Contemplative Taizè Pause
2025-04-09 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | DMIEC, 3306 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50311, United States
Contemplative Outreach in Central Iowa’s monthly Taizè worship will be held at DMIEC. Explore the practice of presence. Co-sponsored by DMIEC’s Spiritual Life Circle.

Sunday Worship Service (in person)
2025-03-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-29 10:00 - 11:00
Readings:
Volunteer(s) needed for this event. Click here to sign up.

Sacred Ground: Documentaries and Discussion
2025-03-26 18:30 - 20:30
SACRED GROUND: Documentaries and Discussion
Wednesdays, March 12 & 26, 6:30–8:30 p.m., DMIEC
Sacred Ground is a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. It is a sensitive, prayerful resource offered by the Episcopal Church that creates space for difficult but respectful dialogue – the kind dialogue we’ve engaged in at DMIEC.
Last fall, several members of DMIEC embarked on the 11-session Sacred Ground journey. Reaching the last session, as the question of “what’s next?” emerged, the group decided to share part of their journey with the DMIEC community. They will present Sacred Ground films on two Wednesday evenings during Lent. All are invited to come view these powerful documentary films followed by enriching dialogue.
MARCH 26: Whose Land? Exploring Indigenous History. We will view the documentaries Doctrine of Discovery and Native Voices: Speaking to the Church and the World.

Sacred Ground - Video and Discussion
2025-03-26 18:30 - 20:00
SACRED GROUND: Whose Land? Exploring Latino History
Wednesday, March 26, 6:30–8:00 p.m., DMIEC
Sacred Ground is a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. It is a sensitive, prayerful resource offered by the Episcopal Church that creates space for difficult but respectful dialogue – the kind dialogue we’ve engaged in at DMIEC. The Sacred Ground film that will be shown is “Latino Americans: Foreigners in Their Own Land.”
Please let Kevin Pokorny know if you plan to attend at pokornyk@hotmail.com .

DMARC Emergency Food Pantries Sunday Special Collection
2025-03-23 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-02-23 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-01-26 10:30 - 11:00
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.
The need is real.
DMARC recently recorded the four busiest months of its nearly 50-year history. Over 29,500 people used at least one of their 14 pantries in November, setting an all-time record. Please see additional information on November usage here.
To learn more, please visit the DMARC Food Pantries website https://www.dmarcunited.org/food/ Read DMARC’s most recent quarterly newsletter here.
Here are two ways to donate:

Via 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.
Send 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.

Spring Equinox Gathering
2025-03-19 19:00 - 20:30
SPRING EQUINOX GATHERING
Wednesday, March 19, 7:00–8:30 p.m. (gathering music will begin at 6:45 p.m.), DMIEC
On the eve of the first full day of spring, we are invited to gather in the expanding light and warmth, the unfolding symmetry of the season, both the tenderness and fierceness present and honored at the Spring Equinox. Among sacred reminders of the rhythms and cycles of all Creation, there will be music, poetry, silence, an invitation to dance in body or spirit—all, to honor the turning of the season and us with it. Hosts are Kay Kopatich, Morgan, Rivers, and Carmen Lampe Zeitler. Please let Carmen (carmen.lampezeitler@gmail.com) know by March 14 if you plan to join the gathering.

Sacred Ground: Documentaries and Discussion
2025-03-12 18:30 - 20:30
SACRED GROUND: Documentaries and Discussion
Wednesdays, March 12 & 26, 6:30–8:30 p.m., DMIEC
Sacred Ground is a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. It is a sensitive, prayerful resource offered by the Episcopal Church that creates space for difficult but respectful dialogue – the kind dialogue we’ve engaged in at DMIEC.
Last fall, several members of DMIEC embarked on the 11-session Sacred Ground journey. Reaching the last session, as the question of “what’s next?” emerged, the group decided to share part of their journey with the DMIEC community. They will present Sacred Ground films on two Wednesday evenings during Lent. All are invited to come view these powerful documentary films followed by enriching dialogue.
MARCH 12: Stepping onto Sacred Ground. We will view the documentary American Creed.
MARCH 26: Whose Land? Exploring Indigenous History. We will view the documentaries Doctrine of Discovery and Native Voices: Speaking to the Church and the World.

Lit Team Planning Meeting
2025-03-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-15 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-12-11 15:00 - 17:00
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).
For more information, contact Julie at julpowell@gmail.com

Ash Wednesday Service (on Zoom due to weather)
2025-03-05 19:00 - 20:00

Community Conversation
2025-02-23 11:00 - 12:30
On Sunday, February 23, we will have a Community Conversation (CC) after our prayer service to discuss the Sharing Space Committee’s meeting with the Downtown Disciples about possibly renting to them, and further steps we might take. Please plan to stay for this conversation, whether online or in-person, to help us work through this issue.
The minutes from our Feb. 3 meeting with Downtown Disciples were emailed to registered DMIEC members on February 13th and may also be found via this link. We hope you will take a few minutes to read them ahead of our CC so that you will be familiar with the ideas the DD community has. Do we agree with their ideas?
At the conclusion of this CC, we will decide whether to proceed with an online vote. That vote would determine if DMIEC negotiators should continue with discussions with the DD community for sharing our space.

Weekly Worship Service (In Person)
2025-02-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-12 10:00 - 11:00

Funeral Planning Workshop
2025-02-21 10:00 - 12:00
This will be a time for DMIEC members to do their individual planning. Liturgy team will provide resources, but no formal presentation. All are welcome.

Sharing Space Ad Hoc Committee Meeting
2025-02-20 13:00 - 15:00

Sharing Space Ad Hoc Committee
2025-02-03 18:30 - 20:00
The Sharing Space Ad Hoc Committee will meet with the Downtown Disciples Sharing Space Committee to tour the building and to begin discussions to determine if it would be feasible to rent to this group or not. If you have any questions or suggestions please email the Chair, Barbara Corson.

Feast of the Holy Innocents service
2024-12-29 14:00 - 16:00

DMARC Emergency Food Pantries Sunday Special Collection
2024-12-29 10:30 - 11:00
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 ordinarily on the fourth Sunday of every month, but on the fifth Sunday this December.
The need is real.
DMARC recorded the four busiest months of its nearly 50-year history so far in 2024. Over 29,500 people used at least one of their 14 pantries in November, setting an all-time record. Please see additional information on November usage here.
To learn more, please visit the DMARC Food Pantries website https://www.dmarcunited.org/food/ Read DMARC’s most recent quarterly newsletter here.
Here are two ways to donate:

Via 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.
Send 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.

Christmas Eve Special Collection for Catholic Worker House
2024-12-24 17:30 - 18:00
Our traditional Christmas Eve collection will be for the Des Moines Catholic Worker House again thisyear. The collection will help fund remodeling of the Dingman House bathroom. This is the bathroom that guests use and where they can take showers. In a kitchen sized for a single family, the staff and volunteers prepare roughly 600-750 pounds of hot food each week. The guests also have access to canned and packaged food, blankets, clothing, and personal hygiene items.
Checks can be written either to “DMIEC” with “Dingman House bathroom” in the memo line or to “Catholic Worker House Fund” with “Dingman House bathroom” in the memo line. The Catholic Worker House Fund is a 501(c)(3) foundation. If you are not attending the Christmas Eve Service, please mail checks to DMIEC, PO Box 30065, Des Moines, Iowa 50310. We would prefer that all checks be mailed to DMIEC. If you mail your check directly to the organization, please inform Susan Barnes of the amount, if you feel comfortable, so the Social Justice Committee can get an accurate count of donations.

Christmas Eve Worship Service (In Person)
2024-12-24 17:00 - 18:00

Winter Solstice Gathering
2024-12-18 19:00 - 20:30
(Gathering music begins at 6:45 p.m.)
As we approach the Winter Solstice (on December 21), we are invited to gather in the stillness, in the darkness, among sacred reminders of the rhythms and cycles, the call and wisdom of all Creation. There will be music, poetry, silence, an invitation to dance in body or spirit—all, to honor the darkness, the light, the loss, the cold, the quiet, the beckoning of the winter season.
Hosts for the Winter Solstice Gathering are Kay Kopatich, Morgan Rivers, and Carmen Lampe Zeitler. Please let Carmen (carmen.lampezeitler@gmail.com) know by December 14 if you plan to join the gathering.
