Kids Alive! 25 July 2020

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Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7216

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KA! JAM Spot the Difference: 1 Extra splash of water above the yellow cloak of the man in green. 2 The man in green’s mouth is open wider. 3 Two extra bubbles below the man in green’s boat. 4 Front part of the man in green’s cloak is black instead of yellow. 5 There’s an extra person in the boat in the background.

6 Sail on the boat in the background is green instead of brown.

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I love being by the sea! As a kid, my summers were spent diving into the sea off Plymouth Hoe (the seafront in Plymouth where I grew up) or at one of the nearby beaches.

If I wasn’t in the water, I was digging in the sand, and if I wasn’t doing that I was exploring rock pools or crabbing (catching crabs) by the quay. There’s so much to explore and discover at the seaside – it’s fab!

The sea features quite a bit in the Bible (check out page 5 to read a Bible story set at sea – technically a lake). There’s the great flood, a sea separates to aid a great escape, a big fish that swallows someone whole, Jesus walking on water, shipwrecks and more. There is so much to explore and learn in the Bible – it’s fab.

Why don’t you dive in and see what you can discover?

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READ THE COMMENT BELOW ABOUT TRUSTING JESUS TO KEEP YOU SAFE

Don’t Panic – Trust Jesus

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ave you ever been on a boat in a storm? When I was seven, my family went on holiday to Brittany in France. The best way for us to get there was to sail on a ferry from our home town of Plymouth to Roscoff, which is a six-hour voyage.

The journey to France was fine, but the journey home two weeks later was awful! A storm blew up and the ferry rocked and dipped from bow to stern and port to starboard! My head span and my stomach churned. Every so often the ship dropped so suddenly I was left walking on air. I don’t mind telling you I was very scared, not to mention very sick! I can totally understand why the disciples who were on board the boat with Jesus in this week’s

says Justin Reeves

cartoon Bible story were frightened.

Life is often described as a journey and some people refer to the tough times life throws at us as storms. I can think of a number of times in my life when things haven’t gone smoothly and I’ve made things worse because I’ve tried to fix them myself.

Sometimes it wasn’t until I started panicking that I asked Jesus to help. Surprise, surprise, that’s when things started to get better.

Jesus is always there for you. So next time you feel like things are starting to go wrong, ask for Jesus’ help sooner rather than later. Better still, include him in all that you do by talking to him about everything and trust him to keep you safe.

Spot the Difference Spot the six differences between the two pictures below

Answers on Page 2

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A Love for Us

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 – MARK 4:35–41

God’s Love

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Psalm 138

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.

As God’s children we’re really blessed that God listens to us and answers when we pray to ask for help. So it’s important that we don’t take it for granted. Saying thank you, giving him praise and sharing with others what God has done for us shows God that we’re truly thankful. It also encourages others to know that they can confidently ask God for help too.

With all my heart I praise you, Lord. In the presence of angels I sing your praises. I worship at your holy temple and praise you for your love and your faithfulness. You were true to your word and made yourself more famous than ever before.

When I asked for your help, you answered my prayer and gave me courage.

All kings on this Earth have heard your promises, Lord, and they will praise you. You are so famous that they will sing about the things you have done.

Though you are above us all, you care for humble people, and you keep a close watch on everyone who is proud.

I am surrounded by trouble, but you protect me against my angry enemies. With your own powerful arm you keep me safe. You, Lord, will always treat me with kindness. Your love never fails. You have made us what we are.

Don’t give up on us now!

Contemporary English Version

Dear God,

You are awesome! Thank you for listening to us when we pray. May everybody receive the opportunity to experience your goodness.

Amen.

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Happy Birthday to You!

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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 bell I’m holding to find it!

26 July Mia Davies – age 12

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Daniel Smith – age 11 Ezra Roberts – age 10 Georgina Day – age 9 Jacob Hirst-Wood house – age 6

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

It’s not possible to hum while holding your nose and mouth closed at the same time. Go on, try it!

Normally when you hum your mouth is closed and the air escapes through your nostrils to create a sound, but that can’t happen when both your nose and mouth are closed.

What kind of trees do dates grow on?

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? Snow is white. see-through. Snow Busted! In fact, snow crystals are way light passes the of e aus only looks white to us bec on to our eyes. Light through the crystals and travels elengths of waves are made up of seven wav en, cyan, blue and colour – red, orange, yellow, gre h snow crystals, all violet. When light passes throug s at the same time and seven wavelengths reach our eye so we see white snow. r, our eyes mix the colours togethe

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What did one rock What did the pool say to the , m agician say to o other rock pooHl?o h ha, the fisherman? h a e!

‘Show me your he h ‘Pick a co d, any cod!’ mussels!’ h e, H e he! he

What do sea monsters eat?

Fish and ships!

Crossword Clues

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Crossword Clues

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1 Block of sugar, for example. 3 Sea creature with a shell. 7 Cloth for drying oneself. 8 Liquid for frying. 9 Horse’s reins and bridle. 13 Tear. 14 Foe. 16 Encounter.

17 Curved structure or part of foot.

down: 1 Large town. 2 Knot tied in shoelace.

4 Origins or underground plant parts. 5 Male cattle or whale. 6 Item of bedding. 10 Fruit such as a Granny Smith. 11 Percussion instrument. 12 Legend. 15 Organ of hearing.

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MARINE WORDSEARCH Find the marine creatures listed in the grid below

WEEVER FISH AMPHIPOD CUTTLEFISH SHARK SAND EEL TUBEWORM SEA CUCUMBER SEAL COD HORSE MUSSEL DOG WHELK BARNACLE LUMPSUCKER SPONGE ZOOID LUGWORM S R E K C U S P M U L H W E E V E R F I S H O S M T A Q D I O O Z R E I R S H C K R A H S A L F O D P C U G X E R S C E W O J O W C M K T A A L E G E D N U U J S N N T B W S V S G S M E D R T U H U S I P E R B E A U T E E H S E A L K E B C B L U G W O R M Q L R O A K D O P I H P M A Q N

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What do you call a, y crayfish? a hlaz Ha a, h a hA slobster! ha ha!

What’s the most popular TV show in the ocean?

Whale of Fortune!

H o h o, Whath olives ho!

under the sea and transports lots of people?

An octo-bus!

How does a shark greet a fish?

‘Pleased to eat you!’

e, a seahorse How doe He hs h e! from one quicklhye get place to another?

It scallops!

ark say What did the sh ownfish? after eating a cl funny!’

‘This tastes a little

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

What do you get if you cross the ocean with happy people?

Waves of laughter!

What’s the best way to communicate with a fish?

Drop it a line!

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FOUR FIT bered rows so Place the four words into the num the columns that four new words are formed in

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Do you like being creative? Whether it’s painting, building or making music, being creative is so much fun. Have you ever tried sewing?

It’s really great and you can make all sorts of cool things.

Ravel Tales are great for anyone who loves being creative.

What’s hiding in this ball of chunky wool? Carefully unwind the ball of wool to reveal small surprises, including a Ravel Tales cutie. Each Ravel Tale also includes a cute accessory and an easy sewing project for hours of creative play. The more you unwind, the more you find! What will your next sewing project be? With Ravel Tales you can create pom-poms, friendship bracelets and more – there are 12 different cuties to collect!

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For your opportunity to win two Ravel Tales*, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk – remember to put ‘Ravel Tales Competition’ in the subject box.

You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Ravel Tales 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. character-online.com

*styles may vary

How many Ravel Tales are there to collect?

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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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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were due to start this weekend but have been postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak, but we didn’t want to let that stop us from sharing a few Olympic facts.

It’s a Date!

Robot Mascots

Recycled

Having hosted the Summer Games in 1964, Tokyo will once again welcome Olympic competitors from all around the globe in 2021.

You can follow all the action between 23 July and 8 August – only 363 days to go! Here are some of the things we can look forward to when athletes finally get together to compete…

For the first time the acrobatic tricks of freestyle BMX cyclists will be on show, as well as new Olympic sports skateboarding, surfing, climbing and karate. Baseball will return to the Games after a 22-year break.

Robot mascots will welcome athletes and spectators to the Games.

They have different facial expressions and can wave and shake hands.

Every medal will be made from recycled gold, silver and bronze from small electronic devices handed in by people fromall over Japan.

Top of the Table A total of 15,685 medals have been awarded in Olympic history! The USA has won the most medals with Russia second, Germany third and Great Britain fourth in the medal table. Team GB’s medal tally has improved at recent Games, finishing second in the medals table at Rio 2016!

A Few Fab Firsts The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece, but Olympics were also held thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece. In the Ancient Greek Olympics athletes competed in events, such as boxing and chariot racing… possibly naked!

Women competed for the first time at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Britain’s Charlotte Cooper was the first female to become an Olympic champion in an individual event when she won the women’s singles tennis.

Lightning Bolt No one has run faster than Usain Bolt! At Beijing 2008 he won gold in the 100, 200 and 4x100 sprint events, breaking three world records.

He went on to win all three events at London 2012 and Rio 2016.

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On Target Zhang Shan from China outshot men and women to win gold in the mixed skeet clay pigeon shooting event at Barcelona 1992!

At Atlanta 1996 the event was limited to men only but women were given their own competition at the Olympic Games in 2000.

Max Whitlock became Britain's first ever gold medallist in artistic gymnastics, winning the floor and pommel horse at Rio 2016.

Still Standing Bob Beamon set a whopping Olympic long jump record of 8.9 metres at the 1968 Mexico Games that still hasn’t been broken! Mark Powell jumped further 25 years later at the Tokyo World Championships, but Beamon’s Olympic record still stands.

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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

Slurp plenty of water!

When the weather is hot it’s important to stay hydrated. That means drinking plenty of water throughout the day. Eating food that has a high water content, such as salads and fruit is also helpful… and maybe even the occasional ice lolly as a treat too!

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

Giving to others and showing kind ness can help us feel good, as well as them. It creates positive feelings and helps people connec t with others. By simply asking people if they’re OK and listening to them, or sending someone who lives alone a card or letter, it’s possible to make a big difference to how they feel. There are also more ways to help others – helping friends or siblings out with school projects, fundraising for a charity or picking up litter to keep a community tidy are all great ideas.

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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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Ask a grown-up to help boil your carrot in a saucepan until it’s tender. Then grate the cooked carrot into a bowl.

Don’t worry if it goes a bit mushy.

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Tip the hummus into the bowl and mix everything together.

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Ask a grown-up to cut up the lemon and squeeze some lemon juice into the bowl and mix it into the hummus.

Serve your carrot hummus with some strips of pitta bread or sticks of vegetables.

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.

Classic Books Stig of the Dump – Clive King

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On a wet day, there’s nothing better than diving into the pages of a good book.

Here are a few suggestions of some brilliant books that children have been enjoying for many years. Have you read them all?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien

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

The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

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Lockdown prevented the children’s ministry celebration meetings from taking place at Dunstable Salvation Army this year.

However, book tokens were sent to 32 children to recognise their regular attendance at Sunday worship, Footsteps Club (Sunday school) and Messy Church.

For three of the young people, this was the year they would have received their final prize.

So that they didn’t miss out, Major Lindsay Brevitt (leader of Dunstable Salvation Army) carried out socially distanced, drive-by presentations to Samual, Jacob and Farouk.

Here are photos of Samual and Jacob with their copies of the Youth Bible.

g n i r u o l o C Cool Get In Touch

From Catherin

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e – age 10

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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Mee n a Age? 10.

Favourite colour? Black.

Favourite food? Pasta.

Favourite sport? Swimming.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

Age? 9.

Bible verse.

Favourite colour? Light blue.

Favourite Bible story and why?

Favourite food? Spaghetti The parable of the prodigal son, Bolognese. because it shows that whatever Favourite sport? Netball. you do God will always love you.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

Favourite TV programme?

Jokes.

Tracy Beaker, The Great British Favourite Bible story and why?

Sewing Bee and Dad’s Army.

Genesis, because God makes What do you want to be when everything. you’re older? Teacher.

Favourite TV programme?

Pets? We used to have fish and The Next Step. hamsters.

What do you want to be when Hobbies? Sewing, cooking, you’re older? Shopkeeper. baking, Brownies, swimming, Pets? Two fish tanks, Brengle gardening. (dog) and Pomkin (hamster).

Tell us a joke. A man walks into a Hobbies? Playing netball. cafe with a newt on his shoulder Tell us a joke. What do you give a and says, ‘Can I have a coffee and sick lemon? Lemon-aid! a juice for Tiny?’ ‘Why is he called Tiny?’ ‘Because he is my newt!’

What special skill or talent do you have? I’m good at dancing What special skill or talent do and netball. you have? I can write stories.

Tell us something interesting Tell us something interesting about yourself. I like to put on about yourself. I was born in make-up.

Bangladesh.

Is there anything else you would Is there anything else you like to tell us? My mum and dad would like to tell us? We used are officers (leaders) at a church. to foster babies.

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I’M NOT, PATCH. I JUST HAD MY BIKE CONFISCATED BY A POLICEMAN.

WHY WAS THAT, NORMAN?

WHAT’S THE MATTER, NORMAN? YOU DON’T LOOK TOO HAPPY. HE SAID I WAS RIDING THE WRONG WAY UP A ONE-WAY STREET.

AND WERE YOU?

YES, BUT I TOLD HIM I COULDN’T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS…

…BECAUSE I WAS ONLY GOING ONE WAY!

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