Friday Night Fellowship Brings Africa to Hope
Friday, May 6
7:00 pm
Chapel
The Striving for Eternal Life Choir will perform this Friday night. These young children spent their childhood in Tanzania refugee camps and now want to spread the word of God. This is a show for all ages. Refreshments will follow in the Bridge. |
 Walk for Life with Ruth Harbor
Saturday, May 7
9:30 am
Ruth Harbor Home
Join in the 10th anniversary walk to support the work carried out by one of Hope's mission partners. Ruth Harbor is a Christ-centered home and program for young women facing unplanned pregnancies. The walk begins at the Ruth Harbor Home (534 42nd St). For more information, click here. To watch a video to celebrate Ruth Harbor's 10 years of ministry, click here.
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 May Mission of the Month May's Mission of the Month is a collection of hygiene products to benefit DMARC and other local shelters. A list of needed items and other details can be found here. Donations will be collected throughout the month of May in the DMARC carts at the main entrances. |
Christ in Action Family Service Opportunity Saturday, May 14 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
This is a mission project for all ages. Come to the Spurgeon Manor Retirement Home in Dallas Center (1204 Linden St) for a flower-planting and garden cleanup day. Come for an hour or stay for the day. Bring gardening tools (put your name on them) and a 6-pack or large container of your favorite annual or perennial. For more information, contact Trina Graen at trinagraen@mchsi.com.
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 AIDS Walk/Run
Update
Thank you to the 136 people from Hope who registered and ran or walked in support of the AIDS Project of Central Iowa on April 2. Hope raised $3,075 for the AIDS Project through this walk.
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Looking for ways
you can volunteer locally?
Click here to find a listing of opportunities for you to get involved in our community. The organizations represented in this list may not be "mission partners" with Hope but they are organizations we wish to support with volunteers. Visit the website to find ways you can reach out to help others and share the everlasting love of Jesus Christ!
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Mission Trips are on Facebook!
All Hope Mission trips have their own Facebook pages. This is a great way to communicate as team members, keep up with teams while they are on location and share photos.
Click on a trip name below to access its Facebook page.
Mission Appalachia (ASP)
Mission Custer State Park
Mission Ghana
Mission Jamaica
Mission Navajo
Mission Rio Grande
Mission Robin's Nest
Mission South Africa
Mission Uganda
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Welcome to the Monthly Missions E-newsletter!
If you have any questions about what you read in these monthly e-newsletters or other Missions-related questions, you can e-mail missions@hopewdm.org.
Feel free to forward this to others who might be interested in knowing more about the mission opportunities. To get your name on this e-newsletter distribution list, e-mail missions@hopewdm.org.
Some of you may be a part of the God Squad e-mail distribution list, and we wanted to let you know about changes to future God Squad requests. Urgent or emergency requests for goods or services will be the only requests sent out to the God Squad list. Other volunteer requests will be communicated through this e-newsletter.
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Rock the Block
with Habitat for Humanity
Saturday, May 21
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
King Elementary School / King Academy
1849 Forest Ave., Des Moines
(click here for a map)
Parking will be at King Elementary and the surrounding neighborhood.
Join fellow Hope members as we work to restore 15 homes in the Des Moines area! Skilled and unskilled laborers will be needed (ages 14 and up).
Some of the jobs include:
Registration: Assist with volunteer check-in.
Bike Rodeo: Assist neighborhood children at 5-6 stations in a bike rodeo focusing on safety, skills and balance. A few volunteers with bike repair and maintenance experience are needed.
Restore Homes: Skilled and unskilled work is needed to restore 15 homes. Jobs include carpentry, landscaping, painting, basic electrical, mechanical and plumbing.
Garden Revitalization: Refreshing gardens and building an edible garden. Must be willing to get dirty and might require bending and working on your knees
Hospitality/First Aid/Runner: Needs include helping with lunch service, assisting workers with minor injuries, and running water and supplies to work sites.
New Home Build: Basic building skills are needed for three new homes: painting, carpentry, basic electrical, mechanical and plumbing; indoor and outdoor work anticipated. There will be construction leaders on-site to guide volunteers. For New Home Build, volunteers must be at least 16 years old and youths should be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.
If you are interested in being a part of this day click here for the online registration form.
If you would like more information, e-mail Missions or watch bulletins for details. Hope will provide lunch. Check in at 8:30 am. Anyone working at the work sites must wear closed-toe shoes. Participants can use their own tools as long as the tools are clearly labeled with their name. Sunscreen and bug spray are recommended. |
Update on donations through April 24:
$526,771 donated
66 wells financed
5 wells begun
Praise God for the gift of life -giving, life-changing water for Ghana, Africa!
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Feeling called to serve God? Join one of Hope's short-term mission experiences this year!
Mission Custer State Park: June 11-17
Mission Robin's Nest: June 21-28
Mission Navajo family trip: June 25 -July 1
Mission South Africa: July 28 - Aug. 9
Mission Robin's Nest: Aug. 1-8
Mission Ghana: Aug. 3-14
Mission Navajo adult trip: Sept. 16-24
Mission Appalachia (ASP): October
Mission Robin's Nest: Oct. 10-17
Mission Uganda: Nov. 5-20
Mission Uganda Interest Meeting: Sunday, May 22 at 1:00 pm in Rm 214
Click on a trip name above to learn more.
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Changes announced for Cookie Ministry
The life of any ministry goes through changes. Some of the changes may be big; some may be small but important.
Cookie Ministry has been a vital part of Hope's mission to share the everlasting love of Jesus Christ for over five years. The weekly lunches have nourished the minds and bodies of thousands of Des Moines' homeless population. The boxes of bread/pastry donations that are distributed to local shelters each weekend provide much needed items to feed their residents.
Because this ministry is so important, we felt the name needed to better reflect the ministry's mission. Therefore, we will begin using the name "Shelter Sandwich Team" for this ministry.
We are also saying goodbye to Melanie Menken who has served Cookie Ministry as coordinator since 2008. Melanie will be stepping back from her leadership role with the ministry to pursue a new and exciting leadership opportunity with BoosterPak. Thank you to Melanie for her hours of dedication to this ministry. Two leaders have stepped forward to lead Cookie Ministry - Marion Morris and Matt Olson. Marion and Matt have each been around Hope for several years and have served faithfully in the Fellowship Ministry. Welcome, Marion and Matt!
As always, if you have questions or concerns regarding the Shelter Sandwich Team ministry, you can email
sheltersandwichteam@hopewdm.org or call 422-9160. (Note the new email address.) |
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Photo Gallery -
Mission Appalachia featured this month
There are photographs from Hope's mission trips on the east wall of the Atrium. The display will feature a new mission trip each month - this month is Mission Appalachia (ASP). There are two Appalachia trips planned this year in June and October. Keep all the team members in your prayers.
Daily Reflection Calendar
This year focuses on missions so Hope will have a monthly focus on local and worldly issues - poverty, orphans, AIDS awareness, clean water, and more. To go along with the monthly focus, there will be a daily reflection calendar at www.hopewdm.org/missions with suggestions for how you can lift up what God is doing in the world and in Des Moines. Check out the new May calendar!
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Helping our Community -
Ways that you can help some of our local mission partners
Freedom for Youth's (FFY) needs:
The big need is for handy workers and skilled volunteers with various skill sets to assist in maintenance and projects at Freedom campus, Safe Haven and the Promise House. Many of FFY's buildings and vehicles are in need of some TLC and preventative maintenance. Also, the young men and women in transitional housing would benefit from working with and learning from skilled workers. Volunteers would meet once or twice a month for coffee at the campus and discuss upcoming repairs and/or projects to be undertaken.
If interested, contact Mark at mmcgrew@freedomforyouth.org. There will be a meeting on campus at 9:00 am Thursday, May 5, for anyone interested.
Children & Family Urban Ministries' (CFUM) needs:
Volunteers
- Volunteers are needed at the Breakfast Club throughout the month of May when CFUM's college volunteers are unavailable. Power Breakfast Wednesdays are the biggest needs. Volunteers are needed between 6:30-8:30 am.
- The Haven needs volunteers Monday-Thursdays during May when college volunteers are unavailable. Volunteers are needed from 3:30-5:30 pm.
Contact Sarah at 282-3242 if you are interested in volunteering.
Back to School Health Fair
CFUM will host the 11th Annual Back-to-School Health Fair on Wednesday, July 13, from 3:00-7:00 pm. The Fair will take place in conjunction with the Moulton Extended Learning Center's Back to School Open House. Last year the event benefited over 400 students and families.
The Back-to-School Health Fair takes lots of planning and gathering and donating to pull it off.You can help by joining the Planning Team, volunteering the week before or the day of the fair, purchasing gifts cards for ice, water, supplies for the day.The first planning meetings are just beginning. To be a part of the Back-to-School Health Fair, contact Kristin Maahs at 238-8978. |
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