{"id":16756,"date":"2017-03-16T17:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T17:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/?p=16756"},"modified":"2017-03-18T17:47:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T17:47:52","slug":"six-days-dock-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2017\/six-days-dock-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Six Days of (Dock) Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s five years since Dock Cafe opened its doors &#8211; five unforgettable, exciting, challenging, surprising, crazy years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2016\/is-this-the-market-you-are-looking-for\/fullsizerender-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28.jpg?fit=640%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,418\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1477063043&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fullsizerender-28\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28.jpg?fit=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28.jpg?fit=640%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-16547\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28-160x160.jpg?resize=160%2C160\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-28.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>It has grown beyond our wildest dreams. \u00a0Nothing could have prepared us, back in the early days, for the amazing movement Dock Cafe has now become: over seventy volunteers, hundreds of customers every day, thousands upon thousands of conversations, catch-ups, prayers and pieces of cake&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But right at the start we knew it was something special. \u00a0Right from the moment that we were handed the keys to an empty shop unit, and a team of volunteers rose to the challenge of turning it into a cosy community cafe in just six days, ready for the arrival of Eamonn Holmes and the Songs Of Praise film crew.<\/p>\n<p>So began the Six Days of Creation:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/207842361\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s five years since Dock Cafe opened its doors &#8211; 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