…which is, by happy co-incidence, both the title of the next book in Dock Book Group, and a suitably portentous-sounding title for a blog telling you about some upcoming events!

First up there is of course the Book Group, continuing our adventures with different writers who explore the frustrations and possibilities for new ways of doing church.  This month we’re looking at The Shaping Of Things To Come by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch, a brilliant, dense, provocative book and a very challenging read.  Book Group meets at 12noon on 16th October in the Odyssey Streat, and if you like the sound of the book the Amazon link is here (you’ve just about enough time to get it read!)

Also next weekend, you can check out the work of Heather Coulter, the Official Dock Photographer, at an exhibition in Belmont Tower on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th (click on the thumbnail to the left for full details).  Heather has taken some fantastic shots of the TQ while covering Dock events over the past year – and she was there to capture the final shots of SS Nomadic in its weatherbeaten state before it was tarped and scaffolded for restoration!  You’ve been looking at lots of her work in Dock blogs and literature (and even the Times, don’tchaknow!) – her most recent photo of Dock in action (involving me drinking coffee, as usual) appeared in the Belfast Telegraph and the Church of Ireland Gazette! (I know – talk about the heady heights of fame…)  The shot they used is the first in a run of her shots of the TQ on the Dock Flickr site – click the ‘photos’ tab under ‘Media’ on the website to have a look.  (Or click here.)

Finally, just a reminder that the Dock Walk has now gone weekly, and will continue every week indefinitely – it is now, officially, the Sunday Service of the Dock church!  Click on the pic to the right for details.  Last week for the first time ever, we had an all-male Dock Walk – it was great to have some sensible conversation at last…  Only joking!  Women are of course welcome – as long as they don’t talk too much.  And wear hats.

Also in last week’s walk, the bunch of guys came from very different church backgrounds – which made the chat as we walked absolutely fascinating.  The Dock Walk is still in its early days and it’s still small, but I hope it’s a good sign of the kind of things that will spring from the ‘shared medley’ as The Dock continues to grow…