The Mission to Seafarers

Your financial support and prayers are needed for us to continue to help merchant seafarers of all ranks, nationalities and beliefs who call at the Port of Seattle.  Please send checks to the Mission to Seafarers at 3568 W. Marginal Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106, or you can donate securely online by clicking the button below:

 

The Mission to Seafarers is a registered 501(c)(3)  non-profit organization.

The Seattle Seafarers’ Center, operated by the Mission to Seafarers, is located at 3568 W. Marginal Way SW, along the West Duwamish Waterway.  We offer computer and telephone service, a comfortable lounge with a pool table, a full kitchen facility and a chapel.  We look forward to welcoming you at our Center on your next visit to the Port of Seattle.

At this time we are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 15:00 hours, as well as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.  Please call us at 206-935-3439 to confirm that we are open.  If there is no answer at our Center, please call the Catholic Seamen’s Club at 206-441-4773  for assistance.

The Board of Directors of the Mission to Seafarers meets on the second Wednesday of each month.  A light snack is served at 5:30, with the business meeting beginning at 6 p.m.

Visitors are welcome to attend!  Please contact our office at (206) 395-3439 to let us know you will be attending, and to make sure the meeting night has not been changed.

SEA SUNDAY

In the Anglican Church, Sea Sunday has been celebrated at the height of summer as a way to raise awareness about the hardships and dangers of life at sea.  This celebration encourages us to give thanks for those willing to do a very difficult and dangerous job, a job that brings us car parts, computers, and a vast array of consumer goods from afar, as well as taking our agricultural and forestry products and many luxury items to other countries. Millions of jobs and our standard of living depend on these hardworking and courageous men and women as two trillion  dollars’ worth of goods pass through U.S ports each year!

In support of our efforts, Bishop Rickel has declared the first Sunday of June to be Sea Sunday in the Diocese of Olympia.  This falls on June 3rd this year.

The Mission to Seafarers can provide information, sermon notes, hymn suggestions and all sorts of information to aid in this celebration. We are happy to make available information and statistics about seafarers, as well as provide speakers for Sea Sunday, or to speak to interested groups in April and May as we build momentum to this important day … put us in front of the Outreach Committee, your Mens’ or Ladies’ groups, or even the pulpit on Sunday morning June 3rd.

Look for more information as we get closer to the date.