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Before I commit an act of ragged, messy violence on the 100000001st person to ask me that question, I thought it was high time I wrote a little update about the Dock\u2019s search for a boat!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Partly this is to correct some misunderstandings that seem to be out there.\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard rumours reported back to me as fact that the Dock now owns a boat; in fact someone had even heard (y\u2019know, from a reliable source, on the QT, just so ya know, for prayer) that the Dock not only owned a boat, but had spent so much money on the boat that the company was now hugely in debt and facing financial insolvency.\u00a0 News to me!… just to be clear, at this point in time, the Dock has neither a boat (aww) nor a debt (phew!).\u00a0 What it does have, is a vision, and a commitment to this journey – however long it takes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Because right from the beginning we knew that this was no short term easy thing; we knew we couldn\u2019t just snap our fingers and expect a boat to appear.\u00a0 The Dock began, just over two years ago now, with a blank page.\u00a0 No money in the bank, no boat-fund, no twinkly-eyed benefactor, no old boat lying in wait for a good cause to come along.\u00a0 It\u2019s been an adventure getting this far – and as much as it\u2019s occasionally been frustratingly slow, that pace has also allowed people to get involved, and the vision to evolve, in ways I never could\u2019ve imagined.\u00a0 Which is exactly as it should be – God really does know what he\u2019s doing, and his timing is right.\u00a0 This can be seen even in the way the boat has developed from a gimmicky concept – a one-liner – to an idea which seems to genuinely embody the whole Dock vision; a boat looks so obviously different to a church from any of our traditions, and carries so much imagery of neutral waters and new horizons, that people seem to \u2018get\u2019 the whole point of The Dock as soon as the boat is mentioned.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The exciting thing is, that after the two years of forging links across the different denominations, founding The Dock as a company, and publishing the Business Plan, we are now in a position to be looking at boats and getting a feel for the market.\u00a0 You all saw the images of our visit to the Arctic Penguin<\/a>, and it remains one of our favourite options (though not the only one).\u00a0 But we\u2019re trying to be sensible and responsible about this big mad idea: you don\u2019t buy a boat – especially not an old boat – without surveys and research and a good bit of thought and expertise; and you try not to fall in love with the first boat you see until you\u2019ve checked out what else is out there!\u00a0 And, most crucially (so that the rumours don\u2019t end up being true after all), you don\u2019t commit to a massive capital expenditure until there are some pennies in the bank.\u00a0 (And if you\u2019d like to help on that score, you know where to find me!)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So keep enjoying the journey, people of The Dock – don\u2019t expect to arrive overnight! \u00a0 Keep your eyes peeled for pictures of the Penguin and of other possible ships on the website over the coming weeks and months.\u00a0 There are some hugely exciting possibilities out there, and I still dream of the day when the Dock is afloat.\u00a0 But in some ways I\u2019m even more excited just to be part of the journey; to be in the TQ, part of the Titanic Centenary, walking out the vision, meeting the neighbours in pop-up cafes and coffee shops.\u00a0 This is Life in the Titanic Quarter, and I\u2019m not going to wish it away in impatience for the next chapter. \u00a0I’ve never been part of a story like this – and I’m loving every minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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