The Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, President and Executive Director, The Seamen’s Church Institute Last week, the National Weather Service noted the water level in Memphis at negative 10.75 feet—the lowest ever recorded at that mile marker. The Mississippi and Ohio rivers, from top to bottom, are currently experiencing unprecedented low water this year, significantly suppressing the […]
Read MoreIn 2020, during the pandemic, Angel Owens started Maritime Training Online (MTO) in response to a clear need for asynchronous e-learning specifically tailored to the offshore industry—accessible anytime, anywhere. Upon start-up, Mrs. Owens reached out to Seamen’s Church Institute’s Center for Maritime Education as it seemed to her “a natural choice to look to when […]
Read MoreThe Seamen’s Church Institute’s Christmas at Sea program dates to 1898 when volunteers aligned with SCI began distributing knits to sailors and merchant mariners. More than a hundred years later, Christmas at Sea is going strong, with 20,000-plus handmade items waiting to be delivered to mariners on the inland waterways and Gulf-coast regions and seafarers […]
Read MoreBy Chaplain Michelle McWilliams I was busy selling SIM cards to the deck crew in the ship’s office on the Cosco Philippines. Some seafarers called down to the engine room and reported that three others were interested in buying and would make their way to the deck. After they bought their SIM cards, they started […]
Read MoreArticle printed in the Waterways Journal Weekly, September 23, 2022 The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has announced that it has raised more than $3 million of its $5 million goal so far in support of its Ministry on the River campaign. The campaign was launched in 2019 with two lead gifts from American Commercial Barge […]
Read MoreIngram Barge Company has made a $1 million gift to The Seamen’s Church Institute in support of its Ministry On The River campaign. Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Nashville, TN, Ingram Barge Company—with a fleet of over 140 tow boats, 4000 barges, and 2000 workers—is among the largest inland-waterway commodity transportation companies in the […]
Read MoreRetired Chaplain Kempton Baldridge represented SCI at SUNY Maritime College’s 2022 Indoctrination Week. He wrote about his time there and his experience meeting the incoming cadets. “Did you go to Fort Schuyler?” I was asked that question often as SCI’s chaplain at ‘Fort Schuyler,’ as SUNY Maritime College is often called. So frequently, in fact, I […]
Read MoreFrom the Knit Before Christmas, August 2022 The heart of the Seamen’s Church Institute is its chaplaincy. In the Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest port on North America’s East Coast, chaplains and support personnel provide pastoral care via ship visits, transportation services, and extended hospitality at our International Seafarers’ Center. In […]
Read MorePublished in The Knit Before Christmas, August 2022 Named in memory of Janet Lord Roper, SCI’s “House Mother” from 1915 to 1943, the Roper Legacy Society acknowledges the generosity and foresight of individuals who include the Seamen’s Church Institute in their estate plans as an important philanthropic commitment to furthering SCI’s mission. In 2018, to […]
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