{"id":1765,"date":"2022-12-20T14:02:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2024-01-19T21:18:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T21:18:33","slug":"christmas-in-port-everglades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/christmas-in-port-everglades\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Port Everglades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/THE-MARE-REPORT-Christmas-in-Port-Everglades-December-20-2022.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Article audio (courtesy of Don Sheetz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Susan Huppert, NAMMA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Christmas draws near, packages are moving across the country on tight schedules. At Port Everglades, FL, the crunch is always on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYears ago, it would take days to unload a\ncargo ship, now it takes hours,\u201d said Port Chaplain the Rev. Canon Sanford\nSears, SSC who has been serving seafarers for the past six years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The increasing pace of global economics may\nbenefit industry, but for international seafarers, the vital factor in the\nequation, working under pressure to ensure that cargoes move safely and efficiently,\nthat benefit is unseen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCargo ship seafarers are truly forgotten,\u201d\nsaid Sears. \u201cPeople think that everything comes from Amazon.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seafarershouse.org\/\">Seafarers&#8217; House<\/a> is a multi-faith organization that serves seafarers when their ships dock at this Florida port. The ministry strives to let seafarers know they are not forgotten, particularly at Christmas. Coordinated staff and volunteers are hoping to board every ship that comes to the port with a Christmas gift for each member of the multicultural crews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers have developed a team of workers\nincluding women\u2019s groups; students seeking community service hours, the local\nPower Squadron, and partners from St. Jerome Catholic Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very lucky. They are the core of\nthe program and they do a bang-up job,\u201d said the chaplain.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sears, an ordained priest in the Anglican\nChurch retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and was later appointed to serve as\nchaplain to seafarers. He is well acquainted with the physical and emotional\ndangers seafarers face.&nbsp; Well received\nwithin the port, he is affectionately known as \u201cSandy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 did not stop the Christmas giving.\nThe Christmas gift program ran throughout the recent pandemic although gifts\nwere delivered at the base of the gangway rather than boarding. Sears and his\nSpanish-speaking wife, Erika, provide pastoral support also. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t do it without her,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\ntalk and counsel them in regard to being away from home. My ministry has gone\nfurther to counseling port workers too. I bless their work areas and give\nprayers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He offers a multi-faith worship program\neach month on the Carnival Cruise line vessel per the company\u2019s request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 300 ships dock annually at Port\nEverglades, where the Seafarers\u2019 House hosts nearly 150,000 visits by cruise\nand cargos ship crewmembers. 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