{"id":3153,"date":"2011-10-29T13:48:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T17:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2011-10-29T13:49:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T17:49:48","slug":"fireworks-at-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2011\/fireworks-at-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks at church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2011\/fireworks-at-church\/img_8347-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347.jpg?fit=1296%2C968&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1296,968\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1309108779&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dock Walking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347.jpg?fit=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347.jpg?fit=940%2C701&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3155\" title=\"Dock Walking\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_8347.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>How many church services can claim to have included fireworks, an aerial stunt-flying display, pirate ships, snowfalls, sunsets, a hog roast, a Channel 4 documentary film crew, or a cruise ship departure? \u00a0I<em> love <\/em>the Dock Walk! &#8211; those are all things that we&#8217;ve stumbled across while on our Sunday-afternoon danders over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>And tomorrow promises to be another interesting day &#8211; there&#8217;s a Metro Monster Mash festival at the Odyssey all afternoon, climaxing with a<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fireworks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2011\/fireworks-at-church\/fireworks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fireworks.jpg?fit=268%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fireworks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fireworks.jpg?fit=268%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fireworks.jpg?fit=268%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3154\" title=\"fireworks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/fireworks-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> fireworks display at 6pm (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belfastcity.gov.uk\/events\/halloweenmetromonstermash.asp\">here<\/a> for details). \u00a0But don&#8217;t worry &#8211; the Dock Walk will meet at The Streat at 3:33pm as normal; we might be able to sample some of the attractions, we might be able to walk our normal route (or we might not) and we might find all sorts of unexpected sights as the Titanic Quarter increasingly becomes a hive of activity and a lively, vibrant community.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the beauty of church without walls &#8211; completely unexpected and completely flexible!<\/p>\n<p>And PS &#8211; don&#8217;t forget the clocks go back tonight &#8211; extra hour of sleep, woo hoo!<\/p>\n<p>And PPS &#8211; a date for the diary &#8211; keep the evening of <strong>15th November<\/strong> free at all costs! \u00a0It&#8217;s The Dock&#8217;s second birthday and we have big plans. \u00a0As I darkly hinted a few days ago, there have been some major developments in Dock-World over the last few weeks &#8211; I&#8217;m going to save them up and announce them in style at the Dock Birthday Bash!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many church services can claim to have included fireworks, an aerial stunt-flying display, pirate ships, snowfalls, sunsets, a hog roast, a Channel 4 documentary film crew, or a cruise ship departure? \u00a0I love the Dock Walk! &#8211; those are all things that we&#8217;ve stumbled across while on our Sunday-afternoon danders over the past year. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2011\/fireworks-at-church\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fireworks at church<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chris-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fireworks at church - The DOCK - Life in the Titanic Quarter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2011\/fireworks-at-church\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fireworks at church - The DOCK - Life in the Titanic Quarter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How many church services can claim to have included fireworks, an aerial stunt-flying display, pirate ships, snowfalls, sunsets, a hog roast, a Channel 4 documentary film crew, or a cruise ship departure? 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