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Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7218

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KA! JAM MIRROR, MIRROR Men and women look at the face; God looks into the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 (The Message).

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of the British Grand Prix comes part two ot on the wheels of last weekend’s y sar iver ble-header with the 70th Ann United Kingdom’s Formula One dou tone’s t cars on the planet take to Silvers Grand Prix. That’s right, the fastes s of ade dec en d in a row to mark sev starting grid for the second weeken innovation and speed! rld ted the first ever Formula One Wo Way back in 1950 Silverstone hos the UK!) t day 21 drivers (including nine from tha On .

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With no crowds allowed inside the famous circuit this year, F1 fans who want to follow the action live will need to tune in to Sky Sports F1 or purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass through NOW TV. A free highlights programme is available on Channel 4.

Apparently, when I was young and anyone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I said I wanted to be a dustman! I never did achieve that ambition.

Six-times Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton always wanted to be a racing driver. When he was just eight years old he started karting and by the time he was 10 he’d won the British Karting Championship. He was just 23 when he achieved his dream of becoming Formula One World Champion (the youngest ever world champion at that time).

Some of you are the same age as Lewis Hamilton was when he began his journey to success. I don’t know what your dreams are, but what I do know is that God loves you and wants the very best for you. Whatever your ambitions are, make sure you include God in all your plans and expect great things to happen.

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READ THE COMMENT BELOW ABOUT HOW GOD ISN’T FUSSED BY THE WAY WE LOOK

Good on the Inside

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hat’s the first thing you notice about someone when you meet them? Is it their hairstyle, clothes, watch or phone? Perhaps it’s their smile, whether they’re a boy or a girl or if they’re older or younger than you.

What do you think is the first thing God notices about someone? Here’s a clue: it’s none of the things mentioned in the paragraph above. So if it’s not how someone looks, what they’re wearing or the gadgets they have, what’s left? Have you guessed? That’s right – the first thing to catch God’s attention is a person’s heart. What I mean is, God is interested in how kind, generous, thoughtful, courageous and loving a person is.

In this week’s cartoon Bible story, we see how God

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chose David – the youngest and probably least impressive member of his family – to become the next king of Israel. When God sent Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint the new king, Samuel thought that one of David’s older brothers should be chosen because they were all tall, strong and handsome. However, God taught Samuel (and us) an important lesson. God doesn’t choose people because they look good on the outside, he chooses people who are good on the inside.

It’s nice to have cool stuff and look great, but isn’t it wonderful to know that God doesn’t care how old you are, whether you wear the ‘right’ trainers or have the latest phone. God sees, knows and loves the real you!

When God looks into your heart, what does he see?

MIRROR, MIRROR

Use a mirror to read the message below and find out what God looks at in a person

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David Is Anointed

Kids Alive! follows the Salvation Army Youth and Children’s Ministries Unit’s COGS resource – go to salvationarmy.org.uk/youth-and-children/childrens-resources

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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 Woman by the Well

On his way to Galilee Jesus stopped for a rest by a well. A Samaritan woman came to fetch water and Jesus asked if she could give him something to drink.

She was surprised as Samaritans and Jews didn’t mix. Jesus knew about her past (that she’d had many husbands) but he told her he could help her. The lady was so encouraged she went back to her town and told everybody about him. Because of this many Samaritans believed and followed Jesus.

Living Like Jesus

Jesus saw past the lady’s mistake and it filled her with hope and joy. The people she spoke to were so amazed by what she said that they wanted to experience Jesus for themselves.

What Can I Do?

Is there someone you know who could do with a second chance? Take a moment to pray and ask for the Holy Spirit’s help. The next time you see them, why not start a conversation?

You never know where it may lead.

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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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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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 cookie I’m holding to find it!

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Here are some gobsmacking facts about practically everything, to boggle your brain or wow your mates…

In the 1880s British photographers asked people to say ‘prunes’ when taking their portraits! That’s because Victorians felt they should look serious in photographs.

Later on, when it became popular to smile in photos, people said ‘cheese’ instead! Photographers use different words in different languages to help people smile for the camera – such as omelett (omelette) in Swedish, ouistiti (marmoset) in French, qiézi (eggplant) in Chinese, zele (cabbage) in Bulgarian and sheesh (the letter X) in Portuguese!

What underwater game played with sticks and a puck is known as octopush?

ple believe to There are loads of ‘facts’ that peo are not to be trusted. be true, but which experts say knowledge about We thought we would test your some myths… t bus what is true or false and

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Kids Alive! issue date: 14 March 2020 – approval required by: Friday 6 March

H o h o, h a h a, h e h e!

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A Beetle!

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Join in with the Formula One 70th Grand Prix Anniversary by drawing your own racing car. To help you get started copy the racing car driver below into the empty grid.

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Crossword Crossword Clues 1 Dairy farm animal. 3 Fragrant flower. 6 Reasoning and careful thought. 7 Frozen water. 8 Organ of smell. 10 Large mammal such as a grizzly. 12 Upper limb. 13 Last letter of the Greek alphabet. 15 Spike that’s hit with a hammer. 16 Insect or travel by aeroplane.

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Knock, knock!

Who’s there?

Cargo!

Cargo who?

Car go ‘Beep beep’!

What do you call a Ford Fiesta that’s run out of petrol?

A Ford Siesta!

1 Chart with the months of the year.

2 Shake back and forth like a dog’s tail. 3 Granite, for example.

4 Playground ride. 5 Winter month.

9 Ballroom dance. 11 Child’s plaything.

14 Little pixie.

What kind of shoes do cars like?

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What do you get if you cross an Egyptian mummy with a car mechanic?

Toot and car man!

GRAND PRIX WORDSEARCH Find the Formula One-related words in the grid

PODIUM MERCEDES TEAMS MECHANICS BOTTAS CARS MCLAREN ALBON FERRARI NORRIS POLE POSITION HAMILTON FLAGS DRIVERS LAPS VERSTAPPEN POINTS

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Competition

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ets are brilliant companions, but it’s not always possible to have a real pet. If you’d love a pet, but aren’t able to have one check out this week’s competition for Little Live Pets Lil’ Dippers .

Little Live Pets Lil’ Dippers are lifelike electronic pets that move, feel, act and sound so real. The more you play with them, the more playful they become. Collect all of the pets, discover their personalities and listen or watch as they let their own unique personalities show.

Bring home the beauty of Lil’ Dippers! Watch your favourite new fish magically swim from the pack, as you dip it under water! Graceful and lifelike movements will mesmerise you. Then feed and care for your new pets!

For your opportunity to win two Little Live Pets Lil’ Dippers,* answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk – remember to put ‘Little Live Pets Competition’ in the subject box. You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Little Live Pets Competition, Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. The Kids Alive! team is not working in the office at the moment, so some things are taking a little longer than usual, but we will sort out your entries as soon as we can.

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Which animal is part of the Little Live Pets Lil’ Dippers Playset?

Hamster Fish Rabbit Name: Address:

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Remember, the best way to enter at the moment is to email your entry to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk

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Formula one Fact file That’s Grand Grand Prix is the name given to a world championship motorcar, motorcycle race or season. It’s French for ‘great prize’.

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Formula One’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix will take place at Silverstone on Sunday (9 August). Not only that, Britain’s most successful driver Lewis Hamilton is leading the 2020 championship. These are just two fab reasons to feature some cool facts about the world’s fastest motor racing championship…

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Formula One is the top level of international single-driver motorcar racing. The name ‘Formula’ comes from the set of rules that the cars and drivers must follow.

Circuit de Monaco British Circuits

Laid out on the streets of Monte Carlo, the Monaco circuit is one of the most demanding for drivers and one of the most exciting for spectators! The first Monte Carlo Grand Prix was held in 1929 and was won by Frenchman William Grover-Williams, who grew up in the city.

Five British circuits have been used in Formula One history. Brooklands (pre-world championship), Aintree, Brands Hatch and Silverstone have all hosted the British Grand Prix. Donington Park hosted the European Grand Prix in 1993 (as did Brands Hatch in 1983 and 1985).

Champion Driver

Multiple Magic

The first person to win more than one world championship was Alberto Ascari. He won in 1952 and 1953 with Scuderia Ferrari.

Black and White Finish A single black and white chequered flag is waved when the winning driver crosses the finish line. First used in the USA in 1906, it takes its name from race officials known as checkers, who checked the time at the end of each section of a race and carried ‘checkered’ flags to identify themselves.

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The first Grand Prix Driver’s Champion was Giuseppe Farina from Italy, who drove for Alfa Romeo.

Top Ten Britain has produced 10 Driver’s Champions, more than any other nation.

The UK’s first champion was Mike Hawthorn in 1958 and the current champion, Lewis Hamilton, won his sixth title in 2019.

Magnificent Michael

Michael Schumacher has the greatest number of Grand Prix titles, winning the championship seven times. He also holds the record for most race wins (91) and most podium finishes (155 from 306 race starts).

Truly World Class

Over 70 years, a total of 1,021 World Championship races have taken place in 33 different nations on every continent apart from Antarctica.

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If you’ll be travelling to school, ma ke sure you have planned how you’ll get there.

If you need to take public transpo rt you’ll need to wear a mask. There may also be staggered start and finish times at your school and new rules about school dinners or packed lunches. Check with you r teachers to make sure you know what’s hap pening.

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Work, Eat, Rest, Repeat During the summer holidays it’s great to relax without a strict routine.

However, routine is really important once school starts again. You’ll need to make sure you’re getting plenty of sleep at night, so that your brain can cope with the work you’re doing, as well as eating lots of brain-boosting food. Plenty of fruit, veg and water will help you focus!

It’s important to find time to rest as well.

Even if you’re home schooling, allo w yourself to have some breaks and rest time. Make a schedule so that you know when you’ll be working, resting or eating.

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Stay Safe When you’re back in your school there will be some new guidelines to follow. It’s really important that everyone follows these so that you can all stay safe. These guidelines will probably include things such as keeping a safe distance from others, washing your hands a lot and not interacting with other classes or year groups.

There will also be rules about not attending school if you have certain symptoms , such as a high temperature.

Find out what the rules are for your school before you sta rt back, and always listen to yo ur teachers when they tel l you what you need to do.

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Cal lu m Age? 7.

Favourite colour? Red. Favourite food? Ham sandwiches.

Favourite sport? Football.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

Stories and competitions.

Favourite Bible story and why?

Feeding the 5,000, because I love how Jesus fed so many people with five loaves of bread and two fish – he fed 5,000 people with a little bit of food.

Favourite TV programme?

Horrid Henry .

What do you want to be when you’re older? A teacher.

Pets? My two cats, Lola and Marley.

Hobbies? Swimming and painting rocks.

Tell us a joke. What gets wetter as it dries? A towel!

What special skill or talent do you have? Dancing.

Tell us something interesting about yourself. I love helping my elderly friend Elizabeth with her cleaning and little jobs and chatting to her, as she lives alone so I love to help her.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I’ve got the wobbliest tooth ever (soon it will have fallen out).

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Age? 10.

Favourite colour? Dark green.

Favourite food? Lasagne.

Favourite sport? Basketball.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

The jokes.

Favourite Bible story and why?

When Moses leads the slaves out of Egypt because God helps him to part the sea.

Favourite TV programme?

Matrix trilogy.

What do you want to be when you’re older? Marine biologist.

Hobbies? Doing scooter tricks.

Tell us a joke. What’s a snail?

A slug with a crash helmet!

What special skill or talent do you have? Playing piano.

Tell us something interesting about yourself. I speak two languages – English and German.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I have three passports.

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Frozen 2 Colourings Here are the runners-up of the Frozen 2 Colouring Competition from our 4 April issue.

Well done – your runners-up prizes will be on their way to you soon!

From Bethany –

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From Jacob – age 5

From Edith –

age 5

From Nathan – age 9

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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CAN I HAVE A HOT CHOCOLATE, PLEASE?

BRR! I’M FREEZING, PATCH. I’M GOING TO GET MYSELF A HOT DRINK.

YUK! THIS DRINK TASTES REVOLTING!

WHY DON’T YOU RETURN IT AND ASK FOR YOUR MONEY BACK?

GOOD IDEA, PATCH!

HE WOULDN’T GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK. I TOLD HIM THE DRINK TASTES FUNNY…

WHAT DID HE SAY? THE SALVATION ARMY – A CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND REGISTERED CHARITY

‘THEN WHY AREN’T YOU LAUGHING?’!

Published by The Salvation Army. © The Salvation Army United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland, 2020.

Printed by Walstead Roche Ltd, St Austell.

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