{"id":7078,"date":"2014-01-09T12:12:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T16:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/?p=7078"},"modified":"2014-01-09T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T17:35:47","slug":"how-to-start-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2014\/how-to-start-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Start A Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The story of the first three days (and nights) of 2014 in The Dock&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/83766685\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"How To Start A Year\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see more pics of some of the 25 prayer stations, check out The Big Wooden Box&#8217;s flickr photostream\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thebigwoodenbox\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the stations you can see in the vid, we also had some fantastic impromptu events during the few days &#8211; such as beautiful live music from Nigel and Julie, and a moving Taize service led by Dock Volunteer Lindsay&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"940\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.the-dock.org\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/how-to-start-a-year\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:41078642}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 940px; height: 664px;\" data-original-width=\"940\" data-original-height=\"664\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 499px; height: 664px;\" data-original-width=\"499\" data-original-height=\"664\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2014\/how-to-start-a-year\/tz6-1-14socin30th-002\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"495\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"660\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7079\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3216,4288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix JV300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388692898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TZ6.1.14SOCin30th 002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?fit=224%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?w=495&#038;h=660&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?w=3216&amp;ssl=1 3216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TZ6.1.14SOCin30th-002.jpg?w=2820&amp;ssl=1 2820w\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"495\" data-original-height=\"660\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TZ6.1.14SOCin30th 002\" alt=\"TZ6.1.14SOCin30th 002\" style=\"width: 495px; 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height: 328px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>And as well as praying all around the world (as the different stations reminded us to do), more than a few prayers were said for the situation right outside our doors &#8211; especially as the water levels rose on Friday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"940\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.the-dock.org\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/how-to-start-a-year\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:41078642}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 940px; height: 450px;\" data-original-width=\"940\" data-original-height=\"450\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 599px; height: 450px;\" data-original-width=\"599\" data-original-height=\"450\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2014\/how-to-start-a-year\/img_7230\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"595\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"446\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7082\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_7230.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1632,1224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388707775&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_7230\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_7230.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_7230.jpg?fit=940%2C705&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_7230.jpg?w=595&#038;h=446&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_7230.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_7230.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_7230.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"595\" data-original-height=\"446\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_7230\" alt=\"IMG_7230\" style=\"width: 595px; 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