Un-Lock Bridgeton

Last week we had an open night just to spend a bit of time explaining the values of un-lock.We had our first night last night looking at the issues of family break ups and family problems using the film The Full Monty.
It went well with about 10 people which is a good size group and a great degree of openness.About half of those who were there have only a recent connection with church and a few have no connection.I do believe that the way un lock works make it much easier for us to use in and urban forum.
It was great to listen to peoples stories and hear how they had overcome and how much they were aware that God has been involved all along.I learned so much last night about others and about myself at last a small group I enjoy.

The Mission

It is my contention that we Christians can be far to clever for our own good.There seems to be endless amounts of chat and debate as to what we should or should not be doing and along side that how we should be doing it.
Looking again at Jesus reading from in the synagogue challenged me on the simplicity of his agenda the agenda of the Kingdom.He could have read any piece of scripture about himself but choose this one "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, .It is clear the he wanted the people to know right away who it was that was at the heart of his plans.
How far away have we in the west moved from this position.Here in the UK the working class make up less than 5% of church .If you look at the so called underclass they don't even make a mark.
So my questions to missional tribe is "what is our mission?"and have we become to smart for our own good leaving behind those Jesus called us to?

Formation Generation

My Old friend Bob Kurz has his first book out today .Its called formation generation and is all about valuing our unborn and how to pray for them.Bob was with YWAM for a number of years here in Scotland and he them moved back to the states.He is now in Idaho and happily married with his own family .
Without his help we would have struggled to survive and have any vision at all.Despite all our faults he was faithful to us and that make him special.

Have a look at his book http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Formation+Generation+bob+kurz&x=14&y=24