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Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7224
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WALK THE TALK So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Romans 12:1 (The Message).
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Food, glorious food … warm apple cake and custard! I know those aren’t the words of the song, but I can’t stop thinking of the yummy dessert I ate yesterday. It was delicious! What’s really cool is that our apple cake was home-made, using apples grown in our garden. What I find amazing is that we do absolutely nothing to encourage the apples on our tree to grow, yet every year we get a bumper harvest! Now, I don’t want to take anything away from the hard work farmers do, but every time some wheat, sugar beet, potatoes, apples, sprouts (yes, even sprouts!) or any kind of food grows, a miracle has taken place. Of course, farmers work hard to sow the seed and reap the harvest, but God sends the sunshine and rain that make the crops grow. Thank you, God, for the harvest and the miracle of food, glorious food!
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READ THE COMMENT BELOW ABOUT REMEMBERING TO INCLUDE JESUS IN EVERYTHING YOU DO
Include Jesus in All You Do
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sn’t it amazing that Jesus, the Son of God, wants to spend time with each of us? With all the billions of people in the world, God has time to listen to us when we talk to him. Because of that he wants us to really focus on our relationship with him and give it the time it needs. That doesn’t mean that Jesus doesn’t want us to enjoy ourselves or do normal everyday things such as going to school, tidying our bedrooms or playing with our friends. It does mean that we need to set aside special time to concentrate fully on talking to him. Making time to be with Jesus by reading the Bible, talking to him through prayer and spending
says Hannah Kingston
time with other Christians are really important. But it’s just as important to include Jesus in everyday things we do as well. You can make him a part of your life by talking to him as you walk to school. While you’re playing at home you could thank him for all the cool toys you have. You could simply be mindful of him and the way he wants you to live as you spend time with friends or family. You might have your own ideas about how you include Jesus in your everyday lives. So remember – you can spend time with God by concentrating fully on him and by including him in all parts of your life and talking to him as much as possible.
Walk the Talk
This week, Hannah encourages you to include Jesus in every part of your life. Below is a cool bit of the Bible that talks about the same thing, but some of the words are missing. Write the coloured words listed into the correct spaces to complete the Bible passage.
So here’s what I want _ _ _ to do, _ _ _ helping you: Take _ _ _ _ everyday, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ life – your sleeping, _ _ _ _ _ _ , going-to-work, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -around life – and _ _ _ _ _ it before God as _ _ offering. Romans 12:1 (The Message) you
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Putting God First
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 10:38–42
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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.
Jesus Blesses the Children
Some people took their children to Jesus so that he could bless them. However, Jesus’ disciples stopped them. When Jesus saw this he was annoyed and told the disciples, ‘Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them because the Kingdom of God belongs to people like them. The truth is, unless people accept God’s Kingdom like a little child accepts things – they will never enter it.’ Then he took the children into his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.
Living Like Jesus
Jesus valued spending time with everyone, especially those who others thought weren’t important. To Jesus children were special because they had an ability to trust easily and he didn’t want the children to be prevented from trusting in God’s love for them.
Loving Your Neighbour
Do your friends have a faith? Do they know who Jesus is? Why not talk to them about him sometime? You never know – they might decide to become friends with Jesus too!
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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BRITISH FOOD WORDSEARCH Find the British food in the grid
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1 Stegosaurus, for example. 2 Hair-fixing product. 3 Part of a two-tier bed. 4 Ballroom dance. 5 Item of jewellery worn on the wrist. 9 Farm animal. 11 Scheme or plot. 14 Offer made at an auction.
C A U L I F L O W E R S B O Q N P I N S R A P B L N R W E B P D J I U A A F O N T K V X H K M C C W E P I H C C Z E P O K A Q E I S D I A E K N B F B X B N H Y H L I B E J U B A T R P Z C N U R D K H A L S U A N G T R E S A P G R A T S V T Y I O M Q J E I O M T Y F X E L D E R B E R R Y
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ooking for a new creative set to get stuck into and expand your imagination? We’re offering you the opportunity to win the K’nex Imagine Creation Zone 50 Model Building Set so you can do just that! This Creation Zone Set is a great starter kit and includes more than 415 micro and classic scale K’nex rods and connectors to build anything you can imagine. The enclosed step-by-step colour-coded instructions can guide you with 50 different ideas. Things to build in the Creation Zone Set vary in difficulty, so you can construct a patrol boat, dragon, school bus and more! And when you’re done, all the K’nex rods and connectors can be easily stored in the reusable plastic storage box. For your opportunity to win a K’nex Imagine Creation Zone 50 Model Building Set, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk to reach us by Friday 16 October when the winners will be chosen – remember to put ‘K’nex Creation Zone Competition’ in the subject box. You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: K’nex Creation Zone Competition, Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN.
IN! Which of these can you buildW using the instructions in the Creation Zone Set?
Unicorn
Mermaid
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Remember, the best way to enter is to email your entry to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk
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Make No Bake Apple Doughnuts British Food Fortnight begins today. To help you celebrate, here’s a scrummy, crunchy, no bake recipe using one of the nation’s favourite fruits of the season!
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Ask a grown-up to help you cut the apples into 1cm thick slices and cut small circles out in the middle of each apple slice. There’s no need to peel the apples. Pour the water and lemon juice into a flat-bottomed dish or container and soak the apple rings in the mixture for 5–10 minutes. This keeps them from turning brown.
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Yum, Yum!
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Clean Up the World Weekend happens every September and the purpose is to highlight the importance of taking ca re of our planet. This year Cle an Up the World Weekend takes place from 19–20 September an d although clean-up events are havin g to be held differently this year, that do esn’t mean there aren’t lots of ways to get involved. From now until 27 Septemb er it’s also The Great British Septemb er Clean, so there’s no better time to ge t cleaning. Here are a few ways that yo u can clean up the area where you live and help take care of the world at the same time.
Pick up litter in the park Clean up public spaces where you live by picking up rubbish. Make sure you go with your parents or guardians and wear gloves and a face mask.
Walk instead of travelling by car Walk to places such as school and the park as much as possible. This will mean less harmful emissions from vehicles.
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Coastal Clean Up Believe it or not, there’s another clean up event happening this week too – International Coastal Clean Up Day (19 September) – where the focus is on cleaning up beaches and other coastal areas. Every year thousands of tons of plastic ends up in the sea, which can then hurt or even kill wildlife such as birds, turtles and fish. So cleaning up rubbish from beaches is really important.
Although we don’t all live by the beach, that doesn’t mean we can’t all take care of our coastal areas. Everyone should think about how much plastic we use and throw away, because it’s possible that some of our rubbish will end up in the sea too. By limiting the plastic we use, or reusing plastic items, we can lower the amount of plastic waste.
Recycle Week nce of reducing and We’ve already spoken about the importa ortant part of taking care reusing things, but another really imp k (21–27 September) is of our world is recycling. And this wee gs, instead of throwing Recycle Week. When we recycle thin e new products. This them in the bin, they can be used to mak urces and reduce the amount of means we can use fewer natural reso g also uses less energy and produces rubbish going to landfill sites. Recyclin to take care of the world. less pollution so recycling is a great way
Living a healthy and an active lifestyle and caring for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being. r is ‘Together The theme for Recycle Week this yea e time this – We Recycle’, so why not spend som recycles and week thinking about how your family whether you could do more?
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Cool Colourings
Here are a few cool colourings that we’ve ers received from our read
From Kayla – From Daniel –
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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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Somebunny Has Sent a Joke! Here’s a joke that was sent to us by five-year-old Iona from Middlesbrough.
What is a bunny’s favourite game to play outside? Hopscotch! you’d Do you have a joke ther Kids like to share with o ail us at Alive! readers? Em army.org.uk kidsalive@salvation ur joke in and we’ll include yo a future issue!
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Ba i ley Age? 11. Favourite colour? Blue. Favourite food? Pasta – loads of it! Favourite sport? Hockey. Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ? The comic strips. Favourite Bible story and why? The parable of the lost sheep, because it shows that although everyone is important, it is most important for us to help those who need it most. Favourite TV programme? The Mandalorian. What do you want to be when you’re older? A Lego designer or engineer. Pets? None. Hobbies? Lego, art, games like Brawl Stars and Roblox. Tell us a joke. Why did the pterodactyl cross the road? Because chickens didn’t exist then! What special skill or talent do you have? I’m pretty good at art and designing my own Lego builds. Tell us something interesting about yourself. I created my own comic book characters and wrote comic books for my friends at school. Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I’m a massive geek and I’m very proud of it!
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IT SURE IS! MY NOSE HAS EVEN TURNED BLUE!
BRRR! IT’S EVEN COLDER THAN USUAL AROUND THESE PARTS.
BUT I NOTICE THAT YOUR BEAK HAS TURNED GREEN, PERCY.
IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE COLD?
IT IS, PATCH.
THEN HOW COME IT HASN’T TURNED BLUE LIKE MINE?
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