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A new model for Compassionate Care grows in Southeast Asia churches

By Sierra Ross Richer
During a South Africa Just Peace Pilgrimage, the group met every day for reflections and Bible studies. Photo provided.
Stories from 2025
Favorite stories of service from 2025
By Zachary Headings
Each year, the San Francisco MVS unit is invited to gather together and craft comforters for themselves. Karen Kreider Yoder, a member of the unit's host congregation, First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, hosts the group at her home for this annual tradition. At the end of the day, each participant takes home their own cozy comforter to use during their service term and beyond! Left to right: Ana Neufeld Weaver, Keyan Krabill, Emmi Scott and Bella Kephart. Photo by Karen Kreider Yoder.
Count the 12 days of service with MVS and Service Adventure (part two)!
By Travis Duerksen
Sawatzky and Teguh Karyanto, STAKWW professor and Sawatzky's host, share conversation over a meal. Photo provided.
Stories from 2025
Favorite 2025 stories of service, peacebuilding, and more!
By Travis Duerksen
The 2025-26 Anchorage, Alaska, Service Adventure unit . Left to right: Ian Unzicker, Ruben Veigel, Adriana Duerksen and Mir Knego (unit leader). Photo by Michael Oyer.
MVS and Service Adventure
Count the 12 days of service with MVS and Service Adventure (part one)!
By Travis Duerksen
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The Word became flesh and lived among us!
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This Christmas, change a life
By Jane Morrow
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Stories from 2025
During a South Africa Just Peace Pilgrimage, the group met every day for reflections and Bible studies. Photo provided.
Favorite stories of service from 2025
By Zachary Headings
South Africa
Stories from 2025
Sawatzky and Teguh Karyanto, STAKWW professor and Sawatzky's host, share conversation over a meal. Photo provided.
Merry Christmas
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MVS
While some units have access to a vehicle, every group gets well accustomed to local public transportation and biking as means of getting around. The 2023-24 MVS Tucson unit on a weekend biking outing around the city. Left to right: Hannah Nuest, Deborah Yoder, Magdalena Wenger, Nely Cotuc, and Ally Weaver. Photo by Hanna Nuest.
Just Peace Pilgrimage
The group spent Saturday afternoon on Chapman’s Peak, a mountain with a sheer western face overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Steve Schallert, Director of International Solidarity at Iziko Lamaqabane, had the pilgrims reflect on the trip and create a roadmap for themselves for one week, one month, and one year after they return home to their normal lives.
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