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Swedish Pancake Breakfast On Saturday, March 18th at 10 AM at the International Maritime Center

(IMC), over fifty-five (55) persons attended to enjoy the Swedish pancakes prepared by our dedicated kitchen staff of Gloria & Phil Meads, Mary Sue Meads, Liah Prevoznak, Alodia Corpuz, Cameron Wilson and Carolyn Person, with Nancy Smith and Roehl Cinco. SMGG Board members John Claassen and Lyndon Coggin supported them. All in attendance had a great morning. Many supporters and their friends from many churches were able to attend, and we were grateful for their support. The focus of the morning included presentation of the 2017 Lighthouse Awards to Drs. Charles and Barbara Chicks, and to the First Baptist Church of Rio Linda. Also, there were Appreciation Awards to Redwoods Presbyterian Church (Larkspur) and to the Mission to Seafarers (London, United Kingdom). Our newly ordained chaplain (see next page), Jamieson Prevoznak, and President Nancy Smith led the program and inducted volunteers Dale and Alice Edmondson to the Lighthouse Honor Society. 


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Nancy Smith (left) presents the award to Drs. Charles and Barbara Chicks (center) with Alodia Corpuz (right).

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CHRISTMAS at Sea

WANTED: Volunteer Knitters and Crocheters!

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Please continue to support the ministry by giving online via PayPal at our website (www.smgg.org) or send your donation to SMGG mailing address above.) Thank you for your support!

SMGG is calling for volunteer knitters and crocheters to connect with the SMGG Christmas at Sea Program, through which you can show care and God's love to the seafarers who come as strangers to our shores. It's cold out there!  Necessarily, warming gifts, such as knitted and/or crocheted caps (below), scarves, watch caps and socks, are perfect Christmas gifts to fill the Ditty Bags, in addition to the assorted sundry items (toiletries, etc.). If you are interested, p l ea se con tac t SMGG or the IMC a t 510-839-2226. Check the website above. Also, PACKING DAY is scheduled for Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at 9 AM. See you there!

The Mission to Seafarers (London, United Kingdom) supports our chaplaincy services to the seafarers through a generous grant.

Chaplain Jamieson ordained in Richmond

On Saturday, March 4th 2017, Chaplain Jamieson Prevoznak (right) was ordained into the San Francisco Presbytery and the Presbyterian Church (USA) ministry in a worship service at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Richmond, CA.  Rev. Doug Siden and SMGG Board Chair, Rev. Nancy B. Smith, officially welcomed Jamieson into the ministry, which he has clearly been called to do. Congratulations Reverend Prevoznak!

Meet our new Intern, LYNN CHITTICK

I am the new SMGG intern that will serve for Summer 2017. I am a second year MDIV student from San Franciscan Theological Seminary in San Anselmo CA on track for ordination with the Presbytery PCUSA, in 2020. Most of the years of my life I ministered to the sick and needy. I am a mother of five children and five grandchildren, and my children were raised with people from all over the world. The ministry here seems appropriate at this time in my work as I hold a BA in Cultural Studies and MA in Multicultural Pastoral Theology.  I have also been an RN and worked in Geriatrics for the past 8 years. I look forward to learning and growing as a minister and thank NAMMA (North American Maritime Ministry Association) for this opportunity.

Welcome our Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Student NANCY SLAVIN (above). She graduated in May from the School for Deacons in Berkeley, with a degree in Diaconal Studies. and am in the discernment process with the goal of ordination to the diaconate in the Episcopal Church. I am currently enrolled in a CPE program with the Spiritual Living Center for Education and Training, and meeting the requirement for clinical hours by serving  here at the International Maritime Center. I have a graduate degree in Pastoral Care and Counseling and will serve in the IMC this summer.

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