Nechells Unlocks Christmas (2011)

Three small group sessions for use in the run up to Christmas, exploring the joys and pressures of the season using material from Luke's Gospel.

• Shop till you drop?
• Do you really like Christmas?
• What is Christmas really about?

Mary's Moments (2010)

(A journey from relationship to discipleship)

The true story of a group of Urban Mums, their lives, and how they connect with the Bible.

Easter in St Jude's (2011)

Four small group sessions linked to Lent and Holy week themes.

• Lent
• Good Friday
• Easter Sunday
• New Hope

Mind Over Matter (2011)

Five stand alone small group sessions exploring contemporary social issues and connection them with stories from the Bible.

• Bullying
• Fame
• Healthy Eating
• It's Raining
• Weddings

These sessions were designed and used with a local MIND group.

Unlocking Baptism Preparation (2010)

Suggestions and sessions that apply Unlock's relational, learner centred method of Bible Engagement to Baptism Preparations.

Includes sessions on the following themes:-

• Somewhere Over the Rainbow (promises)
• Shine a Light
• Blessing
• Clean as a Whistle
• Belonging
• Water
• Taking a Stand

Plus discussion starters, and creative approaches to other aspects of Baptism preparation.

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

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)

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.

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

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?

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

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

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.

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
   
   

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.

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"