Posts by Dan Smith
Hospitality Ministry: Puerto Rico
Jim and Stacie run a hospitality ministry for pastors and missionaries. Guests struggling with a crisis or burnout enjoy a tranquil place to regroup. Many opt for some time aboard the sailing vessel “Renewal,” an ocean-capable, three-cabin sailboat ideally suited for soul care ministry.“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some…
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Read MoreJim and Stacie
Jim and Stacie have been missionaries in various countries for the past 30 years. They are now based in the eastern port town of Fajardo in Puerto Rico. They are using a cruising sailboat in the Caribbean Sea between Puerto Rico and the nearby Virgin Islands. Retreats, cruises, fishing trips, and sailing training are part…
Read MorePort of Virginia
The Port of Virginia extends nearly 90 miles up the James River from the Atlantic Ocean to Richmond, VA. The port services more than 100 ships per month, with each ship averaging a crew of 35 mariners. These crew members transit the globe spending many months at sea with very little time ashore in far-away…
Read MoreKing’s Fleet
Fleet (North America) is an every-other-year gathering of Christian cruisers, mission organizations, ministries, and local churches passionate about using boats or ships as ministry tools to further the Gospel. King’s Fleet is meant to be an encouraging, safe place to share what God is doing in your ministry and life and to be prayed for and…
Read MoreMACU Docks
Operated as an extension of Elizabeth City’s “harbor of hospitality,” the docks at Mid-Atlantic Christian University are the homeport to Maritime Ministries’ fleet and serve as a “home-away-from-home” for transient Sailors who utilize the Great Dismal Swamp route of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Each year our dock hosts about 100 transient boats from all over…
Read MorePatrick & Rachel
Since 2002, Patrick and Rachel have had the privilege of serving in international missions outreach through church planting, prison ministry, sports ministry, youth ministry and have enjoyed many varieties of community outreach. They have had the opportunity to train, mobilize, and care for gospel workers. Our amazing heavenly Father has given Patrick and Rachel a…
Read MoreDan & Kathy
In 2014, a partnership was formed between Mid-Atlantic Christian University and Maritime Ministries: Maritime Ministries gained an operating base, and MACU gained a missions organization operating from its campus. Elizabeth City is well known as the “Harbor of Hospitality,” strategically located on the Dismal Swamp Canal section of the Intra Coastal Waterway. Each spring and…
Read MoreSV Hope
Hope is a 1984 O’Day Sloop rig LOA (length) 28′ Beam (width) 9′ 6″ Air height (mast) 36′ Draft (keel depth) 4′ Universal 10 HP
Read MoreSV Paloma
Paloma is a 1972 Colin Archer design, built by CW Manley in England. Cutter rig Constructed of teak, iroko, oak, and fiberglass LOA (length overall) 32′ Air height (mast) 50′ Beam (width) 12′ Draft (keel depth) 6′ 27 HP Yanmar 3
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