New England Seafarers Mission began in the 1880s with the arrival of the Swedish Covenant Church during the great Scandanavian immigration to the US. We began with a single pastor who worked the waterfront, visiting primarily crews from the many Swedish ships calling in Boston. Over the years, that ministry grew to include people from all over the world.
By all accounts our Ministry Awareness Dinner on March 26th was a huge success. Held in Massport's Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, guests arrived in the late afternoon for tours of our
We are blessed to have a College Missions Team from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan working at our Seafarers Center. (Please, no comments from Hope College alumni - they are here and youare not. ) For the past few years we have enjoyed having these college work teams come to us by way of the Boston Project, an urban outreach Ministry in Dorchester. The teams have been painting, cleaning and doinganything else we need in order to get ready for our Ministry Awareness Dinner and the start of our Cruise Ministry Season.
Many thanks to the whole team for their giving hearts and hard work.
NESM and Bethany Covenant in Bedford NH, like many of our partner churches, have enjoyed a fruitful relationaship over the years. In what has become a yearly event, Bethany invites NESM to a late winter service for a mission moment. Before we arrive, Mission team members from Bethany select several Cruise Ministry Mission Days off of our calender www.neseafarers/volunteer. For the past several years, Bethany has chosen 6 days for their volunteer teams to come into Boston.
We begin April 17th and go through through the fall with September and October bringing us the bulk of our cruise ships to Boston. But if you check our calendars, you will see we need lots of help to meet the needs of the seafarers. To assist in finding volunteers, we have listed how many people we need for each day. Now, you don't need to put together a church group for our weekday ships. Do you have a day off, or a personal day coming to you? Does your employer offer time off for Community Service?Maybe you are retired or work weekends and have a day off during the week. If you would like to be involved with our global missions outreach for a day, check our calender page for dates and time and find a day that fits your schedule. Then fill out our online form and reserve your individual time slot. You will bless the lives of these hard-working men and women with your helping hands. CLICK HERE TO BEGIN YOUR RESERVATIONS
We Have this Hope as an Anchor, Firm and Secure - Hebrews 6:19
NE Seafarers Mission is a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church, a rapidly growing multiethnic denomination in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world. Read More