[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...

Hope Ministries has an immediate need and we’d like to invite your support in managing it. Our beloved food services supervisor, Louis, is dealing with a significant health challenge, and is unable to work currently. Please pray for Louis to receive excellent medical care and experience...

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...

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...

We recently completed a five-year survey, including more than 1,000 homeless men we've served, that illuminates the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and homelessness in adulthood. We've released the results of our survey in a report called Trauma: Then and Now. We conducted our survey...