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About the seafarer circles
The Seamen's Circles have existed for more than 50 years and there are still more active today. They gather around the Seamen's Mission's work of intercession, practical help and fellowship.
If you take a good look around the Danish countryside, you will discover several small sailor circles. These are small groups of mainly women who gather in private homes. When they get together, which is often once a month, they socialise and talk about the work of Seamen's Mission - often by reading aloud from some of the Seamen's Mission newsletters.
The Seamen's Circles are very diligent. Often it's the needlework that sits in their laps while they talk about their work in the Seamen's Mission. Mittens and scarves are knitted, which are later wrapped up nicely and enclosed with a greeting before being handed out by a seafarer missionary in Denmark or Greenland. It's hard to measure the value of the handiwork that goes into hundreds of Christmas gifts. It is priceless.
The Seafarers' Circles are also active with other handicrafts, namely the folded hands. The Seafarers' Circles support the employees of the Seamen's Mission through interest in the work, but also through prayer. This is the most important work of the Seafarers' Circles and again invaluable in the work among fishermen and seamen.
The seafarers' districts have a few festive evenings called Grand District Conventions, where they convene in the mission house or church. Everyone in the local area is invited. An employee from the Seamen's Mission is in charge of preaching, and after coffee, he or she will talk about experiences from working in the harbours
Would you like to join a seafarer circle yourself or do you have any questions?
