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Unlock Appointment in Birmingham
Adam North has been appointed as the new Unlock Worker for Birmingham with a particular focus on exploring the use of social media to facilitate Bible engagement in urban communities. Adam will begin his induction in December and his work will be launched in Birmingham early in 2018.
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Latest Resources
- Keep Caml and . . .
- Popcorn and Nachos
- Pop Goes The Weasel
- God Finds Us (2013 update)
- The Veronica Sessions
- Unlocking the Prodigal
- What Now?
. . and many others available on the -
Resources Page >>
Unlocking the Prodigal Event and Resource.
An Unlock Bible activity event based on Luke 15.
This took place at Windy Nook in Gateshead.
Unlocking the Prodigal poster with details >>
This is some of the feedback we received after the event:-
In December I chatted to the people who came and got overwhelmingly positive feedback. The gist of it was that it had taken a story they were very familiar with and helped them see it with fresh eyes - that it had helped it move from something they knew with their heads, to something that touched their hearts, and that it had provoked some deep and helpful conversations, arising out of the themes of the parable and the way it connected with their own lives and experiences.They saidit had been a lot of fun as well, and that the lunch was good!
I was asked some really good questions by church members, such as, "How can we do more of this, for ourselves?" and "How could we draw in those on the edges of the church, who don't already know the stories in the Bible, for something a bit like this?" I look forward to exploring what the answers to those questions might look like, in the months to come!
Our Lent course has had a very strong Unlock influence and it's been such a great experience.We are a church full of very practical, down to earth people who tend to be quite private about what goes on inside them and not have huge amounts of confidence.Unlock hasenabled usto share our experiences of prayer and God in a much moreopenway.That, in turn has led to a new courage and willingness to pray for and with one another, which makes me a very humble, grateful, happy Vicar indeed.
An Unlocking The Prodigal Resource Pack is now available on the Resources Page >>
Current Unlock Partnerships
Unlock Sunderland (Town End Farm) - Jaqueline Atkinson
Unlock Hastings - Lynette
Golnaraghi
Unlock Byker & Walker - Phill James
Unlock Hull -Currently vacant
Unlock Woodhouse, Sheffield - Siggy Parratt-Halbert
Unlock Queen's Foundation - Volunteers from Queen's Foundation
Unlock Birmingham - Social Media - Adam North
See Our Workers Page >> for up-to-date details of local projects
Unlock Local Partnerships
Next . . . We always interested to hear from new places who would like to develop some Unlock work. We focus on deprived urban commiuties. Contact the National Office if you want to know more.
Working with Theological Colleges
Unlock is now working in partnership with the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham and the Lindisfarne Regional Training Partnership, and is willing to explore the possibility of partnerships with other Theological Colleges and Ministry Training Programmes in the UK, particularly in regions where we already have local projects established.
The next Unlock London Walk will be on Saturday 28th April 2018 in Tottenham and Harringay.
The next Unlock London Walk will be on Saturday 28th April 2018 in Tottenham.
‘Together in Tottenham’
The 35thUnlock London Walk, 28th April 2018.
2018 Map/brochure and full details are on the:
London Walk Page >>
The 2018 London Walk is revisiting a corner of north west London which was on the 21st Walk ‘Palace and Peacemakers’. Fourteen years later much has changed and much has stayed the same in Tottenham. Our 7½ mile route around Bruce Grove, Tottenham Hale, the High Road, Seven Sisters and West Green will go along a canal towpath and an old Roman Road, several green parks as well as by a retail park, and past interesting buildings old, new and in-between. The very new includes the site of a skyscraper planned for Hale Village and a world class football stadium being built by Tottenham Hotspur. The very old includes a 12th century church and 16th century manor house.
The churches we visited before are still going strong but will are going to new ones (except one which is now in a different location); two of the churches we’re visiting this time are very new. One is the first new build Church of England church in London for 40 years, ‘St Francis at the Engine Room’ in the Hale Village development. We heard about the dream/vision for the other new church, when we visited the big Broadwater Farm Estate and its community centre in 2004. Since then prayer and perseverance has led to ‘Church on the Farm’ in the heart of the estate.
What hasn’t changed over the years is the commitment and love in action that the local churches have, reaching out to their multi-cultural and vibrant community through often tough conditions and difficult events; as the ‘Pray Haringey’ website (www.prayharingey.org.uk) puts it “one church, many congregations…together transforming Haringey.”
I remember Bishop Peter Hall (Unlock’s former chairperson) telling me in the run up to the 21st London Walk how impressed he was by how the churches in Tottenham work together and that the leaders knew each other well. It meant a lot from Bishop Peter who visited many churches and planned lots of Unlock Walks. As I have been putting together this coming London Walk, I too have been encouraged and inspired by the churches in Tottenham. Hope you will be too. Come on the 35th London Unlock Walk – Saturday 28th April 2018.
Sarah W.I. (part of the Unlock Walk planning team).
More details on our London Walk Page >>
Current Prayer Needs>>
The event below takes place at Queen's every December. You do not have to be a student at Queen's to attend this training day; it is open to anyone. Please contact the Unlock Office to book a place.
 An Unlock Training day takes place in Birmingham annually, usually in December and sometimes at other times and places too. For information on the next event please contact the Unlock Office.
Training can also be arranged for a local group; see this leaflet for details.
Unlock Training Leaflet >>
Midlands Urban Mission Training
The brochure below gives details of Urban Mission Training available in (or from) the Midlands and has been produced by a partnership of agencies brought together by the Urban Mission Development Project.
Equipping Urban Christians>>
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