Urban Saints North East: Update April 11

It's been a privilege to get around the region meeting leaders as part of the Re-Energize training tour over the last month. Many Energize teams have been trained as a result, and dozens of other people have found out about Urban Saints, and are currently trying out Energize. If you weren't able to make it, these Energize videos may be of help to you and your team, whether you are new to Energize, or if you're an existing user who hasn't got fully to grips with it yet. The Re-Energize tour finishes in Grimsby on Tuesday 19th April.

It was also great last month to celebrate the launch of MIMIC - our brand new discipleship resource which is available free as part of Energize. I've had a preview, and it looks great, making discipling children and young people simple, accountable and effective.

There have been three new groups that have signed up to Energize in the North East during the past month or so. They are Chester field St Thomas; Ripon 'Sunday at 5'; and Rotherham Elim. It's great to welcome you to Urban Saints! You can find out where the other Urban Saints groups local to you are here.

Here's a run down of what you can find out about in this month's e-mail:

• Big Night Out: May 14th - All the latest news plus promo vid
• SPREE North: July 8th - 10th -Spiritual and Activities Programme revealed plus promo vid
• ReGenerate: Fabulous training options for leaders across the North East
• Momentum Faithfest: A special youth event for Pentecost in the centre of Hull
• 30-seconds with... : Chris Vale, Youth Worker at Tees Valley Community Church is our first guest in this new feature
• Three of the Best: Check out the best features on Energize, which we have been looking at on the Re-Energize training tour

Hope you find it useful!

Finally, please keep our groups from Pickering, Harrogate, Coulby Newham and Norton in your prayers - they are currently building houses as part of the ReBuild Project. They return on Tuesday.

With love and thanksgiving

Unite York
Sun 19/6/11
YORK

Daytime Regenerate
Tues 10/5/11
LEEMING BAR

The Pursuit
Sat 30/4/11
MIDDLESBROUGH

Regenerate
Mon 23/5/11
MIDDLESBROUGH

IXth Hour
Sun 26/6/11
NEWCASTLE

X:Site
Sat 14/5/11
NEWCASTLE

Regenerate
Tues 9/6/11
NEWCASTLE

ReDefine
Fri 24/6/11 - Sat 25/6/11
SHEFFIELD

X:Site
Sat 21/5/11
SHEFFIELD

HUBbub
Mon 9/5/11
SHEFFIELD

Create
Sat 25/6/11
LEEDS

Regenerate
Thurs 19/5/11
BRADFORD

X:Site
Sat 21/5/11
KEIGHLEY

Daytime Regenerate
Thurs 26/5/11
BRADFORD

Refuel
Sat 11/6/11
LEEDS

30-seconds with...

Chris Vale

Thanks Chris! Who will it be next month?

Laser tag, a skate park, bungee trampolines and crazy golf are just a handful of the activities taking place at SPREE North 2011. There will also be a fabulous spiritual programme. For full details, click here. We've also put a short promotional vid together, which you can view here.

Big Night Out - Less than six weeks to go!

It promises to be one of the biggest youth events in the North East for many years, and there's just six weeks to go! Tickets for the Big Night Out at Lightwater Valley are available at the bargain price of just £12, and need to be purchased by Saturday 14th May. There will be tickets available on the gate at the higher price of £16. For full details of the acts performing at the event, and for a booking form, click here. If you are coming, let us know on the Facebook event page. You may also want to see the promotional video.

Market Place
The cost for Christian organisations promoting what they do on a stall in the Market Place at the Big Night Out is £25 for local groups and £50 for national organisations. Get in touch if you're interested.
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The final date of our Re-Energize training tour is in Grimsby on Tuesday 19th April from 7pm - 9pm.

Grimsby Neighbourhood Church
289a Weelsby Street
Grimsby
DN32 7JW

There is no cost for the training. Full details can be found here. If you are planning on coming, it would be handy if you could let us know.

In our Three of the Best feature this month, you can see some of the hidden gems we looked at from Energize as part of the training tour.

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Momentum in Hull is organising a major 'Faithfest' for young people in the centre of the city to mark Pentecost. The event features Chip Kendall from thebandwithnoname; Forerunner; Street Dance Group 'Release'; Luminescence; and DJ Galactus Jack. Urban Saints will be there providing refreshments for leaders. The event runs from 6:30pm to 10pm in Queen Victoria Square.
"We would love to see young people turn up in force to hear some great music, enjoy themselves but also hear the gospel." says Ali Crompton for Momentum. You can e-mail him for more info.

You may be planning on coming to SPREE, but there are a number of other holiday options throughout the North East that we think you should know about.

Whithaugh 2011 is a fabulous five day holiday between Monday 22nd and Friday 26th August 2011. Taking place at Whithaugh Park, there is a huge range of activities set in the stunning Scottish Borders with a worship programme that includes The Steels and Matt Summerfield. Places are limited at this camp, so if you're interested you better get your skates on!

SPREE in the Borders takes place between 17th and 19th July, also at Whithaugh Park. This is similar to SPREE North, but even further north!

Scripture Union offer some holidays in the North East for groups or individual young people, and if you fancy travelling out of the region, there are a number of Urban Saints holidays taking place too.

And don't forget Harvest in Hutton Rudby, Tees Valley - our very own North East festival taking place between 17th and 21st August 2011. This year LZ7 will be the headline act with worship each night from WIll Horner of the Naughty Vicars. Speakers include Mark Ritchie, Rachel Gardner and Jamie Hill

Regenerate is a programme of training which we are partnering with Scripture Union on.

Here is the information for the Evening Regenerate events. Click on the link for more details - it would be great to see you there:

• Tees Valley: Connecting with your Community, Middlesbrough, 23 May '11.
• W.Yorkshire: Connecting Children & Young People with God, Bradford, 19 May '11.
• Tyneside:  Connecting with The Bible, Newcastle, 9 June '11.

There are also some Daytime Regenerate events that take place. Here are the details for those in the coming term:

• North Yorkshire: Bible Engagement (with Ruth Hassall) , Leeming Bar, 10 May '11
• West Yorkshire: Working with Lads and Girls (with Richard Witham and Sharon Prior), Bradford, 26 May '11
• North Yorkshire: Training Others (with Sharon Prior), Leeming Bar, 5 July '11

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If you would like to help us raise money for to subsidise our events and training programmes to make them more accessible to all, there are several small ways which are already making a big difference. Easy Fundraising is an incredibly simple way raising funds each time you shop online on sites such as ebay and Amazon. It costs no more to you, but simply by registering, Urban Saints will receive a donation each time you buy something over the Internet. Recycling phones and ink cartridges also helps us raise a few hundred pounds each year. When selecting the charity, we are Urban Saints-C2003. You can also become a Personal Supporter of our work in the North East. Contact us for more information.

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