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 the moment, but we have plenty more if anyone else would like a copy. Read more about 6000 DVDs of the film "Jesus" that need a home
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 Iloilo together with their wives also came to share their ministry to seamen. Read more about Celebrations in the Philippines
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." Read more about No "hit and run" in Belfast!
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. Read more about How technology helps give encouragement to seamen
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 in Felixstowe and Martin Otto in Hamburg. He also mentioned how Keith had written to him on two occasions. Read more about Rob Flinders on the support network of SCFS Chaplains
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 summer.
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 end his contract and go home. I showed him the spiritual side of what was happening. We often try to escape from difficult situations. But we have to learn to love in the way Jesus himself loved. The difficult people that come our way must also fit in our hearts. So I told Alberto, that it was his duty to show his captain, who Jesus Christ is. Read more about SCFS port chaplain counsels seaman who is promoted
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 Bible verse on them in their own language and want to know how many they could take. Read more about Wonderful response from seafarers
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 next, and I was told Grimsby. This is just up the road, so I was able to arrange a further visit the next day. Read more about Unexpected meeting of submariners
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 Chaplain can now provide regular updates to keep our supporters even better informed than before. Read more about Launch of new SCFS website
