“When’s the next MDS trip?” That’s a question Ron Long of the Vincent Mennonite Church in Spring City, Penn.often hears from youth at his church. Long, who has been involved in youth ministry for decades, coordinated the church’s first...
MDS volunteer Doug Casey shares a smile with resident of Bastrop, Texas, after restoring water in his home. On the last day of their weeklong volunteer service in Bastrop, Texas, Jim Ensz and Doug Casey were helping a woman with disabilities who...
MDS volunteers (l to r), Paul Steckle, Andrew Weber, Glenn Bowman, Glenn Weber and Dan Bauman begin work on renovating the northern home of MCC Ontario’s Indigenous Neighbours Program. MCC Photo. Two years after working together on a project to...
When Carl Dube describes his visit to the small community of Cameron, Louisiana, he sounds as if he’s checking on his neighbors. Dube, who served in the Gulf Coast town as a project director with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), remembers every...
Early Response Teams from Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) are heading to Texas with a focus on repairing broken pipes and water lines so residents hard-hit by the recent deadly ice storm can make their first step toward recovery. The storm sent some...
From the generous hands of the Maple Grove Mennonite Church in Hartville, Ohio, a shower trailer traveled to Denver, Colorado, where it will help homeless people restore a sense of dignity in their lives. Volunteers from the church built and used the...
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...
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