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All our resources on this website are freely available for you to download ...

Unlock publish a variety of Bible study packs, house group materials, Lent courses and parish audit materials.

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We plan to include more of the courses on the website in due course. If the resource you want is not on this website yet you can request it from the Unlock National Office (office@unlock-urban.org.uk). We ask for a donation to cover the costs of printing and postage.

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> Unlock's approach in brief >>

> Unlock learning cycle >>

> 'I Don't Believe it!' >> This single session resource was developed to introduce Unlock's approach to people who might want to use it (New 2010).

> NEW (2009)- Restoring The City; Bricks, Building and Big Hearts>>

This resource was developed in partnership with Unlock Glasgow, in response to the 2009 economic recession, and used at an event in Glasgow, and at the Unlock London Walk in spring 2009.

> SERIOUSLY OLD (1985)- Into The City with Nehemiah; Building your Hopes >>

This resource was produced by Unlock (then EUTP) in 1985, in response to the ‘Faith In the City’ report. We are reissuing it now, exactly as it was in 1985; alongside the new 2009 Nehemiah Resource (see above). Clearly it is now somewhat dated, but it is fondly remembered by those who used it in the 1980s, and there are some surprising parallels between now and then.

> Pass the Parcel  - Unlock style>> (2008)

Scroll to bottom of this page for; -

  • Unlock Glasgow Resources;
  • Inspiration from Unlock Hull;
  • 2006 Walk workshop outline >>
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Mess, Mistakes, and Muddling Through ( 2009)

Six sessions looking at our experience as parents, and comparing it to messes and mistakes of parents in the Bible using Unlock's reflective cycle.

  1. Even good parents make mistakes
  2. What's in a name
  3. Celebration
  4. New beginnings
  5. Saying it how it is
  6. Family likeness

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Cooking The Book (2009)

A Bible overview with a difference!

Each week a recipe provides the framework as participants explore their life experiences and connect them with God's story.

  1. Something from Nothing (Creation)
  2. Tricky (The Fall)
  3. Doing what we want (Judgement)
  4. Unwanted Gift (Jesus' Birth)
  5. Once Upon a time (Parables)
  6. It's a Miracle (Miracles)
  7. It's not Fair (Jesus' Trial and Crucifixion)
  8. Nonsense (Jesus' Resurrection)
  9. Down to us (Pentecost and Early Church)
  10. Perfect Party (Heaven)

 

 

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Unhingeing Hospitality (2009)

Six group sessions around the theme of hospitality in real lives and in the biblical tradition.

  1. Introduction
  2. Ancient stories of hospitality
  3. New Testament stories of hospitality
  4. Hospitality as social action
  5. Hospitality as celebration
  6. Hospitality as mission

The material uses a range of visual, film, drama, and music resources to explore the Biblical theme of hospitality.

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Crucible (2009)

Four sessions for use with small groups, based on the history of Steelmaking in Sheffield, with Bible extracts and additional resource and activity suggestions.

  1. The Scrap Heap
  2. The Melting Shop
  3. Ladling, Teaming and Casting Aside
  4. Rolling, forging and hammering; shaping and Strengthening

molten gold in a crucible

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In Y'r Dreams Man

Six discussions based on the film Billy Elliot... sharing stories and reflecting together on the story of Jacob in the Bible.

    1. Wolf In Sheep's clothes

    2. Life is what you make it

    3. Nowhere to hide

    4. A Father's love for his son

    5. Sturggling with y'r dreams

    6. Ever had a dream come true?



In Your Dreams Man
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Good News

These four Bible studies help a group look at how the Good News of the Kingdom of God was offered in the New Testament, and compare this with how they offer it:

    1: The offer of Jesus 'Follow me'
    2: The offer of Jesus 'Repent of your sins'
    3: The offer of Jesus 'Life more abundantly'
    4: The works of the kingdom

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Experience The Bible

Nine Bible studies for use with small groups. all based on Gospel stories and parables and linked to everyday experiences.

    1: The neighbour
    2: The casual labourers
    3: The lost sheep
    4: The lost son

    5: The sower

    6: Seventy Times Seven

    7: Jesus and Zacchaeus

    8: Jesus and the woman at the well

    9: family and friends



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 Living With The Miracle Maker

This pack helps you get under the skin of some of the characters as they met Jesus, not just the ones who get noticed a lot, but also some who are a bit more in the background.
The cartoons are designed to encourage small groups to talk about their own stories of life, and then compare them with the story of Jesus

We can imagine the pack being used with small groups of people, and with families at home.

It could provide:-


  • An introduction to the Christian faith for those who prefer to watch a video, rather than read a book.
  • An opportunity for Christians to again encounter the living Christ.

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Miracle Maker

 

Unlocking the Bible (2009)

A resource devised by Roy Dorey

 

  1. Beginning as a Christian 
  2. Themes from the Bible 
  3. What it felt like to be there
  4.  Re-writing the Parables

  5. How I learn best 

  6. What the Church looks like to those outside it 

  7. Questions you would like to ask Jesus

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Miracle Maker


Unlock More Than You Think

Unlock offers many images
  • finding the right keys
  • unlocking an old box and finding treasure
  • unlocking the door and going in
  • unlocking the door and going out

This pack aims to give you some things to help you get under the surface of these images, with many of the activities based on Unlock’s mission statement:

Unlocking real life stories of urban people.
Revealing Good News of the down to Earth Christ.
Releasing life changing skills and confidence.



More Than You Think


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Go For It!


We’ve chosen to use this film / video to kick off discussions which lead towards the Bible because:

We believe the film portrays realistically the values and culture of some city communities and people.

The film has evidently gained a lot of response from people all around the UK and internationally.

People in the inner cities and housing estates easily identify with
it.

Our hope is that this pack will help the conversations continue, and as people in the church and on the edge of it continue to grapple with the issues the film symbolises, they will discover more of the relevance of the Bible today.



Miracle Maker


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Hosea (2010 update)

This 5 session resource by Roger Dowley shows the modern relevance of an ancient scripture. Hosea's wife left him, but God didn't.

     1: What God wants from us

     2: Constant love

     3:  Hosea’s marriage

     4:  Hosea’s children

     5:  Hosea’s heart

 

  • “Knowing God” or just “knowing about God”.
  • Pictures of the “constant love” of God -from Hosea, elsewhere in the Bible and in our own experience.
  • God’s “wedding presents”.
  • What do names matter?
  • God the loving parent - “I held him to my cheek, I bent down and fed him.

 

 

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Resources developed by Unlock Glasgow, supported by the Scotish Bible Society, are available at www.unlockglasgow.org.uk/resources.htm

These include:-

  • The city was large and spacious.
    A 5 part introduction to the book of Nehemiah through reflections on photographs taken in Urban Priority Areas in Glasgow.

  • UNLOCKING LIFE (2008)

    5 sessions on conflicting human emotions, while looking at some Bible stories and discussing which emotions might have been present there… 

  • UPSIDE-DOWN EASTER (2008)

    3 sessions on symbols and cultural traditions at Easter, and if we can find new ways to describe the events of Easter story.

  • GOD’S PRODIGAL SON(S) (2008).
    3 sessions on crimes. Various Bible extracts and black-and-white pictures will facilitate discussions on why and how people break rules, which people we think are more likely to commit crimes and how God relates to “criminals” in some Bible stories.

Inspiration from Unlock Hull. Unlock Hull developed a creative Unlock workshop day in response to the devastating flooding of large parts of the city in the summer of 2007. The details are here, both for inspiration, and for you to adapt to the needs and issues of your own time and place.

> Unforgotten Hull - workshop outline>>

> Unforgotten Hull - creative techniques >>

By Popular Request: -

Several Unlock supporters, who attended the 2006 London Walk, wanted details of the workshop we provided at the Unlock depot church. The link below will take you to an outline which you are welcome to adapt for your own use.

> 2006 walk workshop outline >>