By the Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, president and executive director of SCI For over 25 years, the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Ministry on the River chaplains have served mariners working our… Read More
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A childhood passion turned into an esteemed career for Capt. Joy Manthey and made her a trailblazer for women in the towboat and barge industry. A young girl from New… Read More
The 23rd River Bell Awards Luncheon, benefiting the Seamen’s Church Institute, attracted a record crowd of nearly 600 people, raising more than $500,000, also a new record. The event, held… Read More
On a chilly December evening in Baton Rouge, La., around 20 people gathered in the fellowship hall of Ingleside United Methodist Church to pack hundreds of boxes with knitted hats,… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI), an agency serving both blue-water and brown-water mariners in the United States, has expanded its team of full-time chaplains with the hire of the Rev. Read More
Much of the focus of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association’s seminar this year, held August 3–5 in New Orleans, was on waterway operations, issues that towboat crews face on a… Read More
What would the rivers be without the Seamen’s Church Institute? That question is almost impossible to answer. SCI has been a vital and irreplaceable part of maritime life in the… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has announced that it has raised more than $3 million of its $5 million goal so far in support of its Ministry on the River… Read More
It’s been close to two months since Hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong Category 4 storm at Port Fourchon, La., slowly moved inland over towns like Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Bourg, Raceland… Read More
The Rev. Donald Reusch, 64, chaplain associate for the Seamen’s Church Institute, died January 26. He served with SCI since 2017 and was known for his love of river mariners… Read More
