Sea Sunday
Sea Sunday (July 12) is set aside in the church calendar as space for congregations to pray for our seafarers and to give thanks for their crucial work.
Our Sea Sunday 2026 theme, ‘With them in every storm’, reminds us that this has been a particularly difficult year for our seafarers, the men and women who bring us more than 90 per cent of everything we own and use.
While news headlines about the Straits of Hormuz have allowed this often-invisible workforce to be seen and have highlighted the true horror of being trapped at sea for months on end, Sea Sunday is allowing us to tell your congregations the lived stories behind the headlines and the work we do to support seafarers and their families.
The stories are heartbreaking, but this is just a snapshot of the daily isolation and crises that all seafarers may face.
This year, we have returned to the miracle story of Jesus calming the storm from St Mark’s Gospel, as we feel it perfectly illustrates the work we do calming the storms in the lives of our seafarers and their families.
‘With them in every storm’ isn’t just a mission statement, it is a daily reality for our team of chaplains and crisis responders.
Our free-to-use resources, that included suggestions for how churches can highlight this vital work as part of their worship, including all age groups and also ideas for an outreach community event, can be downloaded here.
Thank you to everyone that celebrated Sea Sunday across the world in 2025
YOUR SUPPORT
Your church’s support can make a huge difference to seafarers struggling at this difficult time.
Find out more about how we’re helping here; you can donate online or contact us to discuss how your church can support us.
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