Kids Alive! is now available online – go to salvationarmy.org.uk 12 September 2020
Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7223
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ast Sunday (6 September) a brand new space series started on CBBC. In Out of this World space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and her daughter, and space apprentice, Lori go on a rocket-fuelled mission. Space is fascinating and humans have designed, built and sent things to space for more than 60 years. Dr Maggie and Lori’s mission is to reveal the most incredible stories about space and how it has changed our lives on Earth. In this week’s episode Dr Maggie reveals how experiments are pushing the boundaries of our knowledge of space and our lives on Earth and how they’re helping us for the future. There will also be a star guest – Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut to travel to space and who carried out experiments on the Russian Mir Space Station. On top of that, Dr Maggie will also answer more young viewers’ questions and continue the countdown of her Top 5 Biggest Space Moments. every page of There is a shooting star hidden on find them all! this week’s comic. See if you can
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You can watch the second episode of ‘Out of this World’ on CBBC at 9.30am on Sunday 13 September. You can also watch episode one on BBC iPlayer now.
The only prize I ever received at school was a book called Exploring Space – I won it by getting the most marks in a test following a space project we did. I remember being fascinated by space back then – I still am now! If I happen to look skywards on a clear night I become totally mesmerised by the view of the stars. If I think too long about the distance those stars are from Earth and how long ago their light began its journey to my eyes, it blows my mind! All this reminds me of Psalm 8 (look it up in your Bible, if not google it). It talks about looking up at the night sky and thinking how God created everything we see. Not only that but it reminds us that we are God’s extra-special creation and that he loves us and cares for us. Mind-blowing, eh?
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Read the comment below about how God can do what seems impossible to us
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id you see the news about the eight-year-old boy who flew a hot-air balloon on his own recently? That’s an awesome achievement, but I wonder what his mates thought when he told them that he was going to fly solo in a basket more than 121 metres up in the air? Do you think they believed him? Maybe they even laughed out loud at the idea! Well, that’s similar to what happened when God told Abraham and Sarah they were going to have a baby. They didn’t really believe him, and Sarah thought it was such a funny idea that she laughed out loud. That’s not so strange, really, because they were really, really old – far too old to have kids! I think I would have laughed too.
Abraham and Sarah thought what God said about them having a baby was impossible, but God is a miracle-working God and is able to do things that seem impossible to us. The Bible is full of miracles! Not only that, God is faithful, which means he never breaks his promises and will always love us. Sometimes, like Abraham and Sarah, we have to wait a long time for God to answer our prayers. Sometimes the answer is different to what we expected. But if you’re praying for something, even something that seems impossible – and if it’s part of God’s plan and promises – be patient and keep on trusting him. He knows what’s best for us and will never let us down!
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Changing Minds
God’s Agreement With Abraham
WHERE IS YOUR WIFE SARAH?
LORD, I’M YOUR SERVANT. REST HERE FOR A WHILE - LET ME GET YOU SOME WATER AND FOOD.
IN THE TENT.
OK, WE’LL REST FOR A WHILE, YOU SORT OUT SOME FOOD AND DRINK.
OH THAT’S A GOOD ONE THAT IS! ABRAHAM BECOME A DAD AT HIS AGE? ME HAVE A SON AT MY AGE? OH MY…
ONE YEAR LATER. LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL SON, SARAH. WE’LL CALL HIM ISAAC.
LATER.
YOU’RE 100 YEARS OLD, ABRAHAM. WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT YOU’D BECOME A DAD? GOD HAS MADE ME HAPPY AND EVERYONE WHO HEARS ABOUT THIS WILL BE HAPPY TOO!
I’LL VISIT YOU AGAIN THIS TIME NEXT YEAR AND SARAH WILL HAVE A SON.
WHY DID SARAH LAUGH? IS ANYTHING IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME? I’LL RETURN NEXT YEAR AND SARAH WILL HAVE A SON!
ABRAHAM HELD A GREAT FEAST TO CELEBRATE. THANK YOU, GOD, FOR KEEPING YOUR PROMISES!
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Kids Alive! follows the Salvation Army Youth and Children’s Ministries Unit’s Explore It! resource – go to salvationarmy.org.uk/youth-and-children/childrens-resources
GOD - ACCOMPANIED BY THREE MEN - APPEARS TO ABRAHAM.
CHECK OUT YOUR BIBLE – GENESIS 18:1–15; 21:1–8
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Living Like Jesus – Loving Your Neighbour Written by KA! JAM Co-ordinator Ibukun Baku – illustrated by Steve English
Did you know that the most important commandments in the Bible are to love God and to love your neighbour? Jesus was great at doing this, so let’s follow his example by loving God and our neighbours too.
Sheep and Goats
Jesus told a parable explaining what would happen when he returned to Earth. He said that he would separate people in the way a shepherd would separate sheep from goats. The ‘sheep’ would be made up of everyone who had shown acts of mercy towards others, such as feeding the hungry, taking care of the homeless and sick, donating clothes to people in need and visiting those in prison. Their reward would be to live in Heaven for ever. However, the ‘goats’ who didn’t show any acts of mercy would not be welcomed into Heaven.
Living Like Jesus
Jesus used this parable to show the difference between his real friends and those who just pretend to be. The kind acts described reveal how much people really care for the most vulnerable in their communities. Jesus wants his followers to show their faith by their actions.
Loving Your Neighbour
Do you have a friend or know a family member that might be going through a difficult time at the moment? Why not deliver a care package to them or donate some food or clothes to a charity that helps others?
KA! JAM is the cooles t Bible activity club around. As a member you’ll go on amazing adventures through th e Bible learning about Jesus. Each activity sheet is filled with lots of great stuff about be ing a Christian. You’ll also receive our mini-mag, Chatte rbox, which is filled with jo kes, games and much mor e. And to top it off, there are loads of awesome prizes to be won! To join KA! JAM and complete the Bible activity courses online, go to salvationarmy.org.u k/ka-jam-sign-up.
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Hi, I’m Random Rita! Each week I’m going to ask you a trivia question. You can find the answer on another page in this week’s issue look out for this lamp I’m holding to find it!
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When do astronauts eat? Launch time! What do Martians use to support their teacups? Flying saucers! Why is Buzz Lightyear so good at maths? Because he can count to infinity and beyond! Why did Mickey Mouse go to outer space? He was looking for Pluto!
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Have a go at drawing this alien travelling through space. To help you get started copy the spaceship into the empty grid.
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What do planets like to read? Comet books!
Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut? He just needed a little space!
SPACE WORDSEARCH Find the space-related words in the grid
ASTRONAUT ATMOSPHERE MILKY WAY MOON PLANETS GALAXY BLACK HOLE STARS ROCKET SPACE PROBE UNIVERSE TELESCOPE SPACE SHUTTLE COMET
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ith this week’s competition prize you can discover the awesome world of Pokémon and carry it with you wherever you go. Whether you take Pikachu to the park, Bulbasaur to the beach or Charmander to your cousin’s house, the adventures are endless. The Pokémon Carry Case Playset comes with tons of features, such as a bounding boulder, treetop trap door, battle area, hidden cave, spinning whirlpool and more! The Pokémon world has never before been brought to life quite like this! The Pokémon Carry Case Playset will fit any 2-inch Pokémon figure and folds up easily into an iconic backpack, making it the perfect addition to your Pokémon collection. For your opportunity to win a Pokémon Carry Case Playset, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk to reach us by Friday 9 October when the winners will be chosen – remember to put ‘Pokémon Competition’ in the subject box. You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Pokémon Competition, Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN.
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Space Colouring
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Are you excited to watch the new CBBC space series, Out of this World? Whether you’re an astronaut in the making or you just love being creative, have a go at our Space Colouring. Just grab some pencils, pens or paints to colour the picture or stick some stuff on to make a collage. Then email your colourings to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk – make sure you write ‘Space Colouring’ in the subject box and give us your full name, age and address. Alternatively you can post your colourings to: Your Space, Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. One last reminder! If you’re sending by post remember to fill in your details on the left so we know who you are.
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If you’re interested in joining Beavers, Cubs or Scouts, check out scouts.org.uk. If you click on ‘Join Scouts’ at the top of the page you can select which group you’d like to join based on your age.
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Geocaching Geocaching is the world’s biggest treasure hunt. Geocachers use electric devices and navigational skills to seek out containers that are known as geocaches or caches. It’s a really fun way to explore outdoors in the fresh air as well as developing map-reading skills and spending time with family or friends.
For more info on getting involved, check out geocaching.com.
Solo hobbies are perfect if you want to do something active at your own pace and in your own company. That doesn’t mean you have to always do them alone. If someone shares the hobby you love you can play together.
Collecting from stamps to Lots of people collect things, ns. Anything stickers and cuddly toys to coi ir hobby. Some someone collects can be the ause it’s fun, but people collect things just bec ple to learn about collectables can also help peo interested in. For history, or other subjects they’re football cards will example, someone collecting s and managers. learn lots about teams, player
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Reading astic Lots of people love reading. It’s a fant lary hobby as it helps develop your vocabu places and also learn about different people, ks boo ut abo g and cultures. The best thin no so s, is there are so many different type be will matter what you’re interested in there a genre for you. If you want to discover some new reads, ask your friends what their favourite books are and arrange a book swap. Or organise a book club where you can share thoughts and feelings about the books you’ve read.
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Cool g n i r u o l o C g Here’s a cool colourin that we received from one of our readers
M ia Age? 8. Favourite colour? Teal. Favourite food? Pasta. Favourite sport? Basketball. Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ? The jokes. Favourite Bible story and why? Jonah and the whale, because it’s unusual for a whale to swallow a person and spit them out, but Jonah always trusted God and he survived. Favourite TV programme? The Pets Factor. What do you want to be when you’re older? A zookeeper or a vet. Pets? None. Hobbies? Art, riding my bike, playing my ukulele. Tell us a joke. ‘I had a teacher called Mrs Turtle. She tortoise well!’ What special skill or talent do you have? I have learnt to play ukulele during lockdown. Tell us something interesting about yourself. I like doing things for charity and held a bake sale for a local charity during lockdown (socially distanced, of course). Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I am really looking forward to being back at my church with my friends when we can go back safely.
From Ania –
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Get In Touch
The ‘Kids Alive!’ office is temporarily closed, but we still want to hear from our readers. Please email your news, colourings, reader profiles and anything else you’d like to share with us to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. We’d especially like to know whether your church or Sunday school is doing something cool during this difficult time. So get in touch to let us know how you’re staying connected!
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Awesome Archie
All proceeds of Archie’s b ook are going to his primary school whic h has suppo rted him so well. If you’d like to know more about Archie ’s amazing pro ject, visit awesomear chie.co.uk. You can also order a copy of Awesome Archie and Mickey (The Fedora Wea ring Super Puss) by emailing archie@thec lappers.co.u k.
Lockdown has been difficult for many of us, but some people have used this time to do something amazing. Archie, a junior soldier and Kids Alive! fan from Boscombe Salvation Army, has written and illustrated a book with his mum, Rebecca. Archie has autism and a variety of other differing needs and the book, called Awesome Archie and Mickey (The Fedora Wearing Super Puss), explains a little about how Archie sees the world. At the beginning of lockdown, once it was clear that Archie wouldn’t be returning to his mainstream school, he and his family decided to create this book to commemorate the amazing journey they had been on together. Giving the book to the school was Archie’s way of saying ‘thank you’ for all the years of incredible support he’s received. We think this is awesome, Archie!
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THAT WAS ROBBIE. I HOPE HE’S OK.
AARGH!
I WAS HAVING A BATH AND WENT TO WASH MY FACE WITH THE FLANNEL…
…AND IT HAD THIS GROWING ON IT. YUK! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, ROBOT?
I DO, ROBBIE. I WANTED TO GROW SOME MUSTARD AND CRESS SEEDS, so i looked online to find out what to do…
…AND THE WEBSITE SUGGESTED PLANTING THEM ON A FLANNEL.
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