BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.dmiec.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250501T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250501T193000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250407T221841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T221841Z UID:20094-1746124200-1746127800@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Developing Equanimity DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/developing-equanimity-2/ LOCATION:DMIEC\, 3306 University Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations ORGANIZER;CN="Judy Porter":MAILTO:judyporter@hotmail.com GEO:41.6000075;-93.6619278 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DMIEC 3306 University Avenue Des Moines IA 50311 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3306 University Avenue:geo:-93.6619278,41.6000075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250504T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250504T110000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250408T213428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T213428Z UID:20109-1746352800-1746356400@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Sunday Worship Service (via Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Readings: \n\nThird Sunday of Easter Year C First Reading (no Psalm)\n\nThird Sunday of Easter Year C Gospel\nVolunteer(s) needed for this event. Click here to sign up. URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/sunday-worship-service-via-zoom-8/ LOCATION:Zoom Event\, United States CATEGORIES:Weekly Worship Service ORGANIZER;CN="Mona Gude":MAILTO:monasweeneygude@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250504T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250504T110000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250424T170838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T170838Z UID:20242-1746354600-1746356400@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:First Sunday Collection - Global Health Ministries DESCRIPTION:Our First Sunday collection recipient for May is Global Health Ministries (GHM)\, an independent Lutheran nonprofit established in 1987 and which believes everyone should have access to a healthy life. Specializing in capacity-building for health systems in under-resourced countries\, GHM serves some of the most vulnerable people in the world. One hospital GHM helped is Phebe Hospital in Liberia\, where Joel and Kathy Olah worked for three years. \nEach year thousands of volunteers gather in the Minnesota-based warehouse to help sort and pack medical equipment and supplies to share around the world. At the request of international partners\, GHM also offers grants and volunteer consultants to help effect sustainable and enduring change. \nDonations received from DMIEC will help pay for shipping a container of medical goods to a country in need of that equipment.   \nFor more information about GHM\, visit www.ghm.org. \nWrite checks either to “DMIEC” with “First Sunday” in the memo line or to “GHM.” Checks should be placed in the May 10th Collection Basket or mailed to DMIEC\, P.O. Box 30065\, Des Moines\, IA 50310 \nFirst Sunday checks must be received by DMIEC by May 20th; if you elect to contribute to the First Sunday recipient after that date\, please mail your check (made payable to Global Health Ministries with “DMIEC” in the memo line) directly to Global Health Ministries\, 7831 Hickory Street NE\, Minneapolis\, MN 55432. URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/first-sunday-collection-global-health-ministries/ LOCATION:Zoom Event\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Stewardship END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250505T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250505T200000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250428T221221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T221317Z UID:20276-1746469800-1746475200@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:DMIEC Community Council Meeting - In Person DESCRIPTION:DMIEC’s Community Council meets monthly. May’s meeting will take place in person at DMIEC.  All members are welcome to attend.  For a copy of the agenda or more information\, please contact Council Chair Kathy Olah Katharine.Olah@legis.iowa.gov   ((515) 279-7077) or Council Secretary Donna Dressel familydressel@gmail.com  ((515) 313-6184).  The meeting agenda should be posted a day or two in advance at https://www.dmiec.org/council-minutes/ URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/dmiec-community-council-meeting-in-person/ LOCATION:DMIEC\, 3306 University Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States CATEGORIES:Committees,Community,Governance ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Olah":MAILTO:KATHARINE.OLAH@LEGIS.IOWA.GOV GEO:41.6000075;-93.6619278 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DMIEC 3306 University Avenue Des Moines IA 50311 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3306 University Avenue:geo:-93.6619278,41.6000075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250506T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250506T110000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20240731T230213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T185305Z UID:18831-1746523800-1746529200@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Aramaic Prayer Group (via Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Jesus’ teachings were meant to bring us to wholeness and health ~ not make us dependent upon a particular person or sect.  In this on-line course\, we will learn one of Jesus’ most powerful teachings\, the Lord’s Prayer\, as he spoke it in his native language of Aramaic.  Using these words offers a direct connection to the blessing-centered spirituality of Jesus through the vibration\, sound and breath of the words.  In the first part of the Prayer\, we learn how to connect with something greater.  In the second part\, how to care for and live in harmony with each other. \nOn Zoom: 1st Tuesdays\, September 3 – May 6 (except March 11)\, 9:30 – 11AM.  We will do chant\, meditation and body prayer with the Prayer as translated by Neil Douglas-Klotz in his books Prayers of the Cosmos and the more recent Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus.  Offered through the Spiritual Life Circle.  Class limited to 12 participants.  Contact Morgan Rivers (morgan@healingpartners.biz) to register and for more information. \nJoanna Macy writes on the book cover of Prayers of the Cosmos:  “For the many of us who want to peel away centuries of dualistic\, patriarchal forms and recover the life-affirming beauty of our Christian roots\, nothing could be more welcome than this exquisite little volume.” \nAdditional resources available at: https://abwoon.org/ URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/aramaic-prayer-group/2025-05-06/ LOCATION:Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Community,Prayer ORGANIZER;CN="Morgan Rivers":MAILTO:morgan@healingpartners.biz END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250511T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250511T110000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250408T221611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T221611Z UID:20118-1746957600-1746961200@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Sunday Worship Service (In Person) DESCRIPTION:Readings: \n\nFourth Sunday of Easter Year C First Reading and Responsorial Psalm\n\nFourth Sunday of Easter Year C Gospel\nVolunteer(s) needed for this event. Click here to sign up. URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/sunday-worship-service-in-person-10/ LOCATION:DMIEC\, 3306 University Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States CATEGORIES:Weekly Worship Service ORGANIZER;CN="Mona Gude":MAILTO:monasweeneygude@gmail.com GEO:41.6000075;-93.6619278 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DMIEC 3306 University Avenue Des Moines IA 50311 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3306 University Avenue:geo:-93.6619278,41.6000075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250514T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250514T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250513T150729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T150729Z UID:20321-1747234800-1747242000@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Lit Team Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Liturgy Team is not a formally structured committee. Anyone interested is encouraged to participate. No experience required! If you would like to offer ideas or suggestions\, but are unable to attend\, you are urged to talk to someone on the Liturgy Team (which includes Julie Powell-Mohr\, Mona Gude\, Paula Hermann\, Lisa Mullen\, Lynn Laws\, and Martha Fifield).\nFor more information\, contact Julie at julpowell@gmail.com URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/lit-team-planning-meeting-14/ LOCATION:DMIEC\, 3306 University Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States CATEGORIES:Committees,Community ORGANIZER;CN="Mona Gude":MAILTO:monasweeneygude@gmail.com GEO:41.6000075;-93.6619278 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DMIEC 3306 University Avenue Des Moines IA 50311 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3306 University Avenue:geo:-93.6619278,41.6000075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250518T110000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250408T215719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T215719Z UID:20112-1747562400-1747566000@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Sunday Worship Service (via Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Readings: \n\nFifth Sunday of Easter Year C Reading\n\nFifth Sunday of Easter Year C Gospel\nVolunteer(s) needed for this event. Click here to sign up. URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/sunday-worship-service-via-zoom-9/ LOCATION:Zoom Event\, United States CATEGORIES:Weekly Worship Service ORGANIZER;CN="Mona Gude":MAILTO:monasweeneygude@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250525T110000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250408T223113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T223113Z UID:20122-1748167200-1748170800@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Sunday Worship Service (In Person) DESCRIPTION:Readings: \n\nSixth Sunday of Easter Year C First Reading (No Psalm)\n\nSixth Sunday of Easter Year C *Alternate* Second Reading\n\nSixth Sunday of Easter Year C Gospel\nVolunteer(s) needed for this event. Click here to sign up. URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/sunday-worship-service-in-person-11/ LOCATION:DMIEC\, 3306 University Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States CATEGORIES:Weekly Worship Service ORGANIZER;CN="Mona Gude":MAILTO:monasweeneygude@gmail.com GEO:41.6000075;-93.6619278 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DMIEC 3306 University Avenue Des Moines IA 50311 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3306 University Avenue:geo:-93.6619278,41.6000075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250525T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250525T110000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250513T163607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T163607Z UID:20323-1748169000-1748170800@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:DMARC Emergency Food Pantries Sunday Special Collection DESCRIPTION:Our DMIEC community works to address food insecurity issues in the Des Moines metro area via a special collection for the DMARC Emergency Food Pantries on the fourth Sunday of every month. \nThe need is real. \nDMARC recently recorded the four busiest months of its nearly 50-year history.  Nearly 29\,000 people used at least one of DMARC’s 14 pantries in January.  Please see additional information on recent food pantries usage here. \nTo learn more\, please visit the DMARC Food Pantries website https://www.dmarcunited.org/food/  Read DMARC’s most recent quarterly newsletter here. \nHere are two ways to donate: \n\nVia special envelopes available at DMIEC on in-person fourth Sundays. Please write checks to “DMARC\,” include a note with/on your check indicating that you are part of the DMIEC community\, put the check in the envelope\, and put the envelope in the collection basket.\nSend donation checks directly to DMARC. Please write checks to “DMARC” and mail to DMARC at its *new address\,* 100 Army Post Road\, Des Moines\, IA 50315. Please include a note with your check indicating that you are part of the DMIEC community. URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/dmarc-emergency-food-pantries-sunday-special-collection-56/ LOCATION:DMIEC\, 3306 University Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Stewardship GEO:41.6000075;-93.6619278 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DMIEC 3306 University Avenue Des Moines IA 50311 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3306 University Avenue:geo:-93.6619278,41.6000075 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T203000 DTSTAMP:20260412T200836 CREATED:20250528T055224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T055224Z UID:20420-1748628000-1748637000@www.dmiec.org SUMMARY:Flicks and Fellowship\, O Brother Where Art Thou? DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.dmiec.org/event/flicks-and-fellowship-o-brother-where-art-thou/ LOCATION:DMIEC\, 3306 University Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations ORGANIZER;CN="Robin Kline":MAILTO:ROBINLKLINE25@gmail.com GEO:41.6000075;-93.6619278 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DMIEC 3306 University Avenue Des Moines IA 50311 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3306 University Avenue:geo:-93.6619278,41.6000075 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR