Connect Junior

Connect Junior is AIM’s free magazine for children. It includes stories, facts, activities and information to help you pray for Africa’s people and those who go and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.

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Lives are being changed

Lives are being changed

Susanna used to be a witch doctor in the Laarim community of South Sudan but one day she heard about Jesus.
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How did the church grow?

How did the church grow?

Find out about Ezekiel Kiprop Birech and about the growth of the Africa Inland Church (AIC).
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Never too young

Read Jesse's story about his first mission trip aged nine.
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Make a salt dough hanger

Have a go at making a salt dough hanger. You can use them to give as gifts.
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Make a thanksgiving spinner

Use these templates to make a thanksgiving spinner!
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Create an Origami Church

Make an origami church and spend some time thinking about why church is important.
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Make an African thumb piano

Why not get an adult to help you to make an African thumb piano. Once you've made and decorated your instrument, have a go at playing a tune!
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Write a poem

Where we come from is an important part of our identity. Why not think about your own identity by writing a poem about yourself, starting each line with the words “…
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Bake Syrian Ghraybeh cookies

When you live in a new country, making food that connects you to where you are from can be really important. Why not try making these Syrian Ghraybeh cookies?
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Make a water filter

Did you know that one in three people in the world don’t have access to safe drinking water? Why not have a go at making this water filter?
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Grow some cress

Find out how to get creative with your cress growing or have a growing competition with your family of friends to see whose grows the fastest.
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Woman at the well story and activity

Read about how the woman at the well encountered Jesus and found that he was the way to quench her spiritual thirst.
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Zanzibar pizza

These Zanzibar pizzas are a little different from Italian pizzas! Lots of street vendors sell these around Zanzibar. What will you put in yours?
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Make your own Kazoo

Make this Kazoo from two craft sticks and use it to ‘make a joyful noise to the Lord!’
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Jus de Fruit

In Chad, you will find many vendors selling Jus de Fruit on street corners. It's a milkshake drink, flavoured with different fruits (what fruits are used can vary depending on…
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The story of the Bible

Missionaries often meet people who have never read the Bible before, and maybe only have some sections of it in their own language. They will often need to explain how …
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Make a bird feeder

Follow these instructions for how to make a bird feeder from a toilet roll, some peanut butter and some birdseed. Don't forget to hang it up somewhere you can see…
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Design a bookmark

Use this template to design and cut out your own bookmark. The Bible verse on the front of the bookmark talks about how God helps us to understand truths about…
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Children's Activity - Christ the hope of the world

An idea for a children's talk on hope, designed to fit with the service outline, Christ, the hope of the world.
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Children's handout - Unreached people groups

This handout contains activities and colouring in elements so that it can be completed during an all-age service or as part of a Sunday school session.
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Children's Activity - Would you rather?

This activity is designed to encourage children to consider what they would be willing to give up to follow Jesus.
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Make a jumping frog

Madagascar is thought to have more than 300 species of frogs, 99 percent of which only live in Madagascar. Frogs are the only amphibians found in Madagascar—there are no toads, salamanders,…
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Make a Ugandan Rolex Breakfast Burrito

A Rolex is classic Ugandan street food, sold at roadside stalls across Kampala and other urban towns. Vendors shouting ‘rolled eggs’ often sounded like they were saying ‘Rolex’, and the…
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Design an edible bug!

In Uganda, grasshoppers are a delicacy in many communities, and are usually served boiled or deep fried. Insects are a really nutritious food. If you had to design a bug…
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Design your own money

Why not have a go at designing your own money? What would your units of currency be called and how much would they be worth?
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Make Chadian porridge

La Bouillie is a breakfast that you eat hot. It’s quite like porridge, but it’s made with rice instead of oats. It’s flavoured with peanut butter.
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Make a walking silkworm

Why not make a few walking silkworms using these instructions, and then have a race? All you need for this simple craft is paper, scissors, pens and a straw!
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Make Sudanese khak

These icing sugar covered cookies are baked by both Christians and Muslims in South Sudan to celebrate holidays like Easter and Eid. Find the recipe here.
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Make an origami butterfly

Did you know that butterfly wings are made up of tiny scales? Why not make your own origami butterfly using these instructions?
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Play fanorona

This game was created in Madagascar and has been played for centuries. Kings and queens believed it could predict the outcome of battles.
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