As you may have read on the ports pages, our port missionary for Cork, Walter Burrell, is in the process of stepping down after 37 years service.
Author Archives: SCFS
SCFS port missionary counsels seaman who is promoted
June 29, 2006 – 3:52 pm
Guus Peters in Antwerp sends us the following report to let us know that God is still working miracles.
In June 2005 while visiting a ship in port from the Philippines, I spoke with Alberto, the first officer. He was a Christian, but he was having a lot of conflict with his captain. He wanted to […]
Wonderful response from seafarers
March 9, 2006 – 3:50 pm
What is amazing every time is to see men and women cry when they see full Bibles in their own language.
A Hungarian restaurant worker wept as he held a Bible in his own language. Seeing young women from Latvia and Lithuania jump and scream with excitement as they find Bibles, literature and pictures with a […]
Unexpected meeting of submariners
October 25, 2005 – 3:45 pm
John Barnard reports on an exciting visit to a ship in Grimsby:
"The crew on this coaster visiting Immingham seemed an odd mix - Russian and Indonesian with Dutch officers. I didn't think we would have long because I was told the ship would only be staying that one day. I asked where they were headed […]
Launch of new SCFS website
October 22, 2005 – 3:44 pm
The new look SCFS website has been designed to publish up to date information on the work being done in all the SCFS ports around the world. Each Port Missionary can now provide regular updates to keep our supporters even better informed than before.
New service for wives of seafarers
October 21, 2005 – 2:13 pm
David Thomson in Paisley is now the Pastor of SCFS Christian Fellowship - a service specifically to help and encourage Christians at sea. They often feel very isolated, especially if there are no other Christians on board. David keeps in regular contact by correspondence and offers a series of Bible correspondence courses for those who […]