The Mission to Seafarers Australia & PNG Prayer Diary 2018
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The Mission to Seafarers Australia & PNG Prayer Diary 2018. Revelation 14:6 6 Then I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth - to every nation and tribe and language and people. Australia Council: (02) 4961 5007 Albany: (08) 9841 2440 Bell Bay: (03) 6382 4914 Brisbane: (07) 3895 1181 Bunbury: (08) 9721 2370 Burnie & Port Latta: (03) 6432 2396 Dampier: (08) 9183 1424 Darwin: (08) 8981 9099 Eden: 0423 774 735 Esperance: (08) 9071 6811 Fremantle: (08) 9335 5000 Geelong: (03) 5278 6985 Geraldton: (08) 9921 3272 Gladstone: (07) 4972 0355 Hastings: (03) 5979 4327 Hobart: (03) 6234 6016 Melbourne: (03) 9629 7083 Newcastle: (02) 4961 5007 Papua New Guinea: 0011 675 71397047 Portland: (03) 5523 1244 Port Giles: (08) 8852 6479 Port Hedland: (08) 9173 1315 2 Port Kembla: (02) 4274 6498 Port Lincoln: (08) 8683 0036 Port Pirie: (08) 8632 2257 Port Walcott: (08) 9187 0155 Sydney: (02) 9241 3009 Thevenard: 0427 252 052 Townsville: (07) 4772 2774 Wallaroo: 0429 380 717 Weipa: (07) 4069 7228 3 4 DAY 1 MTS AUSTRALIA Liaison Bishop: Bp John Stead Assistant Liaison Bishop: Bp Gary Nelson Regional Director: Revd Canon Garry Dodd Australian Council: Secretary: Graham Miller Treasurer: David Ellis Very Revd Keith Joseph Revd Jake De Salis Administration Officer: Heather Turner MTS London: Andrew Wright and staff. Matthew 25:35-36 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. 5 DAY 2 ALBANY Lot 22 Princess Royal Drive Albany W.A. 6330 Phones: 0407 448 651 / (08) 9841 2440 Email: [email protected] Chaplain/Chairman: Revd Allan Taylor Ship Visitor: Norm Stevens Vice Chairman: Jane Stevens Treasurer: Peter Fitzgibbon Prayer Points: • Raise up younger volunteers & people willing to take on Committee positions. • That a Port Committee be established in the next 12 months. • Free WiFi in the Port for Seafarers on board. • Amalgamation of MTS & Stella Maris Stella Maris Albany1 Jeremiah 29:11 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” 6 DAY 3 BELL BAY Inside Port of Bell Bay Bell Bay Tas. 7253 PO BOX 55 Georgetown Tas. 7253 Phone: (03) 6382 4914 Co-ordinator: Garry Jones Chair: Trish Anderson Treasurer: Beryl Osbourne Secretary: John Stagg Vice Chair: Renato Zanchetta Stella Maris Bell Bay Psalm 27:4 4 One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. 7 DAY 4 BRISBANE 2 Seafarers St Port of Brisbane Qld. 4178 PO BOX 9260 Wynnum Plaza Qld. 4178 Phone: (07) 3895 1181 Prayer Points: • Pray for the continued development of the Brisbane Mission to meet current and future needs of Seafarers. • Pray for the caring, giving and loving volunteers who make the Brisbane mission ministry possible and for new volunteers to enable our service level to be maintained. • Pray for the work of Brisbane mission committee who strive to fund, operate, manage and develop the Mission and its ministry for the benefit of Seafarers Stella Maris Brisbane John 15:13 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 8 DAY 5 BUNBURY 17 Victoria St Bunbury W.A. 6230 (08) 9721 2370 Dean of Bunbury: Darryl Cotton Chaplain: Revd Kuzie Tuhura Email: [email protected] Facebook: BunburyMissiontoSeafarers Prayer Points: • Mission to Seafarers – Bunbury, Chaplain, Committee, Volunteers and Mission Community • Southern Ports Authority • All Seafarers visiting Port Bunbury Stella Maris Adelaide (& Wallaroo) Psalm 34:8 8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. 9 DAY 6 BURNIE & PORT LATTA Located within the Port of Burnie precincts Burnie Tas 7320 Phones: (03) 6432 2396 / 0417 586 970 Email: [email protected] Manager: Doug Couzins Ship Visitors: Marianne Whybrow Kirby Cunningham Pray for: • For increased health for Volunteers • Dedicated area for a permanent MTS centre. • Thank God for the Port Latta initiative. The Anglican Diocese of Tasmania James 1:2-4 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 10 DAY 7 DAMPIER 6 The Esplanade Dampier W.A. 6713 (08) 9183 1424 Email: chaplain@dampierseafarers .org Chaplain: Revd Jake De Salis Shop Manager: Shawn Meng Prayer Points: • We have spent time in reflection, prayer and thanksgiving in order to learn God’s plans. ‘To glorify God through our lives and testimony in order to proclaim the Gospel of Christ’s • redeeming love to seafarers.’ • We want the desire of our hearts to be the things God desires. We want the things in that we can do at the Centre, the things we are passionate about, to be acceptable to God (Romans12:1-2). We want to be a physically, emotionally and spiritually safe place with friendship, respect and a valuing of other people’s culture. Most of all we want to love because God first loved us. In this we have been, and continue to be, abundantly blessed by our Lord. ITF Hebrews 10:23 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 11 DAY 8 EDEN Chaplain: Revd. Michael Palmer Phone: 0423 774 735 (Phone Contact only) Ship Visitors: Dale Willis & Chris Bingham Email: [email protected] Praise We are very thankful that in 2017 a great local committee has been formed to expand the Mission in Eden Port. We give thanks for the opportunity provided by 2017 Eden Whale Festival to promote our work in Eden port. Prayer • Please pray that our MtS committee will have energy and wisdom as we seek to deepen our connections with Visiting Seafarers and also with the Industries that they serve and the Port Authorities who oversee ship movements. • Please pray that in 2018 our Eden MtS will build strong supportive links with both Local Churches and also with the wider network of Churches within the Anglican Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn. AMWS Romans 8:28 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 12 DAY 9 ESPERANCE 166 Dempster St Esperance W.A. 6450 Phones: (08) 9071 6811 / 0400 711 473 Email: [email protected] Chaplain: Frank Roe Manager: Fred Lochowicz Prayer Points: • Thank God for faithful ministry to Seafarers and visitors to Esperance. The Dioceses of Western Australia Deuteronomy 31:6 6 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 13 DAY 10 FREMANTLE 76 Queen Victoria St Fremantle W.A. 6160 Phone: (08) 9335 5000 Email: [email protected] Web: www.flyingangel.org.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flyingangelclub/ Chaplain: The Revd Dennis Claughton Chairperson: Mark Small Ship Visitor: Michael Kitafuna ITF Inspector: Keith McCorriston Prayer Points: • Giving thanks for a dedicated team, mostly of volunteers. Stella Maris Fremantle 1 John 3:22 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 14 DAY 11 GEELONG 7 The Esplanade North Shore Geelong Vic 3214 Phones: (03) 5278 6985 / 0412 779 306 Email: [email protected] Chaplain: Revd Noah Park Asst Chaplain: Rev. George Charles Secretary: Robert Nicholls Prayer Points: • Praise God for the provisions to expand the Centre. • Thank God for the Sea Church Ministry • Pray the Manila ministry continues to reap rewards. The Dioceses of Victoria Romans 1:17 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” 15 DAY 12 GERALDTON 272 Marine Terrace Geraldton W.A. 6530 Phone: (08) 9921 3272 Honorary Chaplain & Centre Manager: Revd Wayne J Sutton Honorary Shop Manager: Gladys Sutton Praise: • For the Love of God who sustains us in His work. • For faithful Ambassadors who serve the Seafarers. • For the welcome of Seafarers when on Board their Ship. Prayers: • For Seafarers that they would be kept safe in their work. • For all those who keep the Seafarers safe. • For continuing compassion towards Seafarers when they visit our Port. The Diocese of the Northern Territory salm 23:1 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 16 DAY 13 GLADSTONE Cnr Alf O’Rourke & Bryan Jordan Drive Gladstone Qld 4680 Phones: (07) 4972 0355/ 24 hour Chaplain (07) 4972 0022 Email: [email protected] Chaplain: Revd Russell Cunningham Manager: Dennis Andersen Prayer Points: • For vision and growth opportunities. • Thank God for enabling new Ministries. Stella Maris Mackay Romans 8:38-39 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.