Sea Sunday Held in Yokohama　横浜で「Sea Sunday」開催

New Chaplain: “A Chaplain Is Not Someone Who Speaks, but Someone Who Listens”

新任チャプレン「チャプレンは話す人ではなく、話を聴く人」

■Giving Thanks and Offering Prayers for All Seafarers

A Sea Sunday service, an international religious observance dedicated to giving thanks and offering prayers for seafarers around the world, was held on July 12 at Yokohama Yamate Seikokai Church in Naka Ward, Yokohama.

The event was organised by Mission to Seafarers (MTS) Yokohama, the UK-based Anglican international seafarers’ welfare organisation. Representatives of seafarers’ welfare organisations, members of the shipping industry and local residents attended the service, praying for the safety and wellbeing of the seafarers who support global maritime trade.

Following the service, Revd. Dick Johnson, who was appointed Chaplain in Yokohama in February this year, and Christopher Eve, Representative of Mission to Seafarers Japan and a former seafarer, spoke to Maritime Bridge Japan about the challenges facing today’s seafarers and the role of MTS.

■The full article covers the following topics (approximately 2,000 Japanese characters)

→ “A chaplain is not someone who speaks, but someone who listens” – The philosophy of seafarers’ welfare explained by Revd. Dick Johnson, who arrived in Yokohama this February

→ “Smartphones have not removed loneliness” – The realities of family separation and mental wellbeing faced by today’s seafarers

→ Christopher Eve, Representative of Mission to Seafarers Japan and a former seafarer, discusses the realities facing seafarers amid tensions in the Middle East and his commitment to expanding ship visiting activities

→ The activities of Mission to Seafarers, which supports approximately 1.9 million seafarers each year across more than 200 ports in over 50 countries, and its role in Japan

→ Why seafarers’ welfare should be regarded not simply as charity but as part of the maritime industry’s essential infrastructure – Reporter’s View by the Maritime Bridge Japan Editorial Team

(The remainder of this article is available in the paid edition in both English and Japanese. The Japanese version follows the English article.)

横浜で「Sea Sunday」開催

新任チャプレン「チャプレンは話す人ではなく、話を聴く人」

■海上で働く全ての船員に感謝と祈り

　横浜山手聖公会（横浜市中区）で12日、世界の船員に感謝と祈りを捧げる国際的な宗教行事「Sea Sunday（海の日曜日）」が開催された。

　主催は英国聖公会系の国際船員支援団体「ミッション・トゥ・シーフェアラーズ（Mission to Seafarers＝MTS）横浜」。礼拝には船員支援関係者や海運業界関係者、市民らが参加し、世界の海上物流を支える船員の安全と健康を祈った。

　式典後には、今年2月に横浜へ着任したチャプレン（司祭）のディック・ジョンソン（Revd. Dick Johnson）氏と、元船員でMTS日本代表のクリストファー・イブ（Christopher Eve）氏がMaritime Bridge Japanのインタビューに応じ、船員を取り巻く環境やMTSの役割について語った。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約2,000文字）

→ 「チャプレンは話す人ではなく、話を聴く人」──今年2月に着任したディック・ジョンソン司祭が語る船員支援の原点

→ 「スマートフォンがあっても孤独は消えない」──船員が抱える家族との離別やメンタルヘルスの実情

→ 元船員でMTS日本代表クリストファー・イブ氏が語る、中東情勢下で船員が直面する現実と訪船支援への思い

→ 世界50カ国・200超の港で年間約190万人を支える「Mission to Seafarers」の活動と、日本での役割

→ なぜ船員福祉は「慈善活動」ではなく海運インフラなのか──Maritime Bridge Japan編集部の視点

（続きは英語と日本語で書かれた有料版の本文でお読みください。日本語の記事は英文記事に続いて掲載されています）