As the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, some Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) responders have looked back on that time as one in which the traditional model of response had to change. Tom Smucker, who was MDS Executive Director at...
Gil Michel, pastor of That Church Downtown, drove by the pair of South Bend, Indiana, buildings every day. He watched them slowly decompose, no longer the thriving Deliverance Center Hall and Ministry House of Pastor Bob Bassler. Grass nearly buried...
From building new homes to knitting prayer shawls for the homeowners, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers made a big difference in the small Louisiana town of Ironton. The unincorporated African American town in Plaquemines Parish was deeply...
From the plains of Indiana to the Tennessee mountains. Thirty-seven volunteers from Acknowledging Christ Through Service (ACTS), which operates collaboratively with Mennonite Disaster Service, are working in eastern Tennessee, building several new...
Some weeks on a project site offer an unexpected adventure, and you never know what new friends you may make along the way. This was one of those weeks in Louisiana. Volunteers at the Point Au Chien, Louisiana project from March 8-14 found a creative...
Bluffton University student Colin Burba, 22, served with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in St. Louis, Missouri, because he was inspired “by the chance to serve others with my gifts that have been gifted to me by God, and the opportunity to visit...
In summer of 2024 John Henry and Judith Yoder of Lakeville, Ohio lost their home in a house fire. The family contacted Gid Yoder from Disaster Aid Ohio asking if they might consider building a house for someone who did not attend Church. Gid...
In summer 2024, John Henry and Judith Yoder of Lakeville, Ohio lost their home in a house fire. The family contacted Gid Yoder from Disaster Aid Ohio asking if they might consider building a house for someone who did not attend church. Gid provided...
Eldon King was 25 years old when he first heard about Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS). Now the resident of Orrville, Ohio, who is almost 100, is still dedicated to MDS and, most of all, to serving others in the ways he can. When it comes to service...
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