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TERRITORIAL
It's Cool to Be Kind Random Acts of Kindness Day
If you were to write just one sentence to sum up the whole of last year, what would you come up with? What would you write if you could only choose one word?
Picking just one word to sum up 2024 was a challenge that Oxford University Press gave to around 6,000 kids. After looking at all of the answers that were given, a new Oxford Children’s Word of the Year was selected – kindness! Kids all around the United Kingdom have clearly realised how great it is to be kind. Even though it can sometimes be easy to put what we want !rst, doing kind things and looking out for other people are super important! That’s actually what Random Acts of Kindness Day is all about.
Random Acts of Kindness Day is on Monday (17 February). This is a day for going out of your way to be kind! It’s not about being kind so that someone will do something nice for you – it’s about being kind for the sake of it! So why not give 2024’s Word of the Year a try this week?
You could be kind by writing a nice letter for a friend at school. Or you could be kind by helping your parents or carers to cook dinner. Maybe you could be kind by lending your favourite book to someone, or perhaps you could be kind by making a card for an elderly neighbour. Whatever you choose, be kind this Monday and then keep at it! Kindness helps to make the world a better place!
To find out how a small act of kindness made a massive difference for a guy called Norm, head to randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-videos/23-meet-norm
I love the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2024! There are many situations that aren’t nice, so it’s lovely to know that so many kids want to remember the importance of showing kindness.
Jesus had plenty to say about how important it is to be kind too. The Bible is full of situations where Jesus showed kindness or encouraged others to be kind. It’s easy to be kind to the people we love and those that are kind to us, but Jesus said we should go one step further. He said we should show kindness to the people who aren’t nice to us. Now that’s tough! However, there are very important reasons why Jesus wants us to behave like this. Through our kind actions, others can see that we’re Jesus’ friends. Also if we treat people with kindness, hopefully we will inspire them to be kind to others too.
Seeing God’s World
Jesus Predicts His Death
Check out your Bible –Mark 8:31-38
HRead the comment below about accepting what God tells us
God Doesn’t Get Things Wrong!
ave you ever been told some really bad news? About 10 years ago, my family was going on holiday. When we arrived at the airport, we were told that there wasn’t any room for us on the plane anymore. That was some terrible news to hear, so rather than just accept it, we argued back! However, it didn’t matter what we said –we weren’t allowed on the plane!
In this week’s Bible cartoon, Peter didn’t like what Jesus was telling him either. It sounded like bad news, so he argued with Jesus. Just like my family at the airport, he thought that he could get Jesus to change his mind!
What Peter hadn’t realised was that although Jesus was saying something challenging, he was actually telling Peter about one of the most
important things that would ever happen! Jesus would suffer and die, but he would also come back to life again. By going through all of this, he would make it possible for us to know God and be part of his family. Peter might have wanted things to go differently, but Jesus knew what was best.
As Christians, God sometimes asks us to do things that we might want to argue with him about. He can ask us to do things that sound really scary, such as telling other people about Jesus. However, instead of complaining, let’s remember that God doesn’t get things wrong! Jesus knew what was best in this week’s cartoon, even though Peter argued with him. So God knows what’s best for you too!
says
Jacob Adams
Challenging Words
Jesus said some things to Peter in this week’s Bible cartoon that were challenging. However, the words below are even more challenging to understand because all of the letters have been put in the wrong order! Can you solve these tricky anagrams? Clue – every one of these words can be found in the comment above!
Bumper Bible Breakdown
Did you know the Bible isn’t one big book? It’s actually 66 books put together to tell one big story of God’s great love. Join us as we look at each Bible book and discover why God made the world, what went wrong and how in the end God saved the world through his son, Jesus.
A Silent Prophet
Ezekiel was given a mission to tell the exiled people of Judah that they were in trouble and that they must follow God again. However, God also made it so that Ezekiel couldn’t speak to the people of Judah! In fact, Ezekiel could only speak when God gave him the words to say. So Ezekiel shared God’s messages to the people by acting them out. He made a mini Jerusalem out of clay, shaved off his hair and laid on his side for more than a year! He even cooked bread over poo! All of these signs had important meanings that the people needed to understand, but they wouldn’t pay Ezekiel any attention. After 12 years of being in exile in Babylonia, Ezekiel met a man running away from Jerusalem. The city had been invaded for the second time by the Babylonians and it had been destroyed. God’s warnings had come true.
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There are 195 countries in the world. We’re going to explore 26 of them, using the alphabet to decide where to go to next!
G for Germany
Germany is a large country in Europe. More than 82 million people live there! Germany’s capital city is called Berlin, which is a city that is almost nine times larger than Paris. As well as having a massive capital, Germany also has some scrumptious food, such as currywurst (which is a sausage with curry- avoured ketchup)!
Hello, readers, i’M PATCH AND I’VE GOT A PROBLEM I THINK YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH. i’VE LOST A VERY IMPORTANT OBJECT SOMEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO HELP ME FIND IT? i HAVE A CLUE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE.
You might know the date that Valentine’s Day is on or the name of the current king of the United Kingdom. However, there are also plenty of strange facts we reckon you haven’t got stored in your noggin! So here are a couple of random facts that you de!nitely (and by de!nitely, we mean don’t really) need to know.
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If you started counting out loud right now, what number do you think you’d get to before you gave up? In 2007, a man called Jeremy Harper started counting and he didn’t stop until he reached 1,000,000! It took Jeremy almost three months of counting to reach his goal. The whole thing was lmed, but we can’t imagine it would be any fun to watch!
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Have you ever wondered what was given the name orange !rst – the colour or the fruit? The answer is the fruit! In fact, the colour orange got its name after oranges arrived in England during the 15th century. Before that time, there was a different word for the colour – gelouhread (which put the words for yellow and red together).
Did you hear about the octopuses that fell in love? They went about arm in arm in arm!
One and Two fell in love...
...Two said, ‘You’re the one for me!’
Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!
He he, he he!
Ho ho, ho ho!
ho, ha ha, he he!
by Neil Locker
3 Obstruction in a river. 5 Ring shape.
6 Prepare table for dinner, for example.
Crossword Clues across:
Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!
7 Young nocturnal bird. 8 Striped African mammal. 11 Shiny metal. 12 Spaceship.
13 Female deer. down:
1 Very small. 2 Reflection of sound.
3 Distribute playing cards. 4 Fingerless glove.
6 Long-bodied reptile. 9 Nude. 10 Curved structure. 11 Oak, for example.
Crossword Clues
Answers on Page 2
He he, he he!
Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!
What kind of socks do grizzlies wear?
None, they have bear feet!
Ho ho, ha ha, he he!
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What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror?
‘Halloumi!’(‘Hello, me!’)
What does a lemon need when it hurts itself? Lemon-aid!
Ho ho, ho ho!
He he, he he!
Roses are tasty, violets are yummy... ...I’m a caterpillar with !owers in my tummy!
Where does a dog go to get another tail? The re-tail shop!
Why shouldn’t you open emails about pork or ham? They’re just spam!
Ho ho, ha ha, he he!
He he, he he! What did the mummy pasta say to the baby pasta? ‘It’s pasta your bedtime!’
Ho
Ho ho, ha ha, he he!
Ho
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reveal a new word in the pink squares. Clue: Large mammal.
Linkword
Did you know that the word sweet has a few different meanings? Something can be sweet because it’s absolutely adorable, or it can be sweet because it’s super sugary. This week’s prizes are extra sweet. That’s because they look like sugary treats and they’re also ridiculously cute!
Disney Munchlings soft toys by Simba are Disney characters that have been reimagined to look like delicious, colourful treats. There are six cuddly toys that you can collect, including an ice cream plushie that looks just like Olaf from Disney’s Frozen. You can even get a chocolate strawberry soft toy that looks like Minnie Mouse! So if you want to have a plushie that might just be sweeter than any you’ve seen before, make sure to enter this competition!
For your opportunity to win your own Disney Munchlings soft toy, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk
Remember to put ‘Disney Munchlings Competition’ in the subject box. Your entry needs to reach us by Friday 14 March when the winners will be chosen. You can also enter by !lling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Disney Munchlings Competition, Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ.
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What does the Disney Munchlings Minnie Mouse toy look like?
LOVE YOUR PET DAY COLOURING
There are so many different types of pets that you can own. You might have a teeny-tiny pet, such as a gold!sh, or you might have a giant pet, such as a Great Dane dog. Your pet might have two legs, or four, or eight – or none at all! No matter what pet you have, make sure you show the animals in your life how special you think they are this Love Your Pet Day (20 February). Then why not add a splash of colour to the design below? If you’d like to share your artwork with other readers, email your colouring to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. Make sure you write ‘Love Your Pet Day Colouring’ in the subject box and give us your full name, age and address. Alternatively you can post your colouring to: Your Space, Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ. One last reminder, if you’re sending by post remember to !ll in the details below so we know who you are. We send a gift to everyone whose colouring we publish, so don’t miss out!
Name: Age:
Address:
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Living a healthy and an active lifestyle and caring for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
Dictionary of Difficult Words
Collywobbles, hullabaloo and widdershins! Do you know what these words mean? If you’re scratching your head right now, then you can out what they mean by looking in a dictionary. Dictionaries are brilliant for helping people to understand tricky words. In fact, people have been using them to understand tricky English words since 1604.
Are there any words that have got you stumped? There might be a few words that Christians use that you !nd confusing. For example, you may not know what grace or mercy means! To help you out, we’ve put together our very own Dictionary of Dif!cult Words.
FFaith
When you sit down on a chair, you trust that it won’t break! That’s exactly what faith is – having trust in something. When Christians say that we have faith in God, that means that we trust in him completely. We believe that he’s real, and we trust that he’s in control.
Grace
Grace has lots of different meanings, but for Christians it means being given something good that you don’t deserve. Christians believe that God shows grace to us. We do wrong things all the time, so we don’t deserve for God to give us anything good. However, God loves us so much that he shows us grace!
Gospel
This word has the same meaning as an even older Greek word, euangelion, which means ‘good message’. That’s exactly what the gospel is – a good (well, the best) message all about Jesus. When someone says that they’re sharing the gospel, that means that they’re telling other people about Jesus! Or if someone says they’re reading a Gospel, then that means they’re reading a book in the Bible all about Jesus’ life.
If you think that King Charles III is powerful, then God is even more powerful than we could possibly imagine! God can do absolutely anything. That includes punishing us for all of the bad things that we do. Instead, God shows us mercy. Mercy means that God chooses to be kind and forgiving, even though he has the power to punish us.
Mercy M
SSaviour
When a lifeguard rescues someone from drowning, they’re a saviour. A saviour is someone who rescues another person from a dangerous situation. For Christians, Jesus is our saviour. He saved us from getting into trouble with God and made it possible for us to join God’s family.
Trinity
You might have heard someone mention the Trinity before. To be honest, it’s a word that can leave even grown-ups feeling confused. To put it simply, for Christians the Trinity is the idea that there’s only one God, but that God exists as three persons –the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. It’s a mind-blowing concept, but that’s OK! God is so brilliant that we don’t need to completely understand everything about him.
WWorship
If you go to church, you might sing songs and pray to God. Christians don’t just do these things because we feel like we have to. We do them because we love God with all of our hearts, so we want to show him how amazing we think he is. That’s exactly what worship is – it’s praising God, not just for what he’s done but simply for who he is! There are so many different ways to worship God, and you don’t need to just worship him at church.
Three Extra Words…
TThese !nal three words probably aren’t ones that you’d hear at church. However, since we mentioned them at the start of this article, we thought it would be unfair to not tell you what they mean!
Collywobbles
This means that you have a stomach ache.
Hullabaloo
This means to cause a fuss.
Widdershins
This means that something is moving anticlockwise.
Cool Colou ri ngs
Here’s a selection of Cool Colourings from our readers! We love seeing what our readers create, so keep them coming!
Freddie, Age 5
Byron, Age 9
Nathan, Age 7
Finn, Age 5
Jacob, Age 9
Elizabeth, Age 11
Age 5
Age 6
Age 11
Age 7
Wesley,
Abigail,
Temi,
Myah,
If you’d like to star in our reader pro!le section we’d love to hear from you! Get a grown-up to send us an email using the address in the blue box below. Then we’ll send you the forms to complete.
G e t I n T o 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.
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Daniel
Age? 10.
Favourite colour? Yellow.
Favourite food? Pizza.
Favourite sport? Football.
Favourite bit of Kids Alive!? Stories.
Favourite Bible story and why? When Jesus was born, because God turned into a baby.
Favourite TV programme? Simon.
What do you want to be when you’re older? Doctor.
Hobbies? Animal care. Tell us a joke. What do you call a deer who can’t see? No idea! (No eyed deer!)
What special skill or talent do you have? Playing with dogs.
Tell us something interesting about yourself. I am homeschooled. Is there anything else you would like to tell us? My favourite pet is a dog.
H a p p y B i r t h d a y t o y o u !
To see your name and birthday printed in a future issue of KA! email your full name and date of birth to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk
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George Webb – age 11
19 February
Hannah McMillan – age 10
18 February
Kupoluyi Moyosoreoluwa – age 13
21 February
Nathaniel Giles – age 9
If you talk to cap’n pete today, you’ll need to speak loudly.
because he told me he’s having trouble with his hearing.
LATER…
How are you doing, cap’n pete?
...It’s my earring! It’s fallen out and I can’t find it! Ohh!
It’s not my hearing I’ve got problems with...
i’m fine, but why Are you shouting? Why’s that?
