SCFS chaplains are receiving more and more opportunities to minister to crews on board the many cruise ships visiting our ports. Crystal Cruises and Princess Cruises have given a very favourable response to SCFS visiting their crews again this year. Another company that has been very supportive of our visits this year is Fred Olsen [...]
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6000 DVDs of the film “Jesus” that need a home
July 6, 2007 – 4:18 pm
SCFS Headquarters recently had a knock at the front door to find a delivery of 6,000 DVDs had arrived and needed to be found a "home". The DVDs are of the film "Jesus" and each DVD can be played in any of 32 different languages. The DVD's are being distributed to our port chaplains at [...]
Celebrations in the Philippines
June 4, 2007 – 3:57 pm
Recently in Manila, SCFS Philippines celebrated "20 years of sailing the World with the Word." SCFS HQ Director Michael Wilson was invited as the main speaker. About 240 seamen and families, friends and guests came to witness God's faithfulness. Rev. Abraham Candiasan SCFS port chaplain in Bacolod and Rev George Totica, SCFS port chaplain in [...]
No “hit and run” in Belfast!
June 4, 2007 – 3:56 pm
One verse that was on the calendars given out to the seafarers over Christmas is found in 1 Timothy chapter 2 and verse 5. It reads, "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
How technology helps give encouragement to seamen
February 18, 2007 – 3:55 pm
For many seamen there is no possibility of attending a Church Service throughout the many months at sea. Even when the ship is in port, the seamen have to carry on with their duties, often working long 12 hour shifts.
Rob Flinders on the support network of SCFS Chaplains
February 12, 2007 – 3:54 pm
In 2004 we had three Indian seafarers visit our home, one of whom was John, from Tamil Nadu and a brother in Christ. A few weeks ago John took the time to write and tell me that since 2004 he has been onboard ships trading to Europe and has been regularly visited by Keith Oliver [...]
New Port Chaplain for Cork
September 29, 2006 – 3:53 pm
We would like to welcome Colin Jenkins and his wife Sunhwa to the SCFS family. Colin is taking over the baton as the Cork port chaplain. Colin has spent some time working alongside our previous chaplains in Cork and Belfast. This was while he was studying at the Belfast Bible College, where he graduated this [...]
SCFS port chaplain 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
