In these polarized times, as many Christians in the U.S. are divided over politics, Rev. Byron Meline has something different on his mind: working for a common goal. As he put a fresh coat of paint on a tornado-damaged home in Columbus, Mississippi...
“I’m running low on food. Is there anything you can do to help?” said a text message to Pastor Elvis Martinez from a woman who attends Evangelical Garifuna Church of Manhattan, a Mennonite congregation in New York. Pastor Elvis starts his car,...
GOSHEN, Ind. – In just over a month, the COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund has distributed more than $735,000 to 159 churches in the United States facing critical financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched on April 13, 2020,...
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...
LITITZ, Pa. – When Mennonite Disaster Service Executive Director Kevin King learned Catholic Charities was in need of 10,000 additional masks to help keep employees and volunteers safe, he wondered if MDS could help. After all, the two...
Sharon Taylor is home. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, despite Hurricane Harvey, despite a disability that causes her back to hurt, despite losing all but two of her beloved seven pets. “I guess it’s true that what doesn’t kill you makes you...
Through relief funds in both the U.S. and Canada, MDS is helping Anabaptist churches keep their doors open, even amid the financial strain caused by COVID-19. In the U.S., a COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund was created on April 13, and now has...
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...
For the Dutch Gold Honey company, it was a sticky situation. The family-owned business—part of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania community since 1946—was allowed to operate as an essential business during the COVID-19 pandemic. But when all employees...
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