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Supporting Unlock
Supporting Unlock

Supporting Unlock - Prayer

Unlock is supported by a network of Prayer Partners.

They receive an annual prayer letter and pray regularly for Unlock's Council, staff, and all their work.

Register as an Unlock Prayer Partner to receive prayer letters.

> Latest Unlock Prayer Guide >>

Devised by Bishop Peter Hall, November 2011.

The next Prayer letter will be issued towards the end of 2012.

Meanwhile there is a list of current prayer needs (below) and answered prayers (on the right).

 

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Current Prayer needs:-

  • Sustained finance for the future of Unlock's work
  • Unlock Discipleship Development workers, Steve Millwood, Amanda Hu, Steve Sowerby, and Andy Pears.
  • For Lois and Jenny who staff the Unlock National office
  • Unlock Sheffield; forthcoming training events.
  • Unlock Birmingham; new parterships and the Methodist Deacons in training with whom we are now working.
  • Unlock Bristol; training oportunities and options for extending Unlock's work there.
  • Sustained or improved walk income in 2012.
  • Explorations towards Unlock projects in new urban locations such as Newcastle and Preston.
  • The walk planning team, and National Office staff as they prepare for the 2012 London walk.
  • The churches on the 2012 walk route.
  • The growth of our new partnerships with the Church Urban Fund, The Queen's Foundation and the Saltley Trust, and the Christian Coalition for Urban Mission.
  • Improved IT support.
  • The legacy of Unlock's work in Hull and Liverpool.
  • Independent groups using Unlock resources across the UK.
  • Emerging indegenous leaders released and resourced by Unlock's approach.
  • Unlock Local Support Group Co-ordinators; Ian Smith (Sheffield), Nigel Traynor (Birmingham), Elaine Jones, (Bristol).
  • More people discovering and using Unlock approaches and resources.
  • Facilitating local projects that generate more tangible and robust legacies.
  


Sketch - Unlocking the door

Sketch - Unlocking the door

 

Sketch - Unlocking the door

Answered Prayers

  • Growing walker turnout  at London fundraising walks in 2009 to 2011.
  • Walk income of £26k in 2010 and £28k in 2011; the best totals in the last 9 years (bar 2007).
  • Some very generous individual donations early in 2010.
  • Financial support from the Church Urban Fund, Bible Society, Trust Greenbelt, the Spring Harvest Charitable Trust, the Anchor Foundation, the Slavanka Trust, Unlock Glasgow, the Cadman Charitable Trust, the SMB Charitable Trust.
  • New partnerships with the Church Urban Fund, The Queen's Foundation and the Saltley Trust, and the Christian Coalition for Urban Mission.
  • increased capacity as a result of improvements in funding.
  • A new Honorary Treasurer.
  • The ongoing impact of Unlock in Bristol, Sheffield and Birmingham.
  • The emerging possibilities of developing new Unlock local projects in Newcastle & Preston.
  • Unlock support groups in Sheffield, Bristol and Birmingham.
  • Long term Unlock work in Glasgow.
  • New Unlock resources for website.
  • The necessary resources to pursue networking oportunities and develop mutually beneficial relationships/partnerships with other urban mission agancies.