Whhheeewwww… the Dock’s big weekend is just about over. The Maritime Heritage Festival in the TQ was a huge, roaring success. The Dock Walk today was awesome. Book Group was the best ever. And the dinner and Business Plan Launch on Friday night… wow. I am so proud of my awesome team who put this all together, and humbled and privileged to be part of The Dock.
A more considered report when I’ve had a bit more time to take it all in, but for now a quick link to some photos taken by Annette McGrath, in which you can spot some of the Great and the Good who attended the event – click here.
And if you want to hear the point of view of one of the guests, you can click onto Gladys Ganiel’s report for the Slugger O’Toole blog here. (Be warned that the lurkers who post comments on the Slugger blog are pretty merciless, so don’t read on beyond the article if you have delicate sensibilities!)
As part of her article, Gladys included a video of the bulk of the presentation – if you have a free half hour (!) you can watch it here. (Susan kindly asks that you don’t notice that one of my suit buttons was hanging off. Oops, too late!)
Great pitch Chris. Well done.BHAG!!
Disappointing to see the Church of Christ become the business of Christ. What was once about helping others is now about making a profit of others… sad to see.
Hi ‘Thinking of leaving the Church of Ireland’, thanks for your post but I wonder if you’ve got things upside-down… if you watch the presentation you’ll see that the vision of The Dock is indeed to ‘help others’ by providing a hub for pastoral care, friendship and community in the TQ. The fact that this vision requires some fundraising (like every other church) doesn’t make it a money-grabbing business. I completely agree that it would be sad if a church became more about profit than people, but it would be equally sad if the venture remained a ‘good intention’ rather than a reality because we were too afraid to ask for funding. What do others think?