The Regional Directors of the Mission to Seafarers (MtS) around the Anglican world wrapped up their conference with a celebratory dinner in the renovated lower floor of the Mission Centre (The Flying Angel Club) at the Port of Vancouver the evening of Thursday, September 21. The conference ran from Monday, September 18 until Friday the 22nd at the aforementioned Mission Centre.
MtS worldwide is set up in geographical regions with headquarters in London, England. The conference was attended by the Secretary General, the Reverend Canon Andrew Wright from London and the Directors from each of the regions: Europe, Canada, Africa, Australia, Gulf and South Asia, East Asia, USA, Oceania, St. John/New Brunswick who gathered in Vancouver for learning and fellowship. Joining the directors were executives from supporting organizations including Dr. Jason Zuidema, the Executive Director of the North American Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA).
During the conference the participants looked at their mandate, “serving seafarers” in terms of: team ministry, effective internships, ecumenical partnerships, ‘Alpha’ for seafarers, effective advocacy, effective governance, digital chaplaincy, internet and social media, effective ship visiting, family networks, port twinning, creating and maintain high quality and sustainable centres and that is just a sampling of the fulsome agenda assembled for the conference.
Each director submitted a regional report and there was also a visit to the MtF in Seattle. The Reverend Peter Smyth, Senior Port Chaplain for Vancouver said “it was a great week!”
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