Kids Alive! 18 July Issue

Kids Alive! is now available online – go to salvationarmy.org.uk 18 July 2020

Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7215

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THERE’S SOMEBODY AT THE DOOR! Nick Baker.

GIGGLE IN THE MIDDLE RANDOM RITA Page 3 – Jasmine.

KA! JAM WORDFIT: 1 Inn. 2 Levite. 3 Priest. 4 God. 5 Help. 6 Robbers. 7 Jericho. 8 Jesus.

9 Samaritan. New word: Neighbour.

7 Busted the Middle 8–9 Giggle in undle Family Film B 10 Competition

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CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Ice. 3 Kerb. 6 Email. 7 Bar. 8 Reef.

10 Stag. 12 Ant. 13 Light. 15 Rain. 16 Sun.

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5 Frighten. 9 Extra. 11 Plan. 14 Gas.

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EDITOR Justin Reeves DEPUTY EDITOR Cara Mott GRAPHIC DESIGNER Philippa Martin EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Melita Day-Lewis KA! JAM CO-ORDINATOR Mawuena Baku PROOFREADER Chris Horne Kids Alive! office: 020 7367 4910 Email: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk Published by The Salvation Army UK Territory with the Republic of Ireland (cost 65c). 101 Newington Causeway. London SE1 6BN. Switchboard: 0845 634 0101 Founder: William Booth General: Brian Peddle Territorial Commander: Commissioner Anthony Cotterill Editor-in-Chief and Publishing Secretary: Major Mal Davies The Salvation Army is a Christian church and registered charity. The charity number in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 214779, in Scotland SC009359 and in the Republic of Ireland CHY6399 ISSN 1363-5662

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Butterfly Conservation pictures

en about lockdown has be One of the best things . us d un aro redible nature noticing some of the inc , ree ag t e Big Butterfly Coun The people who run th ibl ss e as many people as po nt wa ey th y wh is ich wh is year’s g our winged pals. Th to join them in countin August, 9 y 17 July to Sunday count will run from Frida e to get involved. so there’s plenty of tim lly tiful, butterflies are a rea As well as being beau mber ecosystem, but the nu ’s rth Ea of rt pa nt rta impo ased s in the UK has decre of butterflies and moth indicators numbers are also key significantly. Butterfly rld are. parts of the natural wo r he ot hy alt he w ho r fo unt, all you in the Big Butterfly Co rt pa e tak to nt wa u If yo eferably minutes on a bright (pr need to do is spend 15 rfly you tte bu e different species of sunny) day, counting th ing parks, ywhere you like – includ an is th do n ca u Yo e. se on your ts. Before you set off gardens, fields or fores d an wn ycount.org to do loa search, visit bigbutterfl l help It’l download the free app. identification chart or ’s also ies you’re seeing. There ec sp at wh t ou rk wo you w to t how to count and ho lots of information abou g? tin un you ready to get co share your results. Are

There are some bino culars hidden on every pa ge of this week’s comic. Se e if you can find them all!

Have you done that thing at school where you look after a load of caterpillars and wait till they change into butterflies?

I loved doing that as a kid!

From egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, I remember being fascinated by every stage. I also remember learning a cool word – metamorphosis. Metamorphosis means to transform or change shape and describes the changes that happen during a butterfly’s life cycle.

Metamorphosis can also be used to describe a change that takes place in a person. The Bible is full of stories about people who changed – for example, Zacchaeus the cheating tax collector, who was transformed after meeting Jesus. But these amazing transformations don’t just happen in the Bible. Even today people discover Jesus, make a choice to be his friend and show a big change in the way they behave once they start living Jesus’ way. Are you ready to make a change?

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READ THE COMMENT BELOW ABOUT HOW JESUS WANTS US TO LOVE EVERYONE

Go and Do Likewise

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magine you’re walking along one day and you see someone who’s been hurt. What would you do? Hopefully, you would check to see that they’re OK and call for help.

Now, imagine that person is someone you really don’t like. What if they’re someone who you’ve heard is a bully or you’ve been told they’re always mean to others. How would you react then?

While I’m writing all I can think of is the image of Patrick Hutchinson carrying Bryn Male over his shoulder. You’ve probably seen the photo I’m referring to – it’s of a black man at a Black Lives Matter rally carrying an injured white man to safety.

As the injured man lay on the ground it would have been understandable for anyone to think, ‘He’s

by Justin Reeves

probably come here to hurt me or one of my friends today, so I’m just going to leave him – besides if I try to help him I might get hurt myself.’ Thankfully, Patrick organised some of his friends into a protective ring, picked up Bryn and carried him to the police.

That’s kind of what this week’s Bible story is all about: helping people, even if they’re people you’re certain you wouldn’t like. Actually, the story of the good Samaritan is about more than just helping people, it’s about loving others and putting their needs before your own, no matter what they look like, where they’re from, what you think of them or anything else.

Loving that way can be tough and scary, but you’ve read what Jesus said: go and do likewise.

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A Love for All

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

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CHECK OUT YOUR BIBLE – LUKE 10:25–37

God’s Love

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Psalm 133 The Bible book of Psalms is a collection of songs that help us to tell God how we’re feeling – whether we’re happy, excited, worried or sad. There are psalms praising and thanking God, asking for his help and reminding us that, no matter what, we can always trust him. So however you’re feeling, dig in! There’s sure to be a psalm that’s just right for you.

When we decide to follow Jesus, we join God’s family. Like all families Christians sometimes disagree and fall out. This psalm encourages us to focus and work together towards our common goal, which is to love and serve God, and tell others about Jesus.

When we do, we’ll be able to honour God and make a positive difference in the world.

Oh, how wonderful, how pleasing it is when God’s people all come together as one!

It is like the sweet-smelling oil that is poured over the high priest’s head, that runs down his beard flowing over his robes.

It is like a gentle rain from Mount Hermon falling on Mount Zion. It is there that the Lord has promised his blessing of eternal life.

(Easy-to-Read Version)

Dear God,

Please help Christians to work together in love and peace. Help them not to argue or be distracted by issues that will cause them to fall out. But instead help them to be good examples of your truth and love.

Amen.

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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Happy Birthday to You!

ure issue birthday printed in a fut To see your name and of birth me, address and date of KA! email your full na y.org.uk. Remember to type arm to kidsalive@salvation ct box. u!’ in the email’s subje Yo to ay thd Bir py ap ‘H

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 loaf of brown bread I’m holding to find it!

18 July e9 naghan – ag Sophie McCle 19 July Connor Line – age 8 21 July e 10 Eliz abeth Moors – ag 8 Daniel Smith – age

Joshua – age 8

22 July Nova Gillett – age 9

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

The Barbie doll has an official full name – Barbara Millicent Roberts! Her friend Ken’s full name is Kenneth Carson. The dolls were created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler and named after her daughter and son, Barbara and Ken. Barbie first went on sale in 1959 and Ken in 1961. Since then it’s thought that more than one billion Barbie dolls have been sold.

What is the name of the princess in the film Aladdin?

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

Trusted? People swallow about eight spiders a year in their sleep. ple haven’t Busted! No one can prove that peo d to know that eve reli be ’ll swallowed spiders, but you doesn’t have a leg to arachnid experts say this myth spiders – which are stand on! They believe that most ld be scared away by sensitive to tiny movements – wou g person’s breathing the vibrations caused by a sleepin of them snoring. and heart beating or the sound

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

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

H e, h e, h e, h e!

Why was the butterfly not invited to the dance?

Because it was a moth ball!

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BUTTERFLY WORDSEARCH

Find the different types of butterfly in the grid

What do butterflies learn at school? !

Moth-ematics

SMALL WHITE RINGLET PEACOCK COMMON BLUE COMMA MEADOW BROWN GATEKEEPER PAINTED LADY LARGE WHITE RED ADMIRAL BRIMSTONE ORANGE-TIP

What happens when you eat caterpillars?

You get butterflies in your stomach!

Knock, knock!

Who’s there?

Cash!

Cash who?

No thanks, I’m allergic to nuts!

Why was the centipede dropped from the football team?

Because they took too long to put their boots on!

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Did you hear about the slow swimmer?

They could only do the crawl!

C G A T E K E E P E R M E O R A N G E T I P E P T Z M H O L L T Y A D A I K B M A V E Z D Q A I H T C K O L J O V C D N W O G O G N W H E O M T L R F N C B B X I M I E L T I Z R A Y L N M R D A R T O C M E S U A A L M I W S H E L P L E L A S N E N O T S M I R B D L A R G E W H I T E O Y

Why couldn’t Batman go fishing?

Because Robin had eaten all the worms!

I used to be a presenter on The Really Wild Show.

I made explorer kits including Snail World and Ladybird World.

I wrote a book about bugs encouraging people to discover the world of mini-beasts.

I am one of the vice presidents of the Butterfly Conservation.

Can you guess who I am?

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Crossword Crossword Clues Clues 1 Frozen water. 3 Pavement edge.

6 Message sent from a computer.

7 Block of chocolate, for example.

8 Coral structure in the sea. 10 Male deer. 12 Insect that lives in a colony.

13 Illumination. 15 Wet weather.

16 Centre of the solar system.

down: 1 Frozen dessert (3,5). 2 Period of history.

3 Scottish garment. 4 Mechanical person.

5 Scare. 9 Spare. 11 Plot or scheme.

14 Hydrogen, for example.

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The answers to the clues are made up using all the letters from the list of words below. The three highlighted letters have already been placed in the grid to help you. Solve the clues and use up all the remaining letters.

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1 Salad plant.

2 Bird of prey.

3 Fairy tale, The _ _ _ _ _ Little Pigs.

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film with your here’s nothing better than watching a too! Because family – especially if there’s popcorn re giving you family film nights are so awesome, we’ fantastic family the opportunity to win a bundle of four ! films on DVD, including Think Like a Dog to your pet?

Have you ever wished you could talk r-old whizz-kid Well anything is paw-sible! Twelve-yea creates a Oliver is a tech prodigy who accidentally and his furry telepathic connection between himself Oliver and Henry gs best friend, Henry. The new bond brin e problems at school even closer, as they join forces to solv marriage… with and begin to rekindle Oliver’s parents’ er-businessman cyb a r, hilarious consequences! Howeve nothing to get hold arrives on the scene and he’ll stop at ry are going to need of the new technology. Oliver and Hen s to save the day. help from a team of adorable pooche dle including For your opportunity to win a DVD bun en’s Corgi Think Like a Dog, Missing Link, The Que n below and and Power Rangers, answer the questio answer to email your full name, age, address and er to put emb kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk – rem subject box.

‘Family Film Bundle Competition’ in the ils on the coupon You can also enter by filling in the deta dle Competition, below and posting it to: Family Film Bun London SE1 6BN. Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, the office at the The Kids Alive! team is not working in little longer than moment, so some things are taking a as soon as we can. usual, but we will sort out your entries

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Beautiful Butterflies Colouring

Address:

Name:

Postcode:

Age:

The Big Butterfly Count runs from 17 July to 9 August and to help get you in the mood for a bit of butterfly spotting, here are some beautiful butterflies for you to colour. Just grab some pencils, pens and 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 ‘Beautiful Butterflies 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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! e in F g n li e e F , Summertime Safety First d enjoy time to get outside an Summer is the perfect nt to know rta t it’s also very impo lly some fun in the sun. Bu n g sunburnt ca be rea how to stay safe. Gettin s ce an s someone’s ch painful! It also increase ur in the future. Sunb n of getting skin cancer holiday either, it’s doesn’t just happen on erever we are – possible to get burnt wh over the next few even if it’s cloudy. So some sun safety weeks, we’ll give you ek’s top tip. advice. Here’s this we

Slap on a hat! Wearing a wide-brimmed hat that shades your face, neck and ears, helps to protect from sunburn. Without proper eye protection it’s possible to get a temporary, but painful burn to the surface of the eye. So wearing sunglasses as well as a hat is also important. And make sure you never look directly at the sun!

Look After Yourself n’t it? ent this year, is er iff d te ui q is Summer er to make portant than ev and So it’s more im after our health sure we all look es our ell-being includ w ur O . ng ei b k, lwel health. This wee l ta en m d an l physica ke care you can help ta . here’s one way your well-being of and improve

Research shows that learning new skills can improve mental well-being by boosting self-esteem and helping people connect with others. Whether it’s baking, drawing, playing a new sport, building model planes , growing your own fruit or vegeta bles, knitting, playing a new instrument , juggling, writing stories or poems , whistling, photography or skateboarding… the possibilities are endless! But it’s important not to put too much pressure on yourselves, just have fun!

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Healthy Summer Snack usual this year!)

During the long summer holidays (which might seem longer than cake are all we shouldn’t forget to eat healthily. Crisps, biscuits, chocolate and le. So possib as well as work delicious, but our bodies need the best fuel to bodies. our for ns here’s a healthy snack idea that’s full of some important vitami

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What To Do Ask a grown-up to help you blend the mixed berries, yogurt and honey together for 20 seconds or until the mixture is smooth and has an ice-cream like texture.

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Scoop into bowls to serve. Tuck in!

Rainy Day Unfortunately not every day is sunny during summer. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun! Each week we’re going to suggest a fun, rainy day idea that will mean downpours don’t result in down moods.

Make a Mini Ice Hockey Game Create a mini ice hockey game! You’ll need a baking tray, water, freezer, two Post-it notes, two spoons and a button or bottle lid. Add water to the baking tray so there’s enough to create a layer of ice and place the tray carefully into the freezer. Once the water has frozen, take the tray out and stick a Post-it note at either end of the tray to mark the goals.

Use spoons as hockey sticks and try to hit your button or lid against the Post-it note at the other end of the tray.

Check out next week’s KA! World for more summer fun!

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You’ve Got a Friend Sunday morning worship has continued at Plymouth Exeter Hall Whitleigh Salvation Army with the help of Zoom. Even this year’s annual children’s celebration Sunday went ahead! The theme for this year’s celebration came from the Toy Story films.

The children led prayers, spoke about friendship and read the Bible, as they explored what makes a good friend. As well as dressing up like Toy Story characters, members of the church were encouraged to make their own Mr and Mrs Potato Head by decorating a potato.

This was to remind each person that they are unique, but made in the likeness of God.

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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Cool Colourings Set h

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Age? 8.

Favourite colour? Red or black.

Favourite food? International food.

Favourite sport? Archery.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

Reader profiles.

Favourite Bible story and why?

Feeding the 5,000, because it shows that no matter how little you have, God always helps you.

Favourite TV programme?

MasterChef, Horrible Histories and Dengineers.

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

Pets? Fish, two hamsters and eight stick insects.

Hobbies? Match Attax, Airfix and ice cream making.

Tell us a joke. A man buys a pelican. He asks, ‘Is it cheap?’

‘No, it comes with a huge bill!’

What special skill or talent do you have? I am good at making ice cream.

Tell us something interesting about yourself. I am good at archery.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us? My favourite author is Rick Riordan.

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From Jack – age 6

From Joshua

– age 7

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I SURE DO, PATCH. JUST US, THE ROLLING OPEN FIELDS, THE BLUE SKY…

DON’T YOU JUST LOVE BEING OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, ERIC?

…AND A BULL!

EXCUSE ME! COULD YOU TELL US IF THAT BULL’S SAFE?

HE CERTAINLY IS…

THE SALVATION ARMY – A CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND REGISTERED CHARITY

…SAFER THAN YOU ARE, ANYWAY!

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