Three generations from the same extended family came together to serve with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) at Denare Beach in June. The three—grandfather Henry Warkentin, 74, his son Eric, 46, and grandson Parks, 18—installed furnace ductwork...
Three young volunteers—Brandon Martin, 18; Miles Rissler, 19; and Brenna Eastman, 19—are ready to embark on a yearlong service adventure with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS). They will travel to various disaster recovery projects across the U.S...
“Skill at performing tasks is secondary to the Christian values of humbly serving as the hands and feet of Jesus.” That’s how Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Project Director Rex Graham described why “Golden Hammer” award recipients were...
In response to the growing needs among disaster survivors, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in the U.S. is adjusting its leadership structure. As MDS U.S. Executive Director Kevin King retires, and newly appointed Executive Director Clair Good...
As former Chair of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Ontario Unit, Nicholas Hamm used to look for disasters where the organization could serve. In July, a disaster came looking for him. That’s when the Niagara region of Ontario, where he lives,...
Clair Good has been appointed as new Executive Director of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) U.S. and will begin his new position on Oct. 1, 2026. Good joins MDS from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) where he most recently served as the Plain...
When the volunteers at the Newton, Texas RV project went to lunch together on the first weekend at the project, another patron came up to them with some questions. She told the group that she comes to Smitty’s Barbeque, the restaurant they were at...
MDS Rocky Mountain Unit volunteers respond to Colorado Wildfires The MDS Rocky Mountain Unit, which serves Colorado and New Mexico communities, has been working to find ways to engage local young people in short term projects (though they also...
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...
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