MDS has welcomed Tim Schrag as the new Region 3 board chair. The region includes Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas. Schrag, a retired pastor, lives in Goessel,...
John Longhurst, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada communications coordinator, is receiving the Manitoba Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Advancement of Interreligious Understanding. “In this province where we so proudly embrace...
Will provide more grants for congregations responding to COVID-19 needs WINNIPEG, Man. – After a successful first year, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada has announced a new round of funding from the Spirit of MDS Fund. The 2021 round of...
Caption for photo: The derelict house on Mill St. being rehabilitated by MDS for MennoHomes. As soon as MennoHomes won a house in the Region of Waterloo housing lottery in December, Executive Director Dan Driedger knew what he was going to do—...
The Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Annual Celebration & Worship, set for Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. EST, will offer a worship service, featured speakers, a video recap of 2020, and stories of volunteers who embody the theme “Unexpected Blessings,...
With love and resilience, Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers adapt to the times When Josh Carson talks with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers over the phone, he hears them struggle to discern their path of service amid the COVID-19...
After a Homes of Hope facility in Ephrata, Penn., was all but destroyed by a large fire two years ago, leaders from the homeless transformational ministry knew they couldn’t rebuild without help. “We were challenged by the cost of the restoration...
Jeffery Moseley is a patient man. As the resident of Marianna, Fla. watched Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) close the doors on his half-built home in December because of a spike in COVID-19 cases, he knew the volunteers would be back. “COVID has...
As Don Yoder temporarily closed the doors of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project in Marianna, Florida in early December, he looked back on the last couple of months: “It’s been an interesting journey,” he said. Yoder served as office...
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