“A derelict house has become a home.” That’s what Dan Driedger, Executive Director of MennoHomes in Waterloo Region, Ont., said about how volunteers from Mennonite Disaster Service Ontario made it possible …
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That’s how Eleanor Kendall of Marquette, Man. describes the new free house she is getting this year from Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS). For Kendall, it’s overwhelming. “It’s the best Christmas …
MDS will support efforts of local churches in that country For Kevin King, the destruction left behind in the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian was “unbelievable.” “As far as one could …
Mennonite Disaster Service closes project in Grand Forks “We came as strangers. We leave as friends.” That’s what project director Peter Thiessen said at the October 2, 2019, closing celebration …
Mennonite Disaster Service Canada Keeping Eye on Hurricane Dorian As Americans watch and wait for Hurricane Dorian’s landfall, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada is keeping an eye on the storm, …
Founded in 1950, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a volunteer network of the North American Mennonite churches that responds to those affected by disasters in Canada and the U.S. In …
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparing, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to …
Head and heart at work with MDS Why are you doing this? “Faith expressing itself in love.” Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) responds to natural disasters by sending volunteer groups who …
“My prayer was that God would use our help…so that through our work, they’d have a restored house and a saved spirit,” says Columbia Bible College student Matthew Janzen about …
Through MDS’s Summer Youth Project, “youth learn construction skills and interact with people from different backgrounds from all over.”
Click here to read a May 12 update from MDS. Fires in and around the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray has Mennonite Disaster Service Alberta Unit and Region V …
Hope – reawakened, rebuilt or restored – is at the core of the work and experience of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS). This was evident during the MDS All-Unit Annual Meeting …
A new Columbia Bible College diploma program that focuses on mission in urban settings took seven students to New York for an up-close look.