{"id":1156,"date":"2010-11-19T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2010-11-19T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T14:55:05","slug":"the-gathering-now-taking-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/news\/the-gathering-now-taking-bookings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gathering &#8211; Now Taking Bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/the-gathering.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1157  alignnone\" title=\"The Gathering\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/gathering_580x100.jpg?resize=470%2C81\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"81\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In June 2011 men of the UK will gather in a field near Swindon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They will come from far and near, in ones and twos, in small and large groups &#8211; by bike, car or minibus. They will gather for a weekend. Tents will be put up. BBQs will be lit.<\/p>\n<p>They might know some others there, there will be many that they do not yet know. There will be young and old, from all jobs, all backgrounds and many different types of church<\/p>\n<p>And for one weekend, all these men will gather for one purpose &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To believe that in our lifetime a committed band of brothers, joined together in purpose, can change a nation.<\/p>\n<p>We call this, The Gathering.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/the-gathering.html\">Find out all the details and book online now.<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/news\/the-gathering-now-taking-bookings\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2011 men of the UK will gather in a field near Swindon. They will come from far and near, in ones and twos, in small and large groups &#8211; by bike, car or minibus. They will gather for a weekend. Tents will be put up. BBQs will be lit. 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