SOOP

Super SOOPers!

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Amanda and Tyler Yoder talk about their service at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp (RMMC) through SOOP, a Mission Network program. While at RMMC, they have grown closer as a family with their two young children, and have found a great environment to live, work, and play in.

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Want to be like George and Ruth? SWAP could use a few extra hands this summer--let us know if you're interested and we'll get you connected.

Meet Ruth and George Stoltzfus who are volunteers from Potterville, Michegan and serving with SWAP in Kimball, WV for one month. Ruth and George are taking part in SOOP (Service Opportunities with Our Partners) a program of Mennonite Mission Network. After exploring many options for service, they were placed with SWAP which seemed like a good fit. Ruth has been helping with food preparation for recent volunteer groups as well as cleaning, sewing, and other tasks. George has been guiding volunteers on job sites and helping to organize tools and materials. He likes fixing things, so has plenty to keep busy. Ruth and George, both retired, say they are volunteering because they "want something to do other than read the paper and browse the internet." We're glad they chose to volunteer with SWAP.

Doors open for immigrants | Anabaptist World For six years, Jeanne and Mark Birky of Hopedale, Ill., have traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to participate in Mennonite Mission Network’s Service Opportunities with Our Partners (SOOP) program.

It's National Homemade Soup Day! And we've got some SOOP made especially for you!

SOOP (Service Opportunities with Our Partners) is a service program designed for adults, families, and retirees. It's flexible, with service terms as short as a weekend and as long as a few months at many locations across the United States!

To learn more, visit MennoniteMission.net/SOOP!

For six years, Jeanne and Mark Birky, farmers from Hopedale, Illinois, have traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to participate in Mission Network's SOOP (Service Opportunities with Our Partners) program.

Check out this blog about their experience! https://www.mennonitemission.net/blog/4633/Breaking-borders-to-build-Gods-kingdom

Our thanks to John Goshow (chapel) who joined Rocky Mountain for the last four weeks of the summer camping season as part of the SOOP program (https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/SOOP). John enjoyed his first experience last summer that he decided to return to tackle more projects including bridge and fence painting around camp. He greatly appreciated staff and summer staff welcoming him to be part of the team despite being old enough to be a grandparent for many. In true intergenerational spirit, John even joined the summer staff on an evening/night hike to Raspberry. Thanks John for sharing your gifts, talents and presence with us again this summer!

Help us celebrate our 30th Anniversary by sharing your stories! Use this link to submit your stories: https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPage.aspx?lang=en-US&origin=OfficeDotCom&route=Start =O2Nh1PolD0-JbrneMIkcC5Whvhr_ac1Cv6BDFRCxY3JURThZMFdDMjNYTUhCTzlLM0xXWEIwWVBJMS4u

We can't wait to hear from you!

SOOP is inviting you to send in a story or two (or more) about your SOOP experiences! To get your creative juices flowing, think about stories that would fit into one or more of the following categories:

1. Unusual – something that causes you to shake your head and say “we can’t believe this actually happened”
2. Memorable – what is the first thing that comes to mind about a particular SOOP assignment?
3. Something heartwarming
4. Something funny or humorous – make us smile!
5. Pictures – submit your favorite pictures to [email protected]
6. Other – make up your own category!

Submit your stories to [email protected]!



Photo: Jodi Miller with a prized SOOP bowl.

SOOP is turning 30! How has SOOP impacted you? Share your stories with us!

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of SOOP!

https://www.mennonitemission.net/news/SOOP-celebrates-30-years

Photo: ​Janice Graber, a longtime volunteer in SOOP (Service Opportunities with Our Partners), plays her harp for residents at Landsun Homes in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

https://mcccanada.ca/stories/trusting-god-our-soop-experience

Trusting God in our SOOP experience This was our first time participating in MCC's Serving Opportunities with Our Partners (SOOP) program. With three young kids, we knew we wanted to serve together as a family but we didn’t know when or where. We read the SOOP placements catalogue and felt overwhelmed with the endless options of pla...

Alumni, do you have a story to tell? Send it our way! Message us here or send your story to [email protected]. We want to hear your about fondest memories or the things that challenged you.

Photo: a mural of the border wall in Arizona taken by the Alumni Service-Learning trip in 2019.