Kids Alive! 12 November 2022

Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7334

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Founder: William Booth General: Brian Peddle Territorial Commander: Commissioner Anthony Cotterill Editor-in-Chief: 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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They Served too we will remember them thinking of civilian volunteers and emergency service personnel

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unday 13 November is a very special day. It’s Remembrance Sunday, which is a day to remember everyone who has died as a result of war or conflicts around the world. It’s also important to remember people who have been injured or experienced mental or emotional trauma because of war, as well as those who are living through war today. While remembering, we also hope for a more peaceful world in the future.

People choose to remember those who have been affected by war in different ways. Many people will wear a poppy. The poppy is a symbol of remembrance and hope for a peaceful future. Buying a poppy also helps charities that support armed forces personnel and their families.

Many other people will attend Remembrance services or watch them on TV. On Saturday 12 November there’s the Festival of Remembrance and on Sunday morning there’s a service from Whitehall, London. You can watch both on BBC One or iPlayer. Services will also take place at cenotaphs all over the United Kingdom and will include a two-minute silence at 11am.

This year, the Royal British Legion is asking people to think especially of people who have served as a civilian volunteer and emergency services to keep us safe. We should also remember the many people from Commonwealth countries, such as Jamaica and India, who have fought alongside British troops since the First World War. Wherever you are on Sunday at 11am, take a moment to think about everyone who has been affected by war.

We will remember them On Remembrance Sunday we usually think of people in the military. However, we sometimes forget about non-military people in the military) and members of the emergency services too. my grandad helped repair Royal Navy ships and my grandma made

our freedom. But as you stay silent for a couple of minutes the military and were affected by war too.

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READ THE COMMENT BELOW ABOUT HOW GOD HELPS US TO BE BRAVE EVEN AFRAID

Be Brave No Matter How You Feel!

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ave you read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? The story is about four children who join Aslan the lion to protect the magical world of Narnia from evil. In the story, Peter, the oldest, must fight a dangerous wolf to save his sisters.

The author, CS Lewis, writes: ‘Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick.

But that made no difference to what he had to do.’

Peter felt afraid, but he did what he needed to do anyway.

We sometimes think courage means being brave without feeling afraid. It doesn’t – being brave means taking a risk to help others, even when we feel afraid! And that’s what Queen Esther does in the

says Melita Day-Lewis

Bible cartoon. She knows it’s dangerous to visit the king without his invitation. However, she wants to save the Israelites from being killed. So, Esther asks God for help. Then, despite the danger, she bravely speaks to the king. I imagine she also felt a bit sick before taking that step. God answers Esther’s prayer and the Israelites are saved!

There might be times when you’ll need to be brave to help someone. When someone is bullied, will you stand up for them? If you’re asked to do something you know is wrong, will you say no even if it upsets someone? Even when we’re afraid, God wants us to stand against the bad things we see in the world. He will always be there to help us!

Check out the first three chapters of the book of Esther in the Bible. Then unscramble the anagrams below to discover the names of people in the story. We’ve given you the chapters and some letters to help you find them.

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What Would You Say?

Taking a Risk to Help Others

Kids Alive! follows the Salvation Army Youth and Children’s Ministries Unit’s Explore It! resource – go to salvationist.org.uk/resources/discipleship/explore-it

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CHECK OUT YOUR BIBLE – ESTHER 7:3–7

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As soon as we become friends with Jesus, God’s Holy Spirit comes to live in our hearts. Each day, he helps us to become more like Jesus. As the Holy Spirit changes us, we produce good fruits so we can share the love of God with others.

Gentleness Jesus invites everybody to come to him so he can listen to, protect and keep them safe. In the Bible, there are many occasions where his disciples and the religious leaders judged people.

But Jesus didn’t. He spoke to everyone calmly, gently and Dear Jes with respect. As the Thank you fous, Holy Spirit lives in my gentle frie r being us, he’ll help us to to speak to o nd. Help me th treat others with kindness and ers with respect. love and respect too.

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KA! JAM is the coolest Bible activity club around. As a member you’ll go on amazing adventures through th e Bible learning about Jesus. Each activity sh eet is filled with lots of great stuff about be ing a Christian. You’ll also receive our mini-m ag, Chatterbox, which is filled with jokes , games and much more. And to top it off, there are loads of awesome prize s to be won!

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Autumn is a lovely season with trees turning yellow, red or bronze and growing piles of rustling leaves. Here are some things you can spot in autumn and their collective nouns.

Bushel of apples

Bouquet of pheasants

Scurry of squirrels

Troop of mushrooms Colony of fungi

Answer on page 2

Unscramble this anagram – mutuna – to discover the collective noun for leaves.

Clue: The word also appears twice in the introduction.

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‘I was just pollen your leg!’

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An oyster bunny!

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The candy floss tastes weird!

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Competition er what the weather lolly or milkshake is a favourite treat, no matt e your own at or season. With this week’s prize, you can mak a ory is quick and easy home! The three-in-one Chill Factor Fruit Fact lollies. No mess, way to make delicious smoothies, shakes and no fuss - just whizz, pour and enjoy! the jug and mix with Drop small pieces of your chosen fruits into healthy and tasty milk or juices to create a variety of refreshing, on. The splash lid drinks. Simply blend with the touch of a butt n’t escape. makes sure that your shake or smoothie does drinks For a different twist, pour your freshly made s. into the lolly moulds to create yummy icy treat The hinged jug makes pouring super easy and mess free. Each mould slides in easily at the base and can rotate, so it’s perfectly placed as you pour. With space to make four lollies, there’s plenty to go around.

For your opportunity to win a Chill Factor Fruit Factory, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk.

Remember to put ‘Chill Factor Competition’ in the subject box. Your entry needs to reach us by Friday 9 December when the winners will be chosen. You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Chill Factor Competition, Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN.

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

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d r a C s a m t s i r h C Competition to Christmas yet?

Are you counting down t ’re getting excited abou Here at Kids Alive! we e season. As part of the approaching festiv , we’re supporting a our early celebrations etition run Christmas e-card comp .

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tmas card and send it Design your own Chris win for your opportunity to to the address below that, ly on t op vouchers! No £100 Entertainer toy sh of the r ing design on the cove we will feature the winn to The Kids Alive! and add it of ue iss er mb ce De 17 Send collection on the Don’t Salvation Army’s card at? th ite. How cool is Me A Card e-card webs

Sending e-cards is an environmentally friendly way to send a Christmas greeting, and – if you pay the op tional donation to The Salvation Army’s Christmas appeal when you enter the co mpetition – you’ll be helping to raise mo ney for food and Christmas presents fo r children in need.

The different age categories for the competition are: under-7s, 7 to 9-year-olds, 10 to 12-year-olds and over-12s.

The prizes up for grabs are…

First prize Second prizes Third prizes

1 x £100 Entertainer voucher

2 x £50 Entertainer voucher

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IN! 5 x £20 Entertainer voucher

What are you waiting for? Let your imagination run wild and get designing today! The more creative you are the better. You can use glitter or sequins too, but please stick to an A4-size piece of paper.

For your opportunity to win vouchers for The Entertainer, send your design, full name, age, address and your parent’s or carer’s email address to Freepost RTLT-UCTS-ZAKJ, Donor Services, 3rd Floor, The Salvation Army, UK Territorial Headquarters, 99-101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. You can use your own postage stamps if you'd like to save The Salvation Army money. The competition closes on Monday 28 November. Please don’t fold your design and make sure you send it in an A4 envelope.

For more info and full terms and conditions please visit justgiving.com/page/sallyarmykidschristmascardcompetition2022 or scan the QR code to the right to get started and to make an optional donation

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Odd Socks Day There will be plenty of ways to get involved in Anti-Bullying Week and the first way is by taking part in Odd Socks Day. This is happening on the first day of Anti-Bullying Week – Monday 14 November. It’s a great way to spread kindness and celebrate what makes us all unique. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks to school on that day. Simple!

CBBC star Andy Day and his band The Odd Socks are leading celebrity support for the Odd Socks campaign, so keep an eye out for his band’s new toe-tapping song. It’s going to be released as part of Anti-Bullying Week.

What is Bullying?

Bullying is the repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or a group of people by another person or group. This can include physical harm, such as hitting or pushing, but it also includes name-calling or leaving people out.

It can be something that occurs in person, but it also happens online. All types of bullying are horrible and should never happen.

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Ways to Reach Out It would be great if we lived in a world where bullying didn’t happen – unfortunately it does. That’s why it’s so important that everyone reaches out to try to stop as much bullying as possible. Here are some ways you can reach out.

If you’re being bullied, talk to your parents, carers or teachers.

Grown-ups can’t help if they don’t know what’s going on. Talking about bullying is the first step to hopefully making it stop.

If you see someone being bullied, report it to a member of staff at school. The person being bullied might be too scared to talk to someone, so you can help them.

Make sure you check that the person being bullied is OK. Share a smile with them, ask them if they’re OK or invite them to join you at break time or lunch time so they’re not alone.

If you’re bullied online or you see it happening to someone else, tell your parents, carers or teachers. Even if it’s not happening in person you can still reach out for help.

Think about your own behaviour. Have you treated anyone unfairly?

Have you shared rumours about other people? Have you excluded anyone from your group of friends? Or have you called other people names? If you have, then you’ve taken part in bullying behaviour.

Make sure it doesn’t happen again!

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Kindness Day There’s nothing kinder than trying to help tackle bullying, which is why it’s perfect timing that World Kindness Day also happens this week (13 November). It’s a day to celebrate and spread kindness to as many people as possible. So this week, make sure you’re sharing kindness with everyone you meet at school, at home or in your community.

More Information For more information about Anti-Bullying Week and Odd Socks Day, check out anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk.

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Cool Colourings Ala n a h Age? 7.

Favourite colour? Turquoise.

Favourite food? McDonald’s chicken strips.

Favourite sport? Swimming.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive!?

Jokes and competitions.

Favourite Bible story and why?

The Nativity, because I really love the story of Jesus’ birth as it makes me feel happy.

Favourite TV programme?

Bluey.

What do you want to be when you’re older? An explorer.

Pets? Acey and Shylo – my two cats.

Nine koi in the garden pond and four harvest mice.

Hobbies? Drawing and riding my bike.

Going to Brownies.

Tell us a joke. What do you call a dinosaur with no eyes? Doyouthinkhesaurus!

What special skill or talent do you have? Riding my bike with one hand.

Tell us something interesting about yourself. I was awarded a charity Brownies badge for doing a little project about The Salvation Army.

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Is there anything else you would like to tell us? My grandad helps The Salvation Army by selling the War Cry and Kids Alive! every week. I’m very proud of him.

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We’ve loved seeing all the Black History Month Colourings that readers have sent in. We’ve seen some amazing creations. This incredible rainbow colouring was sent by Rosalie, age 7. We think Hamza looks amazing!

G et I n To u c h !

The Kids Alive! team loves to hear from its readers. And guess what – other readers love reading your news! So why not get in touch?

You can email or post your own colourings, drawings and letters.

Or you could ask your Sunday school, church or corps leaders to email us or write to us with any news about the fun stuff you’ve been doing at your church or corps.

Email: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk Post: Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN

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This beautiful colouring of Dr Maggie AderinPocock was sent to us by Lilka, age 8. We love the cool stars. Well done!

Lily, age 13, chose to colour in this great picture of Dwayne Fields for Black History Month. We love the colour of the fluffy hood and Dwayne looks so cool in blue.

Here’s another awesome Hamza colouring. This cool creation was sent

by Louise, age 10. The crayons give the colouring a lovely texture.

Awesome Allotment Members of Watford Salvation Army celebrated harvest with a Community Allotment Open Morning. Parents, staff and governors from Cherry Tree School were invited to visit, alongside the 70 year three pupils who look after the site each week between February and October. There was a great atmosphere as visitors and students explored the site, made pinecone art, left ‘thankful leaves’ on a cherry tree and created new paths with reclaimed local woodchips.

The highlight was sharing warm soup and apple pies made from produce grown by the children. The allotment helped Watford Salvation Army to achieve bronze eco-church status and they’ve now received the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Level 3 Garden Award.

New Junior Soldiers A junior soldier is a young member of The Salvation Army

Alfie, Panashe, Coventry City; Jayden, Jenny-Mai, Matthew, Michaela, Mitsy, Wendy, Dudley; Ebony, Riley, Guisborough; Sharon, Sherwin, Redditch.

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Why don’t you do your craftwork with the other girls, Olive?

I don’t know them very well and they’re not my friends.

Well, I think it’s time you made some more friends.

Ok, Patch, I will.

Later…

Have you taken my advice and made some new friends?

I certainly have…

…I’ve made Lucy and I’ve made Jenni!

Published by The Salvation Army. © The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory, 2022.

Printed by CKN Print, Northampton.

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