The Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) promotes the safety, dignity and improved working environment for the men and women serving in North American and international maritime workplaces. Founded in 1834, the Institute is a voluntary, ecumenical agency affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Take a closer look…
Ways to Give
Registration opens for the September SCI Mountain Challenge, a first-of-its-kind event in the United States for the maritime industry.
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SCI’s Most Clicked January 28, 2013 Explore the Institute’s most viewed website news articles from 2012, stories connecting mariners and those who support them. More...
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Adieu 2012: Year of Mission in 50 Photos December 31, 2012 SCI’s President & Executive Director has selected 50 photos taken at locations around the country highlighting the most memorable moments of 2012 when SCI served mariners with your help. More...
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New Jersey Starbucks Tea Bottles Outfitted for Winter
December 13, 2012
As part of a campaign to raise awareness of the work of international seafarers, SCI joins with New Jersey Starbucks stores to dress each of its Tazo Tea brand iced tea bottles with a wooly hat...
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Online Auction Aids SCI
November 30, 2012
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, SCI canceled its annual Christmas at Sea Gala & Auction at the New York Yacht Club this year. Thanks to the generosity of auction item contributors, however,...
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New Endurance Event Set to Test Maritime Companies
November 29, 2012
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) announces the SCI Mountain Challenge, a first-of-its-kind event in North America supporting the Institute’s mariner welfare programs and services.
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Recovering in the Port
November 5, 2012
Despite a waterlogged seafarers’ center, the Seamen’s Church Institute continues steadfast in its mission to help seafarers, greeting vessels returning to the East Coast’s largest port after...
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Supporters Cruise San Francisco Harbor
October 9, 2012
Increasing support for SCI’s ecumenical partnership of maritime ministry in the Bay Area raised nearly $20,000 during an October evening cruise of the port.
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A New Place on the Web
July 23, 2012
SCI’s new responsive website provides users with “one-stop shopping” for information from North America’s largest mariners’ service agency. Online visitors receive a glimpse into the extraordinary...
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General Convention Attendees ‘In the Know’
July 11, 2012
Miniature watch caps and in-the-field videos set apart SCI’s exhibit at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention held this month in Indianapolis. SCI invited persons attending the triennial...
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