Slideshow image
Save to your Calendar

The final day for Seafarer's International collection is November 16. There is a cargo ship on the altar for your donations. Yarn and patterns are on the table near the coat rack. The list of items needed is printed below (it is also in the newsletter; in the cargo ship; and on the bulletin board). Packing date will be announced later. Thank you for brightening Christmas-at-Sea for cargo ship crew members.

Seafarer’s International (information from the SOV newsletter)

We’ll again gather supplies for Seafarer’s International - you don’t have to purchase an entire satchel worth of items. 

Please help us make 2025 another banner year. 90% of global trade is transported on the world’s oceans by crew members on container ships who remain invisible to most people, yet our supply chains depend on their services and sacrifice of being at sea for months on end. Seafarers are often overworked and lonely. We invite you, your business, school group or congregation to spread the joy of Christmas among those who will not be home with their loved ones. Our port chaplains deliver satchels filled with gifts. Mariners regardless of their faith or nationality will receive satchels filled with: 

 One Sweatshirt – hooded or unhooded (size M-L)

Three Pairs of Socks – thermal or gym

One T- Shirt (size M-L)

One Knitted Winter Cap (coordinating scarf optional; no pastels please) 

One small Can of Nuts, Large Bar of Chocolate, or Healthy Snack Bar

A Holiday or Christmas Card from YOU!

You pick the colors, styles and brands, but please no substitutions from the list. For the safety of seafarers, please do not add fringes or pom-poms to the hats and scarves. The Christmas-at-Sea satchels should be comparable for each member of the crew. Please assemble each satchel with sweatshirts and T-shirts of the same size and label the satchel with a M or L on the back side.

What might otherwise have been another lonely night at sea becomes a joyous occasion, because complete strangers share the spirit of Christmas with seafarers!