During this time of pandemic, MDS’s projects are all shut down until it is safe to resume work. Until that time, we are re-publishing stories of recovery and restoration from the past — stories that remind of us there’s hope, even in the most...
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Sewing masks to give away to lower income people and first responders, providing meals and cleaning supplies, supporting a breakfast club for children, supplying firewood for winter for seniors, furnishing a shelter for homeless people—these are...
Canadian churches responding to COVID-19 can get help from The Spirit of MDS Fund. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada’s operations may be suspended until fall due to the pandemic, but the organization still wants to be active in responding...
In 1815, Ludwig von Beethoven composed his Eroica Symphony to celebrate the general spirit of heroism in the world. On March 15, Winnipeg’s Mennonite Community Orchestra (MCO) will celebrate a local hero when it performs the Eroica Symphony—...
Emma Siemens is a 2nd year student from Winnipeg studying social sciences at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU). From February 16-22 she was one of ten students and staff from the university who went to Wharton, TX to do service with MDS. Below find...
In early 2019, the Wiebe family of Austin, Manitoba set off on a service adventure of a lifetime. The family of five—dad Daniel, 42, mother Pamela, 40, and children Brianna, 18, Brenten, 15, Caleb, 13, and Corey, 10—volunteered for 12 months with...
MDS “Saved My Life” Three homes dedicated near Ottawa January 23; 97 volunteers from Ontario gave 515 days of service COUNTY OF RENFREW, Ont. — “I wanted to crawl into a cave and never come out again.” That’s how Bill Overton, 66,...
For some people, doing service means going far away—maybe to Mexico or Africa on a service trip with their church. But for Mike and Sheila Davis of Trail, B.C, this past summer it meant driving just over an hour away to help people affected by 2018...
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