Note: The following letter has been shared with our volunteers, informing them of our decision to close all MDS project sites due to COVID-19. Dear MDS Volunteer, This is not a note I expected to have to write. But given the rapidly changing...
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—...
Lititz, PA – Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is actively monitoring the tragic destruction and loss of life from tornadoes that occurred March 2 in Tennessee. According to National Weather Service, the tornadoes impacted eastern Nashville,...
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...
Congregations and Pandemics: What To Do? Concern about the coronavirus, or COVID-19, is dominating the news—and maybe coming up at your church, too. What role can churches play during what might become a pandemic? How can they respond practically...
When Super Typhoon Yutu hit the island of Saipan in 2018, striking the remote island with 180-mph/290 km winds, Jerry Grosh of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) held his breath. “I hoped and prayed the homes MDS had rebuilt on the island following...
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,...
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