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Hot, Humid and Hope Building

July 12, 2018 by Conference Office

Filed Under: Articles, News

Dahlias, Hurricanes, and the Church

September 14, 2017 by Bryan Miller

As I look around at our Conference churches today, we are all at different stages of growth or rebuilding and are experiencing a variety of weather.

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Hurricane Harvey Update: MDS Team in Texas

August 31, 2017 by Conference Office

(Originally Published on MDS Website – August 30, 2017) By Mark Beach Lititz, Pa. – A Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) assessment team arrived Wednesday in southeast Texas to explore early response […]

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MDS Monitors Flooding in the Carolinas

October 8, 2015 by Conference Office

While the rains may have stopped, South Carolina still faces a host of concerns …

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Reflections on one day with MDS on Staten Island

December 12, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

On November 8, following Superstorm Sandy, I was privileged to participate with one of the early Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) teams to Staten Island. There amidst the front end loaders lifting wet debris from the streets into dump trucks, we encountered a busy community of local people and volunteers like us attempting to be helpful. One thing became immediately clear. MDS and Mennonites did not have a corner on compassion and care.

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MDS volunteers provide help and hope at Thanksgiving

November 20, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

A new normal is emerging in Staten Island’s Midland Beach neighborhood where Mennonite Disaster Service has set up alongside the ministries of Oasis Christian Center, to clean up and rebuild following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. The one-story-high mounds of debris are gone. Traffic signals are working and electricity is back. Most houses have been inspected and are marked with red, green or yellow placards signaling the level of work required for habitation, or condemnation.

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MDS settles into Staten Island for recovery

November 15, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

Two weeks ago Hurricane Sandy pummeled the Northeast Corridor, landing near Atlantic City, NJ with high winds and high tides that pushed water into New York City neighborhoods, reshaped New Jersey’s barrier islands, and caused widespread wind damage and power outages across eastern Pennsylvania. In the days after the storm, the scope of damage continues to emerge. The needs in the midst of clean-up and recovery change day-to-day. But undoubtedly, the recovery is going to take awhile.

Filed Under: News

After Hurricane Sandy—resurrection stories

November 7, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

On Saturday, November 3, conference staffers Steve Kriss and Emily Ralph joined Mennonite Disaster Service in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens to assess the damage left by Hurricane Sandy and identify needs in preparation for sending teams to aid in the cleanup. After returning home, Steve compiled this list of recollections, appreciation, and observations.

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Hurricane Sandy update from Mennonite Disaster Service

November 2, 2012 by Emily Ralph Servant

Update from Rick Kratz at Mennonite Disaster Service.
We have been in touch with Montgomery County and have some people to follow up with about basement clean outs and such.
I don’t have anything for New Jersey at this time but as things unfold we will pass that on.
Mennonite Disaster Service is investigating New York City with the Mennonite Churches of New York City to see how best we can be of service.

Filed Under: News

Tropical storm damage in Vermont is a 'disaster'

September 1, 2011 by Emily Ralph Servant

By Sheldon C. Good, sheldon@mennoweekly.org Mennonite Weekly Review Flood waters due to Tropical Storm Irene were subsiding by Sept. 6, but extensive devastation remained as cleanup and repairs began for […]

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Mennnonite Disaster Service responds to Missouri storms

May 24, 2011 by Emily Ralph Servant

The storms hit Joplin, MO, Sunday afternoon; on Monday groups of local MDS volunteers were there helping chicken and turkey farmers by clearing access roads to damaged barns and moving […]

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