香港聖公會聖彼得海員堂 | St Peter's Seafarers' Church, Hong Kong
The Mission to Seafarers is one of the world’s largest port-based welfare operators, a support network spread across 50 countries and over 200 ports, supporting people who work on the world’s oceans often for long periods away from their families. Support is practical, emotional and often spiritual. Originally established as the Bristol Chanel Mission by the Reverend John Ashley, other Anglican ministries followed to become a missionary society, now called The Mission to Seafarers to reflect its modern role in caring for seafarers.
In Hong Kong the Sailors Home and The Mission to Seafarers operate two facilities – The Mariners Seafarers centre in Kwai Chung and the recently redeveloped Mariners in Tsim Sha Tsui. As part of the redevelopment a new chapel St Peter’s Seafarers’ Church has been built, is now furnished with church furniture designed and made by Treske Ltd.
海員傳道會是全球最大的港口福利服務機構之一，其網絡遍布50個國家、200多個港口，
為那些長期遠離家人、在世界各海洋上工作的人們提供情感上，精神上和實際的支援。
機構原名為 Bristol Chanel Mission，最初由 John Ashley 牧師創立。
後來其他聖公會牧師相繼響應，遂發展成為一個教牧團體，現名為海員傳道會，
以反映其在關懷海員方面的現代角色。
在香港，海員之家與海員傳道會經營兩個設施－
位於葵涌的海員中心和最近在尖沙咀重建的海員之家。
作為重建項目的一部分，一座名為聖公會聖彼得海員堂的小教堂現已落成，
該堂的傢具均由 Treske Ltd 設計和製造。
Seating for the congregation is supplied in the form of 193 Bespoke Southwell stacking chairs constructed using a strong solid oak frame, each with the cross keys of St Peter carved into the rear of the back rest. Additional seating is provided by 6 benches surrounding the altar and lectern. Priests’ chairs and a credence table complete the sanctuary furniture. A bespoke font sits in the main entrance of the Chapel and has been designed to complement the styles of all the other sanctuary furniture items.
The design is a stylistic take on ships with the furniture shaped to represent the bow, port and starboard sides, and deck of seafaring vessels. Oak was used for the main furniture, with pippy oak featured on the sloping bow, clad by oak veneer on the port and starboard sides where appropriate. This original design uses the oak veneer and the sloping nature of the curved and shaped side of the altar, font, credence table and lectern, while prime European oak is used for the top surfaces and structure.
該堂的會眾席由193張 Bespoke Southwell可架疊椅子組成，
這些椅子採用堅固的橡木製成框架，每張椅子的靠背後方都刻有聖彼得的十字鑰匙圖案。
圍繞著聖壇和講台的 6 張長凳也提供了額外的座位。此外，
聖所內還設置牧師座位和聖餐桌。教堂正門處設有一個特製的施洗盆，
其設計與聖所內其他傢具的風格互為呼應，相得益彰。
傢具風格的設計靈感源自船舶的造型概念，分別表達船頭、左舷、右舷和甲板部份。
主要的傢具均採用橡木。傾斜的船頭特别選用紋理精致的橡木構造，
左舷和右舷兩則在適當的位置鑲以橡木薄片。
這饒富創意的設計以橡木薄片巧妙地配合了聖壇、施洗盆、
聖餐桌和講台等彎曲的形狀和傾斜特性，
而平面和結構部份則採用了優質的歐洲橡木。
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