CRUISE SHIP MINISTRY SEASON NOW ONLINE

A sure sign of the end of winter here at New England Seafarers Mission is the sign of the Cruise Ship season on the horizon. The first ship arrives in April and we will be full steam ahead by May.

Did you know that last year we had so many churches sign up to volunteer at the Boston Mission Center that we had to turn away some groups?There just weren’t enough ships to go around! Well this 2008 season, there are even more ships visiting Boston – 114 callings in all (some days have multiple ships). The day starts about 9:00 in the morning and we’ll have you home by supper. Some youth groups even elect to spend the night and visit Boston. Each time a group would come into the Mission to help, I would tell the seafarers that these people were all volunteers who had given up their day just so they could offer their help to the ship’s crew. With wide eyes and gracious hearts, they were to a person affected by the generosity of such giving of time.

And each time a NEW group of volunteers came in, they would inevitably leave with a sense of REAL service being done in the Kingdom of God.

They would have met people from around the globe, extending the compassionate and merciful hand of Christ’s Church to these people, who would then eventually return to their country and tell their families and friends about such help and hospitality done in the name of Christ.

So you don’t really want to miss out on this opportunity do you?

Act fast because it’s first come, first serve. Here’s what you do. Go to our calendar pages and look through the months for days the list Cruise Ships (Those already taken will be marked RESERVED with the church’s name on the date.) Once you select a date, fill out the form on the calendar page and click submit. IT’S THAT EASY! We’ll send you a confirmation by e-mail.

We hope to see you at the Mission!

"If you read history you will find out that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next." C. S. Lewis