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Privileged to return to service
During the summer I served with Mennonite Disaster Service in Grand Forks, B.C., while I was a Bible college student, a youth pastor brought his youth group to volunteer for a week. I tucked the idea away in the back of my mind: one day, when I graduate and become a youth pastor myself, maybe I could bring my own youth group to serve with MDS. Seven years later, that idea became a reality.
2023 Spirit of MDS Fund accepting grant applications
The grants can be used for food banks or other ministries assisting low-income people or seniors, and for construction or renovation projects to repair a home or make it more livable.
House fire helps MDS volunteer empathize with disaster survivors
As a project director with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada, Jim Reimer knows it can be stressful for a homeowner to cope with the loss of their house. He just never expected to experience it first-hand.