Reaching the Unreached 2012
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Getting started…
Nobody said building churches would be easy. New churches are being started, established churches are being renewed and forgotten communities are being reached, yet there remains so much left to do. How do we get started? How do we keep going? How can we build churches that have enduring Gospel impact in the hard places of the UK?
Getting started and keeping going – a weekend of discussion, prayer and teaching for all those with a heart to see enduring gospel ministry on UK estates.
With:
- Andy Mason – St Johns, World’s End Estate
- Duncan Forbes – New Life, Roehampton
- Efrem Buckle – Calvary Chapel, South London
- Julian Rebera – New Life, Brighton
- Mez McConnell – Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh
- Simon & Lizzie Smallwood – St George’s, Dagenham
- Steve Casey – Speke Baptist Church, Liverpool
18th-19th May 2012
The Noah’s Ark Centre, Speke, Liverpool
£15 per delegate – includes dinner friday and lunch saturday
(Conference runs from 4pm Friday to 4.30pm Saturday. Saturday breakfast available at an extra charge of £3.50. There are a number of budget bed and breakfast options locally; if cost is a barrier, there will be a limited amount of accommodation available free of charge. Unfortunately we are unable to offer a discount to delegates unable to make both days.)
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Seminars
Responding to feedback from Reaching the Unreached 2011, this year we are introducing
seminar options for the after-lunch session on Saturday afternoon. There are four options –
please choose your seminar when booking your ticket.
Getting started – practical foundations for an estate ministry with enduring gospel impact
Simon Smallwood and Steve Casey.
Simon – who took over as Vicar of St George’s Dagenham, East London, over 15 years ago, and Ste – Pastor of Speke Baptist Church, Liverpool, who led a team that replanted that church over a decade ago, will give their reflections on beginning a ministry in working-class and disadvantaged areas. Si and Ste will discuss what worked, what didn’t and what they’d do differently now.
Keeping going – a realistic view of keeping going in the face of challenges and obstacles to growth in an estate context
Julian Rebera
Work in our context is often slow and faltering, with many pastoral issues, disappointments and struggles. Keeping encouraged is essential because if the
leader is not encouraged the morale of the whole church will be affected. Julian, Pastor of New Life Church, Brighton – which he planted on the Moulsecoomb estate over 15 years ago – shares a few of the things that help him to keep faith and stay on mission.
Raising and training leaders in working class and disadvantaged areas
Mez McConnell
Mez will speak about his experience of raising and training leaders at Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh, and then run an extended Q&A. Mez has pastored NCC since 2007, prior to which he spent 4 years with UFM Worldwide working with street children in Brazil, planting the Good News Church in one of the most deprived parts of the country.
Being a woman with enduring gospel impact
Lizzie Smallwood
Lizzie will give a woman’s perspective on dealing with the challenges and making the most of the opportunities of living and being part of a congregation in a UPA context. Lizzie is a member of St George’s, in Dagenham, where she and her husband Simon have now lived for over 15 years.
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Directions to venue
This year’s venue is:
The Noah’s Ark Centre
50 Ganworth Road
Speke
Liverpool
L24 2SA
By Rail
The nearest train stations are Hunts Cross, Liverpool South Parkway and Runcorn. Buses to Speke run frequently from each of these stations.
Hunts Cross train station: Turn left out of the station, walk down the road to the bus stop. Catch an 81 bus. Get off the bus about 10 minutes later on Central Way.
Liverpool South Parkway train station: Take an 80 bus to Speke from the train station itself. Get off the bus on Central Way; you will see the Noah’s Ark Centre right by the bus stop.
Runcorn Train Station: Get the 82A bus just outside the station. Get off on Eastern Avenue and turn right onto Central Way; the Noah’s Ark Centre is at the end of this road.
Taxi Companies:
South Liverpool Taxis – 0151 486 7777
Liverpool taxis – 0151 223 0015
By Road
Basically, follow signs for Liverpool airport and you can’t go very wrong!
From the M62, leave at Junction 6. At the roundabout take the second exit, signposted ‘Liverpool, Runcorn’ and merge onto the A5300. At the roundabout take the third exit and merge onto the A561 and follow signs to the airport. Turn left at the traffic lights, signposted ‘superstore’ (you will see a large Morrisons with petrol station). Turn left at the mini roundabout, and then immediately turn right onto Ganworth Road. At the end of the road, turn left and the Noah’s Ark Centre will be on your right.
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Accommodation
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Hampton by Hilton
Speke Hall Avenue, Liverpool, L241YD
0.6 miles away
£69.00 per night for standard room sleeping 2 adults and 1 child, breakfast included
Gateway Lodge
1 Speke Church Road, Liverpool, L24 3TA
0.7 miles away, 3-star family run, tel: 0151 284 4801
£50.00 per night for en-suite double or twin rooms
£60.00 for en-suite room sleeping 3
Express by Holiday Inn
1 Speke Hall Avenue, Liverpool Airport, L24 1UX
1.1 miles away
£125 per night for standard twin room or standard room sleeping 2 adults and 2 children, breakfast included
Crowne Plaza
The Aerodrome, Speke Road, Speke, Liverpool Airport, L24 8QD
1.8 miles away, 4-star
£70.00 (advance booking) for classic room sleeps 2 adults, 2 children
Aplin House
35 Clarendon Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 6PJ
2.5 miles away, tel: 0151 427 5047
£34.00 for single en-suite room
Travelodge
531 Aigburth Road, Liverpool, L19 9DN
3 miles away, £39.50 per room per night
The Stalbridge Guest house
134 St. Mary’s Road, Garston, LIVERPOOL, L19 2JG
3 miles away, 3-star family-run
£30.00 standard single room
£35.00 en-suite single room
£50.00 standard twin room
£60.00 en-suite twin room
£60.00 en-suite double room
£75.00 standard room sleeps 3
£90.00 en-suite room sleeps 3
£100.00 standard room sleeps 4
£120.00 en-suite room sleeps 4
The Green Park Hotel
4-6 Greenbank Drive, Liverpool, L17 1AW
5 miles away, tel: 0151 733 3382
£50.00 single room
£60.00 double/twin room
£90.00 triple room
The Kingsway Hotel
66-68 Victoria Road, Widnes, WA8 7RA
5.4miles away (near Runcorn train station), 2-star
£28.50 standard single room, breakfast included
£32.50 en-suite single room, breakfast included
£44.00 standard double room, breakfast included
£48.50 en-suite double or twin room, breakfast included
The Mersey Hotel
146-148 Mersey Road, Widnes, WA8 0DT
6.1 miles away (near Runcorn train station), 2-star
£38.50 en-suite single room, breakfast included
£40.00 superior single room, breakfast included
£48.50 en-suite double or twin room, breakfast included
£51.00 en-suite superior double or twin room, breakfast included
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