Kids Alive! 24 October 2020

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Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7229

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DOWN: 1 Clay. 2 Twig. 3 Erie. 4 Kitten.

6 Famous. 9 Nice. 10 Earl. 11 Pool.

GIGGLE IN THE MIDDLE CROSSWORD ACROSS: 3 Elk. 5 Flower. 6 Fly. 7 Greet.

8 Mince. 11 Pin. 12 Carrot. 13 See. RIDDLE-ME-REE: Are you asleep?

RANDOM RITA Page 4 – Zara Tindall.

KA! JAM MIND THE GAP My brothers, if someone says he has faith, but does nothing, his faith is worth nothing.

Can faith like that save him? A brother or sister in Christ might need clothes or might need food. And you say to him, ‘God be with you!

I hope you stay warm and get plenty to eat.’

You say this, but you do not give that person the things he needs. Unless you help him, your words are worth nothing. It is the same with faith. If faith does nothing, then that faith is dead, because it is alone.

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f you’re looking for some October half-term movie fun, check out the new animated film starring fluffy Nestrian Finny and his feisty friend Leah, who are back for another crazy adventure in Two By Two: Overboard!

An ark filled with animals has been drifting on the open seas for months. There’s no land in sight, food is running low and tension between carnivores and herbivores is growing! When you think things couldn’t possibly get worse, Finny and Leah are swept overboard, along with the last of the food supplies.

Along with a castaway, Jelly, they’re washed up on an island and discover an underground colony of Nestrians. Created to keep Nestrians safe from carnivores, the colony is about to be shaken – not only are they living under a menacing volcano, but the ark of hungry animals soon runs aground on the island!

In a race against time, lava and fireballs, Finny must rescue his friends and save the ark and colony from destruction. He can only do it with the Nestrians’ help. Will they overcome their fear of meat-eating monsters and act on their motto ‘to never neglect no one in need’? Find out in Two By Two: Overboard!, which is showing in cinemas now.

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I reckon the Nestrians from Two By Two: Overboard! have a pretty good motto – ‘Never neglect no one in need!’

Neglect means ‘forget to care for’, so the Nestrians’ motto could say ‘Don’t forget to care for anyone who needs help’.

Over the last few weeks, on our KA! JAM pages, we’ve been encouraging our readers to think of things they can do to help people who are treated unfairly. This week’s pages 4 and 5 focus on what we can do in our communities to show people we care, and make our neighbourhoods better or fairer places to live.

The Bible includes loads of verses that mention how important it is to care for each other and help those who need it – check out James 2:14–17. Do your best to keep an eye out for those who need a bit of help and ‘Don’t forget to care for anyone who needs help’.

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dall Zara Tin Read the comment below about caring for others and helping in your community

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know of a church where every Sunday morning before their service, church members put on high-vis jackets, complete with their church’s logo, and pick up litter in the area along the high street in their town. They do it to show that they care about their community.

That’s not all they do. The church I’m talking about has become known as the place to go if you need help.

Whether someone needs food for their family, clothes, furniture, toys for their children, someone to talk to or someone to pray with them, the members of this church will do what they can to help out.

I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of spiritual gifts (they’re talents that God gives us to help us to bring others closer to him), but one of my spiritual gifts is

helping people. If you were to speak to anyone who knows me well, they would tell you that I love to lend a helping hand. Whether it’s fixing something that’s not working, lifting heavy objects, delivering furniture, popping to the shops, trying to cheer people up, sitting and listening to someone who’s feeling down, giving someone a lift in the car… I love to help.

We’ve discussed quite a few big problems on these pages over the last few weeks, but we want you to understand that there are little things you can do to help people where you live that can make a big difference. Spend some time this week thinking about ways you can help your friends and neighbours. But don’t just think about it, do something!

Mind the Gap

Place the words listed into the correct spaces to complete the Bible verses below

My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, if someone says he has faith, but does _ _ _ _ _ _ _, his faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that _ _ _ _ him? A brother or _ _ _ _ _ _ in Christ might need _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or might need _ _ _ _. And you say to him, ‘God be with you! I hope you stay _ _ _ _ and get plenty to _ _ _.’ You say this, but you do not give that _ _ _ _ _ _ the things he _ _ _ _ _. Unless you help him, your words are _ _ _ _ _ nothing. It is the _ _ _ _ with faith. If faith does nothing, then that faith is dead, because it is alone.

James 2:14–17 (International Children’s Bible)

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Agents for Change

Justice: My Local Community

Check out Check your out bible – your bible5–8 – 1 KINGS JAMES 2:14–17

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 Justin Reeves / Steve English

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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.

The Shrewd Manager

Jesus told a story of a crooked manager who was cheating his rich boss. The boss demanded a full report and fired the manager. The manager quickly came up with a plan. He lowered the bills of the people who owed his boss money. He figured that since he helped them they would help him once his job ended. The manager’s boss was impressed although he didn’t change his mind.

Jesus then explained that only people who could be trusted with small things would be trusted with true riches.

Living Like Jesus

Jesus wanted the crowd to understand they needed to be as smart, focused and determined about their heavenly future as the manager was about his earthly one. Jesus explained that every time a believer used their resources, skills and talents to help others, they were storing up ‘friends’ and true riches in Heaven.

Loving Your Neighbour

Do you ever wonder what Heaven will be like? Jesus often talked about the good attitude and actions of those who would be welcomed into Heaven. Can you use your skill or talent to do a good deed today?

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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At the moment KA! JAM is only available online.

If you normally receive your KA! JAM activity sheets by post you can sign up to the online course or email kajam@salvationarmy.org.uk and we’ll send your activity sheets directly to your inbox.

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The first modern glitter was made by accident on a cattle ranch! Henry Ruschmann was a rancher in America who loved messing about with machine tools.

In 1934 he was using one of his machines to break down thin plastic sheets to get rid of them.

Henry accidentally crushed the sheets into tiny shimmering particles and invented modern glitter. For centuries before that glitter was made from glass, gemstones and even insects!

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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 plate I’m holding to find it!

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A steak out!

What do you get if you cross a chicken and a cow?

Roost beef!

Why are cats so good at video games?

Because they have ,nine lives!

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What goes, ‘Ooo ooo ooo’?

A cow with no lips!

Knock, knock!

Who’s there?

Noah!

Noah who?

Noah good place we could go to eat?

Crossword Clues

What time does a duck wake up?

At the quack of dawn!

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7 Welcome. 8 Finely-shredded meat.

11 Small sharp fastener. 12 Orange vegetable. 13 Perceive with the eyes.

down: Crossword 1 Pottery material. 2 Short thin branch.

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Clues 4 Young cat. 6 Well known. 9 Pleasant.

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What did the judge say when the skunk came into the courtroom?

‘Odour in the court!’

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A pie-thon!

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Competition

ewellery is a fantastic way to customise outfits and show off your style. Have you ever made your own jewellery? If you haven’t and you’d like to try, you can do exactly that with Jelli Rez! With Jelli Rez you can mix, mould and pop to create stylish fashion accessories in just 15 minutes! Each Jelli Rez Style Me Pack contains Jelli Rez gel, moulds and special finishes to create up to eight stylish designs, including rings, necklaces, bracelets and hair clips, which can then be displayed and stored in the stackable trays.

There are four Jelli Rez Style Me themes – sweets, fantasy, animals and text me – so you can collect them all.

For your opportunity to win a Jelli Rez Style Me Pack, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk to reach us by Friday 20 November when the winners will be chosen – remember to put ‘Jelli Rez Competition’ in the subject box. You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Jelli Rez Competition, Kids Alive!

101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN.

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How to Make Fingerprint Animals There are loads of awesome animals in the brand new film, Two By Two: Overboard!

To celebrate the release, have a go at making some fingerprint animals using the instructions below. You can make pictures for your fridge or bedroom wall, or create cards to send to family and friends.

What To Do

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What You Need • Paper • Different coloured paints or ink pads • Pen

Press your finger into the paint or ink and then pr ess your finger on to the pa per to make a fingerprint.

Repeat step 2 several times so you’ve got a few fingerprints on the page.

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One of the UK’s most successful musicians is Stormzy, a British rapper who has used his success and fame to also help others. He’s funded the Stormzy Scholarship for Black UK Students, which pays for tuition costs and grants for young people to attend Cambridge University and has also committed to donating millions of poun ds to charities that help the black community.

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It’s not just music stars who are using their fame to do great things . When Marcus Rashford is a footballer who plays for Manchester United l schoo free the uing contin be the Government announced it wouldn’t he meals initiative during the summer holidays this year, campaigned to get the Prime Minister to change his mind.

These meals are vitally important to poorer families and without them some children wouldn’t get enough food to eat. Marcus’s campaign helped to change the Government’s decision and he’s gone on to form a taskforce with big food brands that aims to reduce child food poverty and he’s recently been awarded an MBE by the Queen.

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Fantastic Food

There’s an abundance of delicious dishes that originate in African and Caribbean countries. Here are just a few popular dishes from different areas. Why don’t you have a look online for a recipe to try something new, or see if there is a takeaway or restaurant that you can visit to sample some food from an African or Caribbean country?

Caribbean West African East African Injera (Ethiopian flatbre

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Notting Hill Carnival

The Notting Hill Carnival is a huge and amazing outdoor event that is all about celebrating black culture and communities. It started with a woman called Claudia Jones who decided that after several attacks on Caribbean residents in west London, people needed a celebration of the black community in the area. This Caribbean carnival was first held in 1959 and it’s a tradition that’s continued and grown into the massive celebration we see today.

The Notting Hill Carnival, held in August every year, attracts millions of people as they enjoy delicious food from stalls serving things such as jerk chicken, curried goat or fried plantain. The party atmosphere is enhanced with colourful costumes, amazing music and dancing in the streets.

Find Out More Each week we’ll list some great books, TV programmes, museums or websites below.

Remember, learning about black history isn’t just important for people who are black.

Black history is everyone’s history, so we all need to learn together.

Websites and Books bbc.co.uk/newsround/49885205 – listen to some children talk to Newsround about their experiences of growing up black and British

Black and British: A Short Essential History by David Olusoga

TV Programmes JoJo and Gran Gran – CBeebies

My World Kitchen – CBeebies

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A K m o r f s Prayer s r e b m e M JAM

KA! JAM is a cool club that’s free to sign up to.

Members can go on amazing adventures through the Bible to learn about Jesus. You can find out all about it by flipping to page 6 of this week’s issue.

We thought you might like to see some of the prayers that KA! JAM members have written. They’re fab!

ear-old Jayden -y 1 1 , 0 1 C A P A In K ing Jesus for k n a th r e y ra p wrote a for us. the time he has for all you have s u s e J u o y k n ‘Tha d help us to be n a e m r fo e n o d have hope of to s u r fo d n a good Amen.’ you returning.

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!

In her activity shee t, Zoe learnt what prayer is, why it’s important and all the things th at she can pray about, such as thanking God, saying sorry for mis takes, asking for help and prayin g for family and friends. Here’s a pra yer she wrote.

‘Dear God, Thank you for alway s loving me and please help m e to not take that for granted. I p ray that you will keep my family and friends and loved ones an d me safe as we live our lives. I th ank you for dying for me and p lease help me to never forget that . Thank you for waking me up th is morning and for keeping me this week and please help me to do your will over this week.’

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Cool s g n i r u o l o C ol Here are a couple of co ived colourings that we rece from our readers

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From Byron – age 11

Age? 9.

Favourite colour? Purple.

Favourite food?

Macaroni cheese.

Favourite sport? Horse riding.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

The colouring!

Favourite Bible story and why?

Adam and Eve, because there are animals.

Favourite TV programme?

Free Rein.

What do you want to be when you’re older? Horse riding teacher or school teacher.

Pets? Two cats.

Hobbies? Roblox, TikTok, horse riding.

Tell us a joke. Why did the cow cross the road? Because it was going to the moo-vies!

What special skill or talent do you have? Horse riding.

Tell us something interesting about yourself. I move house in April.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

I recently turned 9!

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WHERE’S THE KITCHEN CLOCK GONE?

I’d better hurry up, I don’t want to be late for school. i wonder what time it is.

WHY NOT CHECK THE CLOCK ON THE MANTELPIECE?

THE CLOCK IS MISSING FROM HERE AS WELL!

DO YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE CLOCKS HAVE GONE, ROBOT?

OF COURSE, ROBBIE. YOU SAID THAT AT THE END OF OCTOBER THE CLOCKS HAVE TO GO BACK.

I’VE RETURNED THEM ALL TO THE SHOPS WHERE YOU BOUGHT THEM.

OH, ROBOT. I MEANT THEY GO BACK ONE HOUR, NOT TO TAKE THEM BACK!

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