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Youth,
Don't forget to sign up for our Interfaith Justice Camp
August 6, 2012 | |
Learn about social justice in our community and how YOU can make a difference! The day-long camp includes:.
- Tour of DMARC Food Pantry
- Tour various worship spaces
- Tour community outreach organization
- Expert speakers
- Games
- Small & large group sharing
- Prayers from various faith traditions
Cost is $25. Scholarships are available. Click here to print a poster. Register by going online to print a registration form. Then complete and send the form and check payable to: DMARC, 3816 36th St., Ste. 202, Des Moines, IA 50310-4710. Or contact the DMARC Office at: 515-277-6969. 
This event is facilitated by the Center for Social Ministry, an organization that provides poverty awareness/justice education programming in Des Moines.
This Youth Justice Camp is made possible by the Larry and Kay Myers Interfaith and intercultural Ambassador Initiative.
A Legacy - Larry Myers was passionate about serving the community. He served as
president of DMARC and the DMARC Foundation, and he played a
key role in bringing the Jewish community into the DMARC family.
Additionally, his leadership moved DMARC to play key role in establishing Hospice of Central Iowa. Larry fervently believed in
DMARC's service initiatives. |
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Many of you will remember our January Thaw in past years...
We are bringing it back and this August series is a sampling of what will be on ice in January 2013. Join us in August for your summertime blues revival, fellowship and educational enjoyment! |
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is coming! Join us for an interfaith educational series, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., on August 21, 23, 28 & 30, 2012 (Tuesday and Thursday evenings), at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4114 Allison Avenue in Des Moines. August Thaw 2012 will explore various religions in general and will look at a historical comparioson of responses to suffering in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in particular.
Cost for all 4 classes is $40 (individual class fee is $10 each). Click here to print a poster. Mail a completed registration form and a check payable to: DMARC, 3816 36th St., Ste. 202, Des Moines, IA 50310-4710. Or contact the DMARC Office at: 515-277-6969. The following courses will be on ice for your summertime blues revival, fellowship and educational enjoyment!
- Tuesday, August 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Responses to suffering in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with Dr. Timothy D. Knepper, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Drake University, Des Moines
- Thursday, August 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: Canon and Orthodoxy in the Early Church
with Dr. Trisha Wheelock, Professor at Grand View College, Des Moines -
Tuesday, August 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m., An Introduction to Islamic History with Imam Mohamad Khan, President of the Board of Directors for the Masjid An-Noor Muslim Community Organization, Des Moines - Thursday, August 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Fall of The Temple Cult and the Rise of Judaism with Rabbi David Kaufman, Temple B'nai Jeshurun, (Reform Jewish) Des Moines
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Attend Welcoming the Dreamers Rally, July 21
 In response to President Obama's announcement of a new policy halting the deportation of some young people and opening the doors for new possibilities for the "Dreamers", American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and several allied organizations are holding a celebratory rally.
The Welcoming the Dreamers Rally will be held at Nollen Plaza in Downtown Des Moines, on Saturday, July 21; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, Latinos Unidos, Iowa Justice For Our Neighbors, Allies for Immigration Reform, Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting, Sisters Council Leadership Team, Des Moines Area Sisters of Humility, and Womens International League for Peace and Freedom.
For more information, contact Kathleen McQuillen, AFSC - Iowa Program Coordinator at: 515-274-4851, ext: 22, or go to: www.afsc.org/iowa. |
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| Community Calendar & Submissions: |
We are pleased to point you to the community calendar on the DMARC website. You may access it at any time. Feel free to upload your own events! Just click on "add an event". To get to the community calendar, click here: http://www.dmreligious.org/communitycalendar'
To submit an event: send us your name, phone number, email address, website address, title of event or announcement, sponsoring organization, and a one sentence description. Send to info@dmreligious.org. DMARC reserves the right to edit submissions.
NOTE: Expiration dates are listed at the end of each news piece. If you'd like your news to run again, please be in contact with us. Thanks! |
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Disclaimer: The Des Moines Area Religious Council makes every effort to provide accurate and useful general information in its eVoice, but accept no liability for the use of the material by individuals or organizations. We gladly distribute information from individuals, congregations and other agencies, but our inclusion of such material should not be construed as being sponsored or endorsed by DMARC. Undated general announcements and employment opportunities are included for one month unless requested to be included for a longer period of time. |
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Who we are?
The Des Moines Area Religious Council is an interfaith organization with a core membership of about 140 congregations from four faith traditions. Recipient of the 2010 Aurora Award from the Des Moines Register, DMARC provides a common means of responding to basic human needs and a context for interfaith dialogue.
The DMARC Food Pantry Network consists of 12 separate pantry sites, a centralized warehouse, and numerous community partners. It is the largest food pantry network in Iowa. Pantry sites are located in West Des Moines, Ankeny, Johnston, Urbandale, and eight sites in Des Moines. In 2010, the DMARC Food Pantry Network assisted about 10,000 families.
MovetheFood is a DMARC-led initiative to address the entire food system in Greater Des Moines, building on more than 35 years of the Food Pantry Network, catalyzing fresh generations, and engaging new constituencies to further support a vision for a day when everyone in Polk County has enough to eat. |
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