Service

        Prince of Peace Mennonite Church supports two voluntary service programs of Mennonite Mission Network: Service Adventure and SOOP (Service Opportunities for Older People).

Service Adventure is a ten-month program for people ages 17 to 20. Unit members live in community and work at placements with local non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity, Challenge Alaska, and St. Francis House. The Anchorage Service Adventure Unit was started in 1996.

SOOP is a short-term volunteer program for older people. Participants make their own travel and lodging arrangements and we help find placements in the community. Past SOOP participants have worked at the Food Bank of Alaska and Bean's Cafe.

Mennonite Voluntary Service Programs

• DOOR: Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection
• Mennonite Central Committee
• Mennonite Disaster Service
• Mennonite Urban Corps
• SWAP: Sharing With Appalachian People
• Mennonite Mission Network
• DEO: Discipleship, Encounter, Outreach
• Group Venture
• Mennonite Voluntary Service
• International Opportunities
• RAD: Reaching and Discipling
• Service Adventure
• SOOP: Service Opportunities for Older People
• Youth Venture
• MMN Program Comparison Chart
• Eastern Mennonite Missions
• Needs Salt
• Go!
• K-Teams
• STAT: Summer Training Action Teams
• YES: Youth Evangelism Service

Local Service Placements

• Abused Women's Aid in Crisis (AWAIC)
• American Red Cross of Alaska
• Anchorage Service Adventure Unit
• Bean's Cafe
• Challenge Alaska
• Food Bank of Alaska
• Habitat for Humanity
• Homeward Bound
• Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
• St. Francis House
• Volunteers of America Alaska

Articles about Service Adventure Anchorage

• "Mission Worker Grows New Ministries From Soil of Disappointment"
• "Combined Resources Help a Chilean Youth Join Service Adventure"
• "Taking Community North: Group Living in Alaska"
• "Christian Service Shapes Vocational Goals"
• "Progress on Wheels"
• "Alaskan experiment: Simple living"