{"id":682,"date":"2010-05-08T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/?p=682"},"modified":"2010-05-19T17:19:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T21:19:46","slug":"minion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2010\/minion\/","title":{"rendered":"Minion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a week it&#8217;s been! \u00a0For the first time in my life I was really gripped by the drama of the elections (didn&#8217;t mean I stayed up all night&#8230; but I did check the news first thing on Friday morning!) \u00a0That surprising result in East Belfast, whether you agree with it or not, does mean that the opening line of The Dock Vision (<em>Belfast is changing&#8230;<\/em>) is truer than ever. \u00a0Exciting times!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"686\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2010\/minion\/screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22-39-09\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09.png?fit=485%2C276&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"485,276\" 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=\"Minion\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09.png?fit=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09.png?fit=485%2C276&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-686\" title=\"Minion\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09-150x150.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-05-08-at-22.39.09.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A time of change for The Dock as well&#8230; after an all-too-brief month of being a team member, today marked Emma&#8217;s last day as The Minion as she prepares to return to ministry training in Dublin. \u00a0But not before she had to endure the ultimate trial: being the subject of a Dock movie&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(warning: this movie contains scenes of extreme bossiness)<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"660\" height=\"405\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MWFwRUmsoSE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;or in high definition:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11601109&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11601109\">Minion<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/thedockchurch\">The DOCK Church<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a week it&#8217;s been! 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