[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] On Saturday, April 19, the day before Easter, Hope Ministries will serve a free ham dinner from noon to 1 p.m. at Hope Cafe. Hope Cafe is located at 1310 6th Avenue in Des Moines. All are welcome—no...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Zendell’s old life was filled with drugs, broken relationships and years of homelessness. “I lost everything. I didn’t know what to do. I lost people that I’d really depended on. I was sleeping outside,” he remembers. Sometimes he...
Dear Friend, I have some news to share: After more than 30 years of leading Hope Ministries, I will be retiring from my role as Chief Executive Officer on March 31. I’m stepping into this new season with a lot of joy, but of course it’s also...
We have been hard at work creating an exciting new challenge! Introducing JOURNEY: A Hope Ministries Escape Room Experience. With the incredible help of some of our volunteers, we’ve put together an escape room activity perfect for youth groups, church small groups, corporate groups and more! JOURNEY...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Once upon a time, Anna had no idea her life could be radically different . . . Different from the addiction, homelessness and mental health struggles that had her in a vise grip for decades. Different from the...
Interested in volunteering regularly at Hope Ministries? Keep on reading . . . If you have a heart for those in need, we have a place for you as an M25 volunteer. M25s are trained volunteers who commit to serve on a regular basis (weekly, monthly,...
We're so excited to be opening up our new Hope Ministries Center for Women and Children for tours beginning in January 2025. We are offering both daytime and evening tours on the first and third weeks of each month: Evening tours—First and third Monday of each...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] If you met 49-year-old Ben today and got a glimpse of his life—the love he has for his wife and newborn son, the satisfaction he finds in his career as an electrician, his active church involvement—you might...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Rachelle still gets goosebumps when she remembers her rock-bottom moment. Due to her addiction, her son, Lincoln, had been removed from her care. She’d been kicked out of her house, so she’d resorted to house-hopping and sleeping in...
Bob, Mark and Zendell had no idea when they first met at our Bethel Mission men’s shelter that it was the start of a life-changing friendship. When they were early on in our life recovery program, they began meeting nightly for Bible studies. Months later,...