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Seafarers International House123 East 15th StreetNew York, NY 10003
212-677-4800 (seven days a week, 24 hours a day)
www.sihnyc.org
Seafarers International House
2014 Annual Report
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Postscr iptMr. Bales (inside back cover) and the IMF Staff (inside front cover) don’t see the global community through the same lens.
Conflict and violence in the world account for 16.7 million refugees, 1.2 million asylum seekers and 33.3 internally displaced people1. Additionally, natural hazards account for the displacement of 32.0 million people, and ill-considered development projects are thought to account for the displacement of 15.0 million people.2
That’s almost 100 million displaced people! Hardly all of the conflict and violence and hardly any of the natural disasters underlying these statistics can be blamed on globalization. But they do contradict the dreams of world peace and prosperity through economic development.
We cannot “develop” or buy our way to world peace and prosperity. Indeed, there is serious doubt whether global economic growth can be sustained indefinitely on the planet we all share.
Seafarers International House encounters only a fraction of the 1.2 asylum seekers and only a fraction of the 1.5 seafarers in the world and by itself is not going to have any discernable impact on the global community. Amid the all this displacement and isolation, Seafarers International House seeks to nurture the human spirit and foster human dignity. It may be all but impossible to quantify the extent to which this mission impacts the global community.
As part of the ELCA, however, Seafarers International House does subscribe to the moral imperative of a sufficient, sustainable livelihood for all people in the global community and to principle of accompaniment — the objective of walking together with peoples around the world in a solidarity that practices interdependence and mutuality.
If we can just see global economic enterprise as a resource for the peoples of the world rather than the inverse, we likely will be able to pass the world to our children’s children in better shape than we found it. It’s not an irrational dream; it’s not an unrealizable goal; working together and sharing all of our talents and resources, we can build a sufficient, sustainable livelihood for all.
1. Harriet Sherwood, “Global Refugee Figure Passes 50 Million for First Time Since Second World War”, THE GUARDIAN, New York, June 2014.
2. “Global Number of Displaced People Surges”, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, June 2013,
Miss ion H igh l ightsPort Mission Ships Visited Seafarers Visited Van Trips Seafarers Transported Christmas-at-Sea Gifts
Immigrant Mission Refugees - Asylum Seekers Lodging Nights
Community Outreach Domestic Violence Survivors Local Disaster Victims Youth Service Gatherings Church Gatherings Community Gatherings
Revenues
Program Services
Support Services
Change in Net Assets from Operations
Unrestricted Assets
Restricted Assets
Liabilities
Net Worth
F inanc ia l H igh l ights
20132,222
22,4485,055
14,3151,820
19385
3607
161384
20121,802
19,1483,799
10,0251,348
29597
23586
153381
2013
$2,392,579
2,187,253
439,359
(255,676)
4,494,738
93,978
264,317
4,588,716
2012
$2,348,198
1,973,023
387,202
23,973
3,820,234
689,111
283,186
4,509,345
Seafarers International House’s fi nancial statements are audited by Tait, Weller & Baker LLP, certifi ed public accountants, Philadelphia, PA. A copy of the complete statements and the auditor’s report are available upon request.
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20142,086
22,7385,202
13,8132,100
18512
4627
163397
2014
$3,137,813
2,207,773
415,376
503,140
4,686,322
502,522
603,865
5,188,844
Charles A. Archer, Esq.
Rev. Tracie L. Bartholomew† (Bishop, New Jersey Synod ELCA)
Rev. Dr. William E. Bogholtz
Mr. Arthur W. Clark1
Rev. Paul K. Erbes
Mr. C. Harry Forse
Mr. Stephen M. Gumpel
Rev. James E. Hazelwood† (Bishop, New England Synod ELCA)
Rev. James H. McKinley2
Ms. Jacquelyn Mize-Baker
Dr. Daniel Molloy
Mr. Matthew D. O’Rear
Mr. Roy A. PaulsenMs. Ruth A. Reko
Rev. Robert A. Rimbo†
(Bishop, Metro New York Synod ELCA)
Rev. Soenke Schmidt-Lange
Capt. Richard J. Schoenlank3
Ms. Jill M. Scibilia
Jacob I. Shisha, Esq.
Rev. William L. Sieburg
Rev. James Sudbrock4
Joseph C. Sweeney, Esq.
Michael S. Timpone, Esq.
Ms. Jennifer R. Vizina
Rev. Frederick G. Wedemeyer
Rev. Margay Jo Whitlock1 Treasurer 4 Secretary2 President Advisory Member3 Vice President † Ex-Officio Member
Board o f D i rectors
Staf fRev. Marsh Luther Drege
Executive Director
Mr. Christopher V. RoehrerDirector of Development and Communications
Mr. Roberto ZapataHouse Manager
Ms. Noreen M. FlemingOfficer Administrator
Ms. Alina KielczewskiBookkeeper
Ms. Annie BalerioMs. Tanya Negron
Ms. Vera Cecelia NoelMs. Janetta Troussaint
Ms. Sinkinesh WegbezawMs. Rosaline Williams
Housekeepers
Ms. Gabrielle RizzutoSocial Worker Intern
Ms. Lelia M. JohnsonMr. Andrzej Krasnicki
Mr. Joseph OkoloMs. Ester M. RamirezMr. Anatholie Zghera
Receptionists
Mr. Ranjan JadhavMr. Harry Ribiero
Mr. Krzisztof WoznicaMaintenance
Rev. Arnd Braun-StorckRev. Luisito Destreza
Ms. Sigrid Jaeger EricksonRev. William C. Fensterer
Rev. William M. RexRev. Gerry F. Rickel
Ms. Ruth SetaroPort Chaplains
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The Year In Rev iewBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8
What an awesome opportunity we have each day here at Seafarers International House: We can reach the world as the world reaches us. Whether it be an international seafarer touched by the ministry of one of our seven port chaplains or a vulnerable asylum seeker assisted by our social work intern, we can reach out to the "ends of the earth." Both our seafar-ers and our asylum seekers often come from the farthest areas of the globe – from underdeveloped, war-torn, and disadvantaged countries. We can “nurture the human spirit and foster human dignity" with each ship arrival and among each distressed immigrant who comes to our Guesthouse.
But this witnessing is not a one way street. It would seem that, as a Lutheran organization, we could rely on the old models of evangelism and witnessing to the world – leaving our homes to bring our message to the "ends of the earth". But with globalization, it is more about welcoming those who have left their homes to bring messages to us. The "ends of the earth" now goes both ways and we are all the more blessed for that. In just the past eight years we have been able to welcome twice as many seafarers as well as twice as many asylum seekers and women in crisis who teach us about their worlds. This "quid pro quo" means that as we minister to the ends of the earth, the ends of the earth also minister to us. In return, we receive the multiplied power when the Holy Spirit has come upon us.
Celebrate and support this important ministry. God does so much through us as the ends of the earth are brought together in Jesus' name.
Peace,
Pastor and Executive Director
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At the close of World War II, the humanitarian vision of the global community which emerged was helping undeveloped nations reach a closer socio-economic parity with developed nations. By the mid-1960s, it not only became clear that the goal of parity was not going to be achieved, but indeed it was no longer a goal at all.1
The gap between rich and poor was widening. Foreign powers took out more than they put in. Today, the
concept of globalization as economic growth with efficiency and competition stands starkly in contrast to ecological sustainability with democracy and social justice.2 Globalization has brought a better life for some, but increasing misery for others. Unfortunately, the seafarers and immigrants whom Seafarers International House serves have seen more than their share of misery.
Admittedly, globalization has clearly increased employment for the people of undeveloped nations. The wages paid seafarers are a little higher than the wages he or she could earn ashore. Moreover, the availability of land jobs in undeveloped nations is often meager. So for all the other disadvantages of working at sea (isolation, danger and exploitation) being a seafarer from an undeveloped nation is very often the only way to support one’s family.
Nevertheless, globalization allows the maritime industry to cherry-pick the business and financial environments in which to operate. Flags of convenience offer a variety of legal frameworks and tax shelters by which to cut corners, and there any number of undeveloped nations are willing to offer up their people to seafaring with little inclination or geopolitical clout to protect them. Indeed, the whole hiring process is often subcontracted to local manning agents who would as soon blacklist a seafarer than lose a client.
The economics of immigration are even more disheartening. Most of the immigrants encountered by Seafarers International House have left their homelands to escape persecution. Their quest for asylum sometimes has
Can this planet support unlimited economic growth?
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them traveling across stretches of open water. They’re desperate and will pay thousands of dollars to smugglers to board an old, unseaworthy vessel. It is grossly overloaded and ill-provisioned, and shortly after it sets sail, the captain and crew disappear with the vessel set on autopilot or just adrift. Hundreds of lives are lost, but thousands of dollars are made. After they arrive in the United States, they are placed in privately operated prisons and de-tention centers while their asylum claims are processed. The Govern-ment pays $150 and more per per-son per day to the private prison operators for accommodations the true cost of which is but a fraction of that amount.
Another group of immigrants served by Seafarers International House is human trafficking victims. Manufacturing in the global community all too often involves enticing people with the promise of good jobs, then taking their passports away and forcing them to work in sweatshops for virtually no compensation whatsoever.
This is not to say that there are not responsible people in the maritime and the manufacturing industries, but experience suggests that economic purpose may not be the best guardian of humanitarian values.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America stands behind the moral imperative of a sufficient, sustainable livelihood for all.3 Advocating for sufficient, sustainable livelihoods and decent wages, fair treatment and human dignity of all seafarers and all immigrants is very much a part of the mission of Seafarers International House.
1. Paul S. Chung, Ulrich Duchrow, and Craig L. Nessan. LIBERATING LUTHERAN THEOLOGY: FREEDOM FOR JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY WITH OTHERS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2011
2. Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2013
3. Social Statement, SUFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD FOR ALL, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1999
More than ____ million people are displaced from their corners of the global community
Seafarers International House’s port mission to seafarers boils down to this: our port chaplains encounter human beings, who just happen to work as seafarers aboard merchant ships.
In the global community, the seafarer’s humanity is often overlooked. Our Government is primarily interested in whether the seafarer represents a risk to port security or whether the seafarer might be useful in an ocean pollution prosecution. Ship operators are primarily interested in whether they have recruited experienced seafarers at the most favorable wage rates and free
of pre-existing medical issues. The vetting of seafarers by the Government and ship operators is not necessarily unreasonable and mean-spirited, but it leaves little room for engaging the seafarer as a human being.
Our port chaplains offer pastoral care.
Living and working with the two dozen other people in constrained, even cramped quarters for ten months a year is stressful. Beyond the fact that the seafarers are all “in the same boat”, there’s precious little social interaction. Seafarers miss their family and friends back home, and crew mates cannot fill that void. Moreover, a seafarer doesn’t se-lect his crews-mates, so he may be grouped with people from different nations with different cultures and different languages. Not surprisingly, the stress level aboard ships with mixed Russian and Ukrainian crews has risen in the last year. The stress of isolation at sea can build, and the presence of a port chaplain to hear the seafarer’s troubles and offer empathy and encouragement may not show up on a risk analysis or productivity chart, but it is very, very important to that human being at that moment.
Our port chaplains offer hospitality.
It’s human nature – when we’re visiting, we all like to be welcomed. The simple greetings and “small talk” exchanged between the host and the visitor are refreshing and rewarding. Ashore, we do it all the time and think little about it. For the seafarer, these small gestures re-connect him with society. They’re really important and im-pactful. Furthermore, the hospitality goes both ways. The port chaplains welcome seafarers to the port, and the seafarers welcome the port chaplains to the ship. In the process, a friendship is formed.
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Friendly faces and helpful hands for seafarers who are months at sea, but just hours in port.
Our port chaplains offer social assistance.
Because seafarers are recruited “from very impoverished backgrounds, where living standards are very low, their expectations of fair treatment are correspondingly low.1 The port chaplain invariably encounters seafarers who lack winter clothing or who have toothaches or festering lacerations and will not ask for help, much less complain. Our port chaplains will take the initiative to outfit the seafarer with clothing and necessities and, in coordi-nation with the captain and ship agent, will arrange to take the seafarer to a dentist or doctor.
Our port chaplains offer advocacy and prayer.
All too often, the port chaplain will find out that the seafarers aboard ship haven’t been paid or that the engines are in bad shape or that the seafarers have been “ordered” to falsify the oily-water separator logs. Usually, the seafarers are scared and will only speak to the port chaplain. Sometimes, the port chaplain can handle the matter directly with the captain or ship agent, and sometimes the port chaplain needs to alert the local ITF port inspector or the Coast Guard officer. Either way, the port chaplain is often a critical link in securing fair treatment of the seafarers.
Seafarers are nearly as superstitious as baseball players, and very often the ship captain will call our port chaplain requesting a worship service or mass. This usually occurs when one the crew has died during the voyage. After the service and Holy Communion, the seafarers will ask the port chaplain to bless the various parts of the ship where the deceased seafarer lived and died. Not long ago, an entirely new crew on a ship released by pirates, was bother by the appearance of one the pirates, and earnestly ask our port chaplain to bless the ship in order to rid the ship of the apparition.
Seafarers International House’s port mission for seafarers strives to nurture the human spirit and foster human dignity, and in an age globalization, every gesture of humanity is important.
1. Helen Sampson, INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS AND TRANSNATIONALISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY, Manchester University Press, Manchester 2013
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Gestures of kindness to and from complete strangers strenghens the global community
While the proponents of globalization readily embrace the free flow of goods and capital across national borders, their enthusiasm doesn’t extend to the free flow of labor.1 Borders are more important in some contexts than others.
Immigration is not a trek taken lightly. It is uprooting and frightening, but it is driven by the desire for a better life for one’s family, a desire common to both immigrants and seafarers. Among the most needy of immigrants are asylum seekers. They have been displaced war and violence, suffering and deprivation; in their hopelessness, they
yearn to be heard and accepted. And like seafarers, they value even the smallest gestures of compassion and respect.2
Seafarers International House leads groups of volunteers to visit the asylum seekers in the privately operated prisons where they are detained for months while their claims for asylum are processed. These visits last for one to two hours, but they represent virtually the only social interaction asylum seekers may enjoy with persons other than fellow detainees. Initially, the asylum seeker is appreciative but guarded in his or her conversation. Usually, the same volunteer will visit the same detainee more than once, and the conversation flows easier as the level of trust grows. Stories are exchanged about life in the asylum seeker’s homeland and life in the United States. The willingness of the volunteer to visit and hear these stories is greatly valued by the asylum seeker. Sometimes, lasting friendships will be made.
During the course of these visits, Seafarers International House gains insights into conditions at Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth NJ operated by Correction Corporation of America and Delaney Hall in Newark NJ operated by Community Education Centers. The Elizabeth Detention Center is a converted warehouse located near the end of the Newark Liberty International Airport, providing the detainees with the constant roar and vibration of jet engines. Delaney Hall is a prison located next door to a large industrial plant belching smoke. On balance, conditions at Delaney Hall (clean clothing, outdoor recreation area, separate in-door leisure and sleeping quarters) are noticeably better than conditions at Elizabeth Detention Center. Security at both detention centers is tight, and visiting hours are limited.
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A drab prison, but arguably better than a converted warehouse
Once the claim for asylum is approved, the asylum seeker is released from the detention center. Occasionally, there are extended family or friends with whom the asylee can live and begin a new life, but often the asylee has no-body in the country to help him or her acculturate.
In these cases, Seafarers International House opens the doors of its Guest-house in New York City and offers the asylee complimentary lodging for a few months, along with the presence of its social work intern who makes meal arrangements and assures that legal or medical appointments are kept (many asylees are survivors of torture undergoing treatment for post traumatic stress and other health issues). The social work intern also assists asylees at the Guesthouse with job placement and permanent housing and related transportation costs.
Even though the freedom and amenities of the Guesthouse is beyond comparison with the constraints and conditions at the detention centers, Seafarers International House strives to find opportunities for the asylees to socialize and relax. Volunteers are encouraged to invite an asylee to their homes for an evening - dinner, overnight stay and breakfast. The hospitality represents a welcome contrast with the hostility with which these folks were met by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the shameful profiteering by private prison operators.
Human trafficking is heinous and arguably a by-product of globalization. It includes recruiting, transporting and harboring people, by means of threats or force for the purpose of sexual exploitation, forced labor, servitude or the removal of organs. Human trafficking is reported to be a $28 billion dollar industry in the United States.
Seafarers International House collaborates with Safe Horizon to accommodate and assist human trafficking survivors. 1. Herman E. Daly, “Population, Migration and Globalization”, WORLD WATCH MAGAZINE, World Watch Institute, Washington DC, September-October 2004
2. Joe Hampson, Thomas M. Crea, Rocío Calvo and Francisco Álvarez. “The Value of Accompaniment”, FORCED MIGRATION REVIEW, University of Oxford, November 2014
3. Yvonne P. Mazzulo, “Human Trafficking in the United States”, Examiner.com, February 2011
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A converted warehouse with no outdoor space for detained immigrants
The Guesthouse could have been sold to endow Seafarers International House’s port mission to seafarers, but it was kept open —
So, seafarers representing approxi-mately 25% of total occupancy could continue to have a safe and affordable place to stay between voyages.
So, a whole new mission clientele of asylum seekers, refugees and other vulnerable immigrants, as well as survi-vors of domestic violence, representing approximately 5% of total occupancy could find refuge.
So, church groups and community organizations could find lodging and conference facilities in which to gather to further their charitable missions.
As a result, the Guesthouse is self-sustaining and supports all of Seafarers International House’s support services (administration, fundraising and public relations) and a significant portion of Seafarers International House’s mission programs and services, both within and outside of the building. This means that every dollar you donate goes to mission!
The Guesthouse is more than a revenue resource. It is a place where hospitality is practiced every day by every member of the staff.
One staff remembers being approached by a seafarer, distressed by the discov-ery that his 20-something daughter was dating his friend and fellow 60-some-thing friend. It wasn’t so much the ad-vice she gave as the fact that she took the time to listen to a seafarer facing a difficult family matter.
Another recalls a seafarer who visit-ed the Guesthouse for years and with each visit he’d complain about his job. Lelia would listen patiently. It was pret-
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Since 1964, the Guesthouse has welcomed members of the global community
Behind the door on the right is a brand new elevator, the irst in 50 years
ty clear that he did not like the sea. Regularly, Lelia would suggest that he might look into another line of work. One day, he checked-in after a voy-age and announced that he decided to take her advice and shortly afterwards began employment as an electrician.
A third, on the night shift, regularly helps seafarers struggling to complete their tax returns.
Another has occasionally noticed guests outside struggling with luggage, and goes outside to offer help and carry the luggage.
Another regularly finds suitable cartons needed by overseas guests who have pur-chased more gifts than their luggage will hold.
Yet another was asked to give a family instructions for a particular subway and de-cided that it would be easier and less confusing just to accompany the family to the subway station and put them on the right train.
And a few others, having spotted a guest with little funds, have cooked and brought to the Guesthouse a home-cooked meal for the individual.
Still another has taken a subway to the MTA offices to purchase subway pass-es for a visiting campus ministry group in town on a servant trip, who were unable to purchase a sufficient number of passes at a subway ATM.
There are countless stories of small, random acts of kindness. Individually not very significant. Ironically, few are remembered, because they’re regard-ed as small, insignificant gestures. To the guests, however, the gestures have far greater importance. Ultimately, all these acts of kindness reflect on the Guesthouse as a harbor of hospitality.
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The Guesthouse lounge invites conversations across continents
The Guesthouse invites the next generation to explore urban life and challenges
Once upon a time, folks could join one of Seafarers International House’s port chaplain, board a merchant ship and visit her seafarers. Homeland security policies and practices eliminated those ship visits years ago. Ostensibly, the same policies and practices prevented casual visits to detained immigrants.
These prohibitions have been a concern, first because neither seafarers nor immigrants deserve to be so isolated, and second because donor cultivation benefits from hands-on opportunities to participate in charitable endeavors.
Recently, the ban against visiting immigrants has been relaxed, and it is now possible for Seafarers International House to lead groups of volunteers to the Elizabeth De-tention Center and Delaney Hall (in Elizabeth, NJ and Newark, NJ, respectively), to spend an hour or two visiting and immigrant.
These detainees are not criminals. They are detained pending their documentation or deportation. Either way, they are stressed; they are lonely; and they need just a little humanity. That’s exactly what the volunteer visits accomplish. Seafarers International House is immensely proud of, and grateful for, its new corp of volunteers. Their action witnesses their faith and represents the best values of the United States.
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Visiting detained immigrants is such a small gesture with such a large impact
Wendy AbrahamsonSpencer Almen
Brenda AndersonTenu AvafiaLisa Baltazar
Robin BensonAudrey Blondel
Lydia BoazBill BogholtzJackie Brown
Claude CesardSamantha ClementsMarcelina Danielson
Marsh DregeMichael Dunlap
Paul Erbes
Gabrielle RizzutoCaryn RobeyChris RoehrerPat Roehrer
Alice SchwartzMarty SchwartzKrista SevereidCamila Somers
Julia SomersJim Sudbrock
Brooke SwertfagerLu Ann VispoliGeri Weiner
Margay WhitlockCarole WilkinsMaryam Zoma
Frances FigueroaVivian Fletcher
Mary Helen FogliaHarry ForsePolly Forse
Nicholas HandahlPeggy Jacobson
John KarleTiovina Kaunang
Sarah KearnyBarbara Mayer
Ed MayerChris Mietlowski
John OgrenLulu Paolini
Catherine Renga
There are a few things you might want to know about Seafarers International House’s fundraising practices.
1. We are grateful for all donations received, and we endeavor to express that gratitude in a note card within a few days of receipt, followed by a short letter explaining how the donation made a difference in our mission, be-fore we send you another appeal.
2. We do not buy, sell, lend or borrow mailing lists. We respect your privacy and your choice of charities you wish to support.
3. While we’re grateful for their do- nations, we do not solicit or send financial support appeals to congregations. Instead, we share the stories of the seafarers and immigrants with these congregations as their partners in the wider ministry of the church.
4. We do not seek nor accept government funding.
5. While we appreciate their voluntary donations and support, we do not invoice or charge a fee to ship owners or ship agents for the services of our port chaplains or social workers.
There are several ways you can support Seafarers International House and its mis-sion to seafarers and immigrants:
A. Mail a check or use your go online to our website (www.sihnyc.org) with your credit card and designate your gift to port mission (seafarers), sojourner mission (immigrants) or general support (“where my gift is most needed”).
B. Enroll in Lighthouse Keepers, where you can arrange for a monthly or quarterly donations by electronic fund transfer or credit card. You select the amount, date and mission program you want to support, and it continues automatically until you notify us to the contrary. Call (212-677-4800 ext. 1203) or email ([email protected]) for more information.
C. Enroll in Homeport Society, a bequest society for those individuals who have de-cided to include Seafarers International House in their estate plans, whether by will, trust or other instrument. Call (212-677-4800 ext 1203) or email ([email protected]) to schedule a meeting.
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“Do no Harm” — the irst rule for fundraisers and probably for tugboats as well
Over $50,000Karmon M. Holm Revocable Trust1
New Jersey Synod, ELCA2
The Snug Harbor Trust3
$10,001–$50,000American Maritime Officers
German Society of the City of New YorkCapt. & Mrs. Richard J. Green
International Masters, Mates & PilotsMetropolitan New York Synod, ELCA
$5,001–$10,000ABS Americas
Burke & ParsonsCentral NY Community Foundation, Inc.
Rev. & Mrs. Marsh Luther DregeELCA Foundation
ILA Atlantic Coast DistrictILA Headquarters Office
ILA Local 1804-1Maersk Line Limited
Mardi Gras Productions, Ltd.Seafarers International Union
Seafarers Joint Employment FundSeward & Kissel LLPTait, Weller & Baker
United Seamen’s Service
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$1,001–$5,000American Maritime Association
American Maritime Officers ServiceAnonymous
Basil Castrovinci & Associates, Inc.Ms. Susan Smyth Bell
Ms. Astrid C. BengtsonBond Beebe
Chamber of Shipping of AmericaCrowley Maritime Corporation
Mr. Paul K. ErbesMr. & Mrs. C. Harry Forse
Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church(Friedens, PA)
Friedman, James & Buchsbaum LLPFuture Care, Inc.
Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLCGrosvenor Capital Management, L.P.
Mr. & Mrs. Erik A. HansonHelen M. Snyder Foundation Inc.The Rev. & Mrs. John R. Heller
Mrs. Daniel D. HinsonMr. & Mrs. Robert HoglundRev. & Mrs. David L. Hurty
Intercontinent Chartering Corp.Janus Capital InstitutionalMr. Michael J. Kasinskas
Keystone Shipping CompanyLutheran Services New York Alliance
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial AssociationMarine Society of the City of New York
Robert K. Marzik, Esq. & Dr. Alice M. CaldwellMr. & Mrs. Howard C. Passmore
Mr. Ralph U. PriceMr. & Mrs. Christopher V. Roehrer
Sandy Hook Pilots AssociationMr. & Mrs. John J. Scibilia
Scorpio TankersSegal Consulting
Slevin & HartSoros Fund Charitable Foundation
Rev. & Mrs. James SudbrockMr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Sweeney
Tabak, Mellusi & ShishaMr. Jack Taylor
Greeting Kimberly Karlshoej, ITF Seafarers Trust
The Woman’s Seaman’s Friend Society of CT.Thrivent - National Office
Tote Service, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Edward O. Wagner
Water Quality Insurance SyndicateMr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Wuertele
$501–$1,000Alaska Tanker Company
ASB Capital Management, LLCBethlehem Lutheran Church
(Brooklyn, NY)
Mr. Watson BoslerMs. Ute BrinkmannMs. Betty BrunerCatholic Charities
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. ClarkCrescent Capital Group L.P.
Mr. John P. ErckJane R. Goldberg, Esq.
Gorfine, Schiller & GardynHoly Nativity Lutheran Church
(Endicott, NY)
Mr. John KerrLandesbank Hesse-Thuringen
Manulife Asset Management LLCNorthern Trust
NuveenMr. John M. Ogren
Quan-Vest Consultants, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. RekoRisk Strategies Company
Mr. Stanley L. Rustin & Ms. Maria Del Toro Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Rutkowski
Capt. & Mrs. Richard J. SchoenlankSt. Matthew Trinity Lutheran Church
(Hoboken, NJ)
Mr. & Mrs. Burman H. StittJ. Nicholas Suhr, Esq.
Mrs. J. Gordon SwansonMr. & Mrs. Jack L. Tribble
Village Lutheran Church and Chapel School(Bronxville, NY)
Watson, Farley & WilliamsRev. Margay Jo Whitlock
Wilson Dow Group
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$101–$500Rev. & Mrs. Albert AhlstromAmerican Maritime Congress
APL Maritime LtdRev. & Mrs. David Baker
Capt. Ernest E. Bareuther, Jr.Bethlehem Lutheran Church
(St. Cloud, MN)
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. William E. BogholtzMr. & Mrs. Carl Bowen
Rev. Arnd H. M. Braun-Strock & Rev. Beate StorckRev. Christine Bridge
Capt. Timothy A. BrownBuchbinder Tunick & Company, LLP
Cannstatter DVCape May Lutheran Church
(Cape May, NJ)Mr. Tim J. Carabello
Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey CasselsRev. Serge A. Castigliano, Ph.D. &
Rev. Susan L. LunningMr. & Mrs. David Cegelka
Ms. Whitney Chadwick & Mr. Robert A. BechtleChase Investment Counsel, Inc.
Christ Lutheran Church(New York, NY)
Dale C. Christensen, Jr., Esq. & Patricia Hewitt, Esq.Rev. & Mrs. Mark Christoffersen
Capt. Joshua Bhatt, his wife and colleagues, congratulated for rescuing migrants at sea
Chubb & SonsMr. & Mrs. Donald DeLuca
Mr. & Mrs. Glen DernerRev. & Mrs. Ronald J. Diener
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Dobson, Jr.Dr. Lance Drege & Dr. Karen Beres
Fadel F. ErianMr. & Mrs. John A. FegleyMr. William B. Fetterman
Fidelity InvestmentsMs. Carolyn Folke
Mr. & Mrs. Terry J. GilbertsonGood Shepherd Lutheran Church
(Florham Park, NJ)
Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church(Lutherville, MD)
Grace Lutheran Church(Perth Amboy, NJ)
Grace Lutheran Church(Somers Point, NJ)
Grace Lutheran Church(Yorktown Heights, NY)
Grace Lutheran Church(Astoria, NY)
Mr. Thomas GuntherRev. Dr. Shauna K. Hannan & Ms. Jennifer Sanders
Thomas J. Hawley, Esq.Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Heim
Our 2014 Donors
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church(East Orange, NJ)
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. HoyleILA Local 1
ILA Local 920Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
(Philadelphia, PA)
Immanuel Lutheran Church(New York, NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Niels M. JohnsenMrs. James G. JohnstoneMs. Deborah M. Kelley
Ms. Shirley KingMs. Philippa Koopman
Ms. Rebeca Kostina-RitcheyMr. Colby H. Kullman, Ph.D.
Mr. Paul E. Kunkleman & Ms. Sandra J. JohnsonLadies Home Missionary Society
(New Haven, CT)
Lazard Capital Markets LLCLazarus Luther Church
(Manchester, MD)
Mr. James A. Leary & Noel LearyMr. Douglas Leblanc
Ms. Mary LetteriiMs. Pamela E. Long
Mr. & Mrs. David G. MacGregorMassachusetts Maritime Academy
Mr. Richard McCandlessMr. John P. McCroy
Rev. Laurence J. McFarlandRev. & Mrs. James H. McKinleyMr. Charles E. McMichael, Jr.
Ms. Jacquelyn Mize-Baker & Mr. Karl BakerDr. & Mrs. Daniel MolloyMr. & Mrs. Dale B. Moses
Rev. & Mrs. Russell H. MuellerMultiplan, Inc.
National Federation of Public & Private EmployeesRev. & Mrs. Kenneth J. NelsonRev. & Mrs. Sigurd J. NelsonNew England Synod, ELCA
Mr. Daniel P. O’NeillMr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Neill
Mr. Matthew D. O’RearShopping for seafarers who were denied shore leave
Rev. & Mrs. George A. OlsonOur Savior’s Lutheran Church
(Edison, NJ)
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald N. ParenteReverend David C. Parsons & Ms. Judith A. Diers
Rev. A. William Paulsen, Jr.Mr. Roy A. PaulsenMr. Francis Quinn
Redeemer Lutheran Church(Flushing, NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. RingleeMr. and Mrs. Frederick Risser
Rev. Ann Marie RogersMr. & Mrs. C. Mario Russell
Rev. & Mrs. Soenke Schmidt-LangeSEFA - State Employees Federated Appeal
Mr. Daniel R. SeidelMs. Carol Seischab
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob I. ShishaMrs. Ruth E. Tolo Siegle
Mr. & Mrs. Michael SmoczykSpirit Realty Trust
Spruce Run Lutheran Church(Glen Gardner, NJ)
St. Jacobi Lutheran Church(Brooklyn, NY)
St. James Lutheran Church(Southbury, CT)
St. John Lutheran Church(New York, NY)
St. Mark Lutheran Church(Bethlehem, PA)
St. Paul German Lutheran Church(New York, NY)
St. Peter Lutheran Church(New York, NY)
Mr. Craig Staller & Mr. Douglas A. BonsallMr. Richard E. Stewart
Stewart Alexander & Company, Inc.Mrs. Marlys A. Strand
Rev. Robert SutherlandDr. & Mrs. Charles H. Swenson
Thank God Its Friday & Sunday/AAThrivent - Chapter - Morris County
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Timpone
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United Way of New York CityMs. Jennifer R. Vizina
Mr. & Mrs. Hans H. VogelRev. & Mrs. Frederick G. Wedemeyer
Mr. Robert WilkinsonMrs. Eleanor E. Willert
Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard A. WinklmeierCapt. Winfield S. WinterMr. Peter Wojcikowski
Rev. & Mrs. Philip N. Youngquist
Up to $100Ms. Lisa B. Albers
Mr. & Mrs. Nahum A. AmiranRev. & Mrs. Clair E. AndersonMr. & Mrs. Robert Anderson
Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd.Mr. & Mrs. James Baeringer
Ms. Sharon Baker & Mr. Brian SellandMs. Una K. BakewellMr. Richard Barasch
Ms. Andrea L. BarkleyMs. Elizabeth Bookser Barkley
Ms. Rosemarie B. BartzickMr. & Mrs. Arnold J. Beasley
Mr. Terrence BennettMs. Marie BergstromMs. Barbara C. Berk
Taking seafarers to Manhattan for sightseeing
Mr. Frederick BindelRev. Raymond H. Birkel
Mr. Jim BodleCapt. Walter Botto
Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. BradfordMr. & Mrs. Gary Bradtke
Ms. Ursula A. BruwerMs. Hilliary Burke
Burke Supply Co., Inc.Mr. & Mrs. William J. Capalbo
Ms. Carol J. CarlsonRev. & Mrs. Daniel J. Carlson
Rev. Earl W. CarlsonRev. Myron Carlson
Mr. Todd CarterCenter Congregational Church
(Meriden, CT)
Mr. & Mrs. Horst Max CerniMs. Elizabeth B. Christian & Mr. David A. DuncanMs. Amy C. Clark & Mr. Daniel J. Gargola
Mr. & Mrs. James A. ClausonMs. Susan Coady
Mr. & Mrs. Franklyn W. CommissoRev. David ConnorMs. Julia Creighton
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. DalmRev. John S. Damm
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Davis
Our 2014 Donors
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Ms. Patricia DayMr. & Mrs. Joel Diemer
Rev. Susanne DinseMs. Joyce E. Dixon
Drs. Robert and Alyce DoehnerDr. Joan A. Englehart
The Rev. & Mrs. Richard EnglundRev. & Mrs. Ronald T. Englund
Five Star Printing & Mailing ServicesMr. & Mrs. James F. Flaherty
Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. FrostMs. Evelyn Garrett
Mr. Charles Gary & Ms. Mary WaltersMr. & Mrs. William GasbarroMr. & Mrs. Harry W. Geiler
Ms. Elka R. GeorgievaRev. & Mrs. Hartland Gifford
Sean GingrasMs. Sarah C. Gioe & Mr. Robert W. Neel
Ms. Elisa GoldbergMr. John A. Griffith
Rev. Hans-Fredrik GustafsonMrs. Marcia H. Gustafson
Ms. Eileen GwotzMr. Robert D. Haak & Ms. Eleanor F. Beach
Mr. & Mrs. Paul HansonMr. & Mrs. Richard F. Harries
Ms. Wilma HarrisMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Hart
Ms. Kathleen HartmanMs. Helen HaskellMs. Jann HattrupMs. Ardath Heard
Mr. & Mrs. Donald HeathMs. Christine Heller
Rev. Kenneth W. HilstonMr. & Mrs. Austin Hoffman
Mr. H. Lee HolcombMr. William Hosner
Rev. & Mrs. O. Henry HoverstenMr. John D. Hungerford
Ms. Lana D. Hyer & Ms. Kimberly A. Nelson Rev. & Mrs. Glen Isernhagen
Ms. Eleanor Jacobs & Ms. Laura PavlickRev. & Mrs. Otto W. Jacobson
Port chaplain + van = service to seafarers
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. JanzenMs. Mary Beth Jerry
Mr. & Mrs. Peter JobsonMs. Margit Johansson
Mr. & Mrs. John JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Robert D. Johnson
Ms. Kathryn A. JolowiczMr. & Mrs. Steven Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. JungblutMr. & Mrs. Joseph KamesMs. Marcia Kaplan-Mann
Ms. Ruby KatayamaMr. & Mrs. Brian Katcher
Mr. Richard KatoMr. Robert Otto Keck
Ms. Cynthia G. KeohaneRev. & Mrs. John L. Kindschuh
Ms. Sarah Wolfe KlosEinar B. Knudtsen
Mr. & Mrs. Karl KnutsonMs. Kathryn E. Kors-Jacobson
Ms. Jane E. KramerMr. & Mrs. John Kraushar
Mr. Gerhard KuhnMr. Michael J. Kull
Ms. Marjolaine LalondeMr. & Mrs. John Lauer
Ms. Evelyn LaurieRev. & Mrs. Donald E. Lavelle
Mr. Alexander LawrenceMs. Susan C. Lehtinen & Mr. Andrew Chodorow
Mr. & Mrs. James W. LeimkuhlerMs. Lorna R. Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Rufus LewisMr. John E. Lind
Rev. & Mrs. Peter O. LundholmLutheran Office of Public Policy - California
Mr. Otto W. MaatschCapt. & Mrs. Joseph P. Maco, MNI
Ms. Marilyn Joan MalinaMr. & Mrs. Walter MarableRev. & Mrs. Karl J. Mattson
Mr. Joseph McCroyMr. Jeff McGraw
Rev. Dolores McKay
Our 2014 Donors
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Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McMahonRev. John C. Melin & Mr. Charles E. Melin
Rev. Wallace MerdinyanMessiah Lutheran Church
(Parlin, NJ)
Ms. Joan D. MooreMs. Linda S. Morgan
Ms. Sibyl MoseMs. Roberta Moss-JacobowitzMr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. MotaMTA New York City TransitMr. & Mrs. William C. Nash
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew NeibergsDr. Pauline R. NelsonMs. Gertrude A. Ness
New York Schuetzen LadiesRev. Margaret A. Niederer
Rev. & Mrs. Harold T. NilssonMr. & Mrs. John V. Nurmi
Dr. Luke E. O’ConnorRev. & Mrs. Curtis L. Olson
Mr. James T. OttenOur Savior Lutheran Church
(Patchogue, NY)
Our Saviour Lutheran Church(Fairfield, CT)
Mr. David PalmerMr. Richard Parks
Right of Asylum Reception honorees Allen Keller and Ralston Deffenbaugh
Ms. Shirley ParryRev. & Mrs. M. Henry Pawluk
Ms. Irma PereiraMr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Perkins
Ms. Fawn PersuittiRev. David W. PetersRev. Mary Pharmer
Mr. Robert O. PhillipsMr. & Mrs. Gregory B. Pietrzak
Mr. & Mrs. Richard PilatzkeMr. Allan D. Porter
Mr. T. Tyler PotterfieldDr. Fred T. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. QuinnMr. & Mrs. Lennard K. Rambusch
Rev. Victor J. RappMr. & Mrs. Alexander R. RekowRenaissance Administration LLC
Rev. & Mrs. Gerry F. RickelMr. Robert H. Riekert
Mr. Edward A. Rodgers & Ms. Mary Jane CullinanMrs. Melva P. RolandMs. Carol M. Roller
Mr. William D. RomaineMs. Janet RudolphMs. Ruth Ruediger
Rev. & Mrs. Edward RuenRev. & Mrs. Ernest E. Ryden
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Mr. Roderick RyonMr. & Mrs. Thomas Salatiello
Ms. Marilyn F. SaumCapt. & Mrs. Dennis P. Schroeder
Mr. Richard Schultz & Ms. Wanda SchultzMs. Ruth E. Searles
Conelia & Juergen SeinwillMs. Mary Ann Sheets-Hanson
Ms. Edith Sherman & Ms. Claire S. ZimmittiRev. & Mrs. William L. Sieburg
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen K. SpangenbergSt. John Lutheran Church
(Poughkeepsie, NY)
St. John Lutheran Church(Stamford, CT)
St. Luke Lutheran Church(Williamsport, PA)
Mr. & Mrs. Donald StoskopfMr. Marlin E. Strand
Ms. Cynthia StroscheinCapt. John W. SullivanMs. Eva C. Swanson
Ms. Betty L. SwinehartMs. Edna M. Syvertsen
Ms. Rita TehanMs. June M. Telaar
Mr. William R. TestaMs. Karen Theroux
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. ThompsonMr. & Mrs. Richard Thorstad
Ms. Mariann TiblinMr. & Mrs. David Timpson
Rev. & Mrs. Jack E. TretheweyTrinity Lutheran Church
(Hawthorne, NY)
Ms. Eva UhlichUnited States Merchant Marine Academy
Mr. & Mrs. Russell UpholsterUpper Susquehanna Synod, ELCA
Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. VinesMr. Lennart VretholmRev. Paul C. WalleyMs. Kay Wangard
Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. WefaldNikolas & Julius Weigl
Consumers rarely wonder how the goods got on the store shelves
Our 2014 Donors
WELCA - Apostles’ Lutheran Church(Turnsville, NJ)
WELCA - Gethsemane Lutheran Church(Manchester, NH)
WELCA - Zion Lutheran Church(Rahway, NJ)
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. WesleyRev. Douglas C. Wheeler
Mr. Eric T. WibergMr. Hans P. Wiedemann
Dr. Kim-Eric WilliamsMr. & Mrs. John Winkler
Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. WinsorMs. Caroline Wurst & Mr. Paul LaTorre
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Mr. & Mrs. Edmund R. YoungquistMr. & Mrs. Siyoung Yu
Ms. Ruth C. ZahllerMs. Ann Zawistowski
Mr. & Mrs. Forrest L. ZetterbergMs. Carol Goodman Zollweg
Mr. & Mrs. David Zurek
1. Karmon was a seafarer and a regular guest at the Guesthouse., who passed away on September 7, 2013
2. Legacy gift upon the closing of Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Cresskill NJ
3. Special restricted gift from the Trustees of the Snug Harbor Trust
Our 2014 Cookie BakersSt. Jacobi Lutheran Church
(Shohola, PA)
St. John Lutheran Church(Lynbrook, NY)
St. John Lutheran Church(Passaic, NJ)
St. Matthew Trinity(Hoboken, NJ)
Transfiguration Lutheran Church(Bronx, NY)
WELCA New Jersey Synod
Bethany Lutheran Church(Elmira, NY)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church(North Baldwin, NY)
Ute BrinkmannChrist Lutheran Church
(Whiting, NJ)
Church of the Incarnation(Cedarhurst, NY)
Rev. & Mrs. Marsh Luther DregeEmanuel Lutheran Church
(Pleasantville, NY)
Emily HuffmanGood Shepherd Lutheran Church
(Florham Park, NJ)
Elvira HoeghHoly Nativity Lutheran Church
(Endicott, NY)
Madison Church(Madison, NH)
Messiah Lutheran Church(Parlin, NJ)
Oceanside Lutheran Church(Oceanside, NY)
Our Savior Lutheran Church(Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
Redeemer Lutheran Church(Kingston, NY)
Rev. William M. Rex
Our 2014 Donors
Ute Brinkmann’s cookies – from her house to their ship
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First Lutheran Church(Clifton, NJ)
First Lutheran Church(Fargo, ND)
Ms. Evelyn GarrettGood Shepherd Lutheran Church
(Tuckerton, NJ)
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church(Florham Park, NJ)
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church(Kingston, RI)
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church(Point Pleasant Beach, NJ)
Grace English Evang. Lutheran Church(Lutherville, MD)
Grace Lutheran Church(Astoria, NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. HeimMs. Rosemarie Hilse
Holy Cross Lutheran Church(Trumbull, CT)
Holy Nativity Lutheran Church(Endicott, NY)
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church(Hasbrouck Heights, NJ)
Immanuel Lutheran Church(Kingston, NY)
Rev. & Mrs. Glen IsernhagenJourney of Faith Lutheran Church
(Baltimore, MD)
Mr. & Mrs. John LauerLazarus Luther Church
(Manchester, MD)
Rev. Dolores McKayMessiah Lutheran Church
(Parlin, NJ)
Messiah Lutheran Church(East Setauket, NY)
Ms. Roberta Moss-JacobowitzMr. & Mrs. William C. NashNew Life Lutheran Church
(New Tripoli, PA)
Oceanside Lutheran Church(Oceanside, NY)
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church(Dumont, NJ)
Our Savior Lutheran Church(Patchogue, NY)
Advent Lutheran Church(Wyckoff, NJ)
Bethany Lutheran Church(Elmira, NY)
Ms. Anne BlowersCalvary Lutheran Church
(Cranford, NJ)
Cape May Lutheran Church(Cape May, NJ)
Center Congregational Church(Meriden, CT)
Christ Lutheran Church(Wantagh, NY)
Christ Lutheran Church(Islip Terrace, NY)
Christ Lutheran Church(Whiting, NJ)
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. ClarkCovenant Lutheran Church
(Ridgewood, NY)
Emanuel Lutheran Church(New Haven, CT)
Emmanuel Lutheran Church(Pleasantville, NY)
Dr. Joan A. EnglehartEpiscopal Church Center
(New York, NY)
Evangelical Lutheran Church(Duncansville, PA)
Mr. & Mrs. Miles FallonMr. William B. Fetterman
Our 2014 Christmas-at-Sea Gatherers
Christmas-at-Sea satchels treasured by seafarers
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St. Thomas Lutheran Church(Brick, NJ)
St. Timothy Lutheran Church(Wayne, NJ)
Sts. John, Matthew & Emanuel Lutheran Church(Brooklyn, NY)
Thrivent – Chapter - Union County, NJ Thrivent - Chapter - Central NJ
Thrivent - Chapter - Morris County, NJTrinity Lutheran Church
(New Haven, CT)
Trinity Lutheran Church(Hicksville, NY)
Trinity Lutheran Church(Ashaway, RI)
United States Merchant Marine AcademyUpper Susquehanna Synod, ELCA1
Village Lutheran Church and Chapel School(Bronxville, NY)
WELCA - New Jersey SynodWELCA - Zion Lutheran Church
(Rahway, NJ)
Mr. & Mrs. Siyoung YuZion Lutheran Church
(Rahway, NJ)Zion Lutheran Church
(Baltimore, MD)
1. The Upper Susquehanna Synod ELCA encourages its congregations to participate in the Christmas-at-Sea program and collected 413 gift satchels from its congregations.
Our Saviour Lutheran Church(Pompton Plains, NJ)
Our Saviour Lutheran Church(Croton On Hudson, NY)
Our Saviour Lutheran Church(Fairfield, CT)
Mr. Roy A. PaulsenRedeemer Lutheran Church
(Flushing, NY)Reformation Lutheran Church
(West Long Branch, NJ)
Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. RekoMs. Janet Rudolph
Salem Lutheran Church(Bridgeport, CT)
Ms. Dorothy Scholz-BeyerMr. & Mrs. Jacob I. Shisha
St. Andrew by the Sea Lutheran Church(Atlantic City, NJ)
St. Barnabas Lutheran Church(Howard Beach, NY)
St. Jacobi Lutheran Church(Brooklyn, NY)
St. James Lutheran Church(Brooklyn, NY)
St. John Lutheran Church(Ocean City, NJ)
St. John Lutheran Church(Passaic, NJ)
St. John Lutheran Church(Poughkeepsie, NY)
St. John Lutheran Church(College Point, NY)
St. John Lutheran Church(Nanticoke, PA)
St. John Lutheran Church(Lyons, NY)
St. Luke Lutheran Church(Washington, NJ)
St. Paul Lutheran Church(East Windsor, NJ)
St. Paul Lutheran Church(Mountain Top, PA)
St. Paul Lutheran Church(Wethersfield, CT)
St. Peter Lutheran Church(Baldwin, NY)
St. Stephen Lutheran Church(Hicksville, NY)
Our 2014 Christmas-at-Sea Gatherers
Sharing Christmas with people around the world
Global Community
As countries “globalize”, their citizens benefit in the form of access to a wider variety of goods and services, lower prices, more and better-paying jobs, improved health, and higher overall living standards.
IMF Staff, Globalization: A Brief Overview, International Monetary Fund,
www. imf.org, 2008
Global Community
Slavery is a booming business and the number of slaves is increasing. People get rich by using slaves. And when they’re finished with their slaves, they just throw these people away.
Kevin Bales, Disposable People: NEW SLAVERY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, University of California Press,
California, 1999