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Tonight: DMARC Spring Delegate Assembly
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A reminder to all DMARC delegates: the Spring Delegate Assembly is next Tuesday, March 17, 7:00 p.m. at Immanuel United Methodist Church, 2900 49th Street in Des Moines.
Speaking at the Delegate Assembly will be Tony Timm, Executive Director of Central Iowa Shelter & Services. Please RSVP to Linda Vander Hart, lvanderhart@dmarcunited.org. |
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Apply for a Summer Internship with DMARC by Friday
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The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) and the Move the Food initiative are looking for a creative, outgoing person with strong interpersonal and organizational skills to serve as a Food Education and Nutrition Multimedia Intern. This person will play a vital role in a new community-focused campaign to provide information on nutrition, healthy recipes, and food preparation for food pantry clients in the Greater Des Moines area.
Learn more about the internship and apply by this Friday, March 20! |
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The last chapter Romans is often thought to contain largely just a list of names and greetings from Paul to people he knew at Rome. Not only does today's Common Lectionary omit it, but Christians in antiquity already looked askance at it. Why, then, did John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, preach two separate sermons on this "pedestrian" text? Dean Mitchell's Hay Lecture shows how John's homilies turn this tiny text into a proof of the power of all of scripture.
Margaret M. Mitchell is Dean and Shailer Mathews Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at the University of Chicago's Divinity School. She has published extensively on a range of topics in New Testament and early Christian writings. She recently received a Guggenheim Fellowship for her latest book project, a volume of translations of occasional sermons by John Chrysostom on Pauline passages.
The Harriet Drake Kirkman-Hay Memorial Lecture was first established in 1925. It is free and open to the public.
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Des Moines Area Religious Council
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1435 Mulberry Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-277-6969
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DMARC does not require participation in religious services as a condition to receive assistance, and does not engage in religious proselytizing or counseling. DMARC practices non-discrimination in accordance with applicable federal and state regulations. All services and programs are provided to consumers without discrimination in regard to family size or structure, religious or cultural beliefs, race, gender, age,
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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 accepts no liability for the use of the material by individuals or organizations. We gladly distribute information from member or partner 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 week unless requested to be included for a longer period of time.
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Iowa IPL Religious Leaders' Statement
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Iowa Interfaith Power & Light is gathering signatures for a Statement by Religious Leaders in Iowa on Global Climate Change.
Iowa IPL will release the signed statement to Iowa media for Earth Day on April 22, 2015.
If you are a judicatory leader, clergy, or other religious leader, you are invited to sign on to this statement and share it with others in your network.
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Palm Sunday Procession and Service for Peace
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The annual Palm Sunday Procession will be held on March 29th. People will gather at the Capitol West Mall, 7th and Locust, in Des Moines, at 2:30 PM. The Procession will begin at 3:00, and will be followed by a Prayer Service at St. John's Lutheran Church, 600 6th Ave. at 3:45. Rev. Minna Quint, Senior Pastor at Capitol Hill Lutheran Church, will bring the reflection, as we urge political leaders to seek peaceful resolutions to ongoing world conflicts, and insist that "War is Not the Answer!"
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Free pizza and serious talk about clinical pastoral care issues that affects the Church today. This month's topic: "Welcoming the Sex Offender into the Church."
All pastors and church leaders are invited to come for food, fellowship and discussion on the issues that, often times, consume too much of the Church's resources and the Pastor's time.
Join us March 19! The door opens at 11:00 a.m. with pizza at 11:30 a.m. and followed by a brief presentation by Dr. Mark Majors on a current, relevant pastoral care issue. His Biblically based psychological approach to issues has proven to be a help to pastors and church leaders for over 22 years.
Pizza and Pastors is held in de Kelder at the Relationship Enrichment Center (formerly the Strawtown Inn) at 1111 Washington Street, Pella.
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2015 Iowa Youth Institute
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There is still time for Iowa high school students to register for the 2015 Iowa Youth Institute at Iowa State University. Students often return from the Iowa Youth Institute inspired to take their community service work to the next level and to introduce their peers to the importance of feeding people both globally and in their own communities. More information is available at worldfoodprize.org/iowayouth.
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Tuesday, March 24, 5:30 p.m.
YMCA Healthy Living Center, 12493 University Avenue, Clive, 50325
Mercy Weight Loss & Nutrition Center is pleased to offer "Cooking with Quinoa" with Diane McIlhon, RD, LD, free and open to the public!
Questions? Contact Mercy Weight Loss & Nutrition Center at 515-358-9400.
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Job Opening: Communications Coordinator at Episcopal Diocese
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The Episcopal Diocese of Iowa seeks a Communications Coordinator to handle print and electronic communications and develop and oversee branding consistency.
Responsibilities include editing Iowa Connections, a quarterly magazine of diocese, including writing, photography, gathering local stories, editing, and publication design using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign; developing and maintaining the diocesan web site; editing and distributing electronic communications, including a regular e-newsletter; managing social media, including Facebook and blogs, as well as other platforms as needed and relevant; creating promotional and registration materials for diocesan events; supporting video conferencing via Adobe Connect; arranging photography and videography at diocesan events; and possibly developing and maintaining relationships with church and secular media, writing and distributing press releases, and facilitating the bishop's and other church leaders' interaction with media.
Please see the full position description, including application instructions and deadline, at iowaepiscopal.org/CommunicationsCoordinator.pdf.
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Who Are We?
The Des Moines Area Religious Council is an interfaith organization with a core membership of over 130 congregations from four faith traditions. Recipient of the 2012 LIVE UNITED Advocate Award from the United Way of Central Iowa, 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 2013, the DMARC Food Pantry Network assisted more than 34,000 individuals in the greater Des Moines community; half of whom are children and youth.
MovetheFood is a DMARC-led initiative to address the entire food system in Greater Des Moines, building on nearly 40 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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Disclaimer: The Des Moines Area Religious Council makes every effort to provide accurate and useful general information in its eVoice, but accepts no liability for the use of the material by individuals or organizations. We gladly distribute information from member or partner 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 week unless requested to be included for a longer period of time.
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