DARRELL L. GINTHER AT SEAFARER'S CENTER, PORT OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON
A Tribute to His Years of Volunteer Work
Probably the longest association for Darrell in ministry has been the Union Gospel Mission, 828 No. Weber, in Sioux Falls 57103, where his dad and mother ministered before leaving Sioux Falls and moving to Washington State. Another long association has been the Seafarer's Center in Tacoma's port. Mondays and Fridays Darrell volunteers for work at the center, and has been doing this for many years. He has provided his help faithfully by going out to the ships with the director to greet the captains and the sailors. Many times he has shared the Gospel, giving his testimony, and passed out Gospel tracts. He collects cans in the can storage unit to sell in order to finance the Gospel correspondence and Bible courses the center offers to the sailors. He goes with the center's van to drop off and collect sailors when they go into town for various items and services. At Christmas he helps carry on board ships the Christmas boxes to the sailors who cannot be home for Christmas with their families. Over 1200 boxes are distributed this way from the center. Each box contains combs, stationery, candy, homemade cookies, a woolen cap, or scarf, or mittens. Gospel tracts and greetings from the center in various languages are also enclosed. Each box is wrapped, and many churches take part in providing these gift boxes for the sailors. They are much valued by the seafarers, as you can imagine. Darrell also works getting out the center's monthly newsletter, called THE MOORING LINES.
Darrell works inside and outside, a ministry primarily of helps. Outdoors he keeps up the grounds, by mowing and weeding. He loves to provide a bright spot here and there by cultivating and watering the flowers. He even picks the wild blackberries on the grounds and gives them to the other volunteers, berries which make delicious pies. His cheerfulness, love of souls, and helpfulness at the center have been appreciated. A recent article in the MOORING LINES commended Darrell and gave recognition to him as Volunteer of the Month.
May Darrell enjoy many more years of service with the Seafarer's Center, helping with evangelism outreach and also in maintenance of a flourishing, vital, evangelical ministry in which he loves to participate.
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