Be careful as the marshmallow burns easily.

The oven represents the tomb Jesus was burried in, the dough is the cloth Jesus' body was wrapped in, the cinnamon sugar is the spices Jesus' body was annointed with, and the marshmallow represents Jesus' body.

Find no body inside the cloth when the buns are cooked as Jesus is not there...

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HE IS RISEN!

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Write a Story!

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Camel Camels have thick

Camels are herbivores and their diet consists of grass, dried leaves, and grains

lips which allows them to eat thorny branches when they can't find anything else to eat

There are about 14 million camels in the world

Camels are usually about 2 metres tall

Camels live

an

average of 40 years

Camels can survive 6 months without food or water by using the fat in their humps

Camels can run as fast as 65kph

Camels store fat in their humps which can be converted into water or energy 18.

Fire Salamanders live for 10 years Fire Salamanders are carnivores, their diet mainly consists of insects, but they have also been know to eat newts and young frogs

FireSalamandershaveglandsin themthatcontainneurotoxins Softshell turtles eat insects, fish, crustaceans, frogs, mollusks, and even turtles that are smaller than them

Palestine Vipers have a set of long hollow fangs which are connected to glands full of

Softshell turtles can live for 50 years

Female Softshell turtles lay about 4 – 38 eggs in a hole in the sand Female Palestine Vipers usually lay about 30 eggs

Palestine Vipers eat rodents, birds, and other reptiles

venom in the back of the jaw 19.

Balloon Rocket

What You'll Need 1 balloon 1 straw 1 long piece of string Tape

1. Tape a balloon onto a straw 2. Thread the string through the straw 3. Tie the string at either end onto objects making sure the tension is tight (try tying the string vertically too like a real rocket!)

Now just blow up the balloon and let it blast off!

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In this great book from The Berenstain Bears series: The Berenstain Bears and The Easter Story, the cubs learn all about how Salvation is sweeter than any candy!

The Easter Story by Patricia Pingry is a lovely story of Jesus' resurrection for particularly younger children but perfect for all ages.

An Easter Carol is a movie from the classic kid's series Veggie Tales and it teaches kids all about the true meaning of Easter.

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JESUS IS RISEN Make as many words as you can from the letters above

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Easter Crossword

Answers Page 6 Quiz 1. 2,000 years ago 2. Jesus was crucified 3. Jerusalem 4. 500 eye witnesses 5. The Holy Spirit Did you find Bobby on page 11?

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