If you are looking for an at-home way to make a difference in the lives of essential workers, the Seattle Seafarers’ Center can use your help. They are running low on their signature hand-knit hats to distribute to ship workers that come to the Port of Seattle.
Though cruise season has been interrupted due to the pandemic, cargo ships are still sailing. The Seattle Seafarers’ Center is working to meet as many seafarers as possible in a safe manner.
To download the hat pattern, visit Knitting & Sewing Groups.
The Mission to Seafarers has given Redeemer yarn to make hats. If you would like some yarn, contact Fr. Jed at rector@redeemer-kenmore.org.
Seattle Seafarers Center
Seafarers play a vital role in our daily lives. We depend on them to bring us food, electronic items, raw materials, and other essential cargo. In addition, we depend on the seafarers to ship our exports overseas to help pay for the imports. Without ships and seafarers, trade would cease and our lives would be almost unrecognizable.
Seafarers need us. The reality of working at sea is that it is the third most hazardous occupation, due to natural elements and piracy. The work takes seafarers away from their homes and families for months at a time. While at sea they are isolated. When in port, they often find themselves alienated by language and culture. Moreover, under the Homeland Security rules, shore leave in the United States is often difficult to obtain.
The crews on the commercial ships that call at the Port of Seattle come from many different countries, each with its own culture and religious beliefs. The average crew is made up of about 20-25 seafarers who often speak several different languages. This leads to isolation and loneliness.
It is the Seattle Seafarers Center’s privilege to welcome all seafarers while they are in Seattle. Our chaplain and ship visitor visit ships and arrange transportation to the Center or for shopping in the city. The Center has computers for their use and is wired for Wi-Fi. When seafarers are not allowed to leave their ship, the Center brings SIM cards to them so that they can call home while in port. If needed, they also offer to do any necessary shopping for them.
Church of the Redeemer
Welcome to Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.
Church of the Redeemer is at 6210 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.
The Episcopal Church welcomes you.
