Host Congregation Volunteer Opportunities

If you are a member of one of our 13 host congregations, listed below, join other members of your congregation in extending a helping hand of hospitality to our guest families during your congregation’s host week. Volunteer opportunities include:

Setup and Takedown

• Rearrange furnishings to create space for sleeping and inflate air mattresses and make beds.
• Put room furnishings back into their original places, deflate air mattresses, launder & store linens.

Prepare Dinner

• Either at home or in the congregation’s kitchen.
• Typically, dinner courses are divided up between volunteers.

Evening Hosts

• Socialize with guests or play games with children and/or adults.
• Plan an activity for the children or help with homework.

Overnight Hosts

• Join another member of your congregation and spend the night to insure safety and in case of an emergency.
• Wake guests the next morning and set out food for breakfast.

Driving the IHN Van

• Pick up guest families from Day Center at 5pm Sunday – Saturday.
• Return guest families to Day Center; Sunday-Friday by 7am & Saturday by 10am.

For more information, contact the primary coordinator at your congregation listed below.  For more volunteer needs review the DMIHN Day Center Volunteer Opportunities.

Host Congregation Contacts

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Urbandale
Jason & Lori Lamping This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ankeny First United Methodist Church
Dick Grim This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Noel Speed This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faith Lutheran Church, Clive
Bob Shaw This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Barb Kramer This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Grimes United Methodist Church
Lu Anne Gafford This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines
Jason Walke This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, Ankeny
Ann & Rob Blaser This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ss. John & Paul Parish, Altoona
Mary Reichter This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

St. Paul AME, Des Moines
Gloria Wilson 964-0244

St. Stephens Lutheran Church, Urbandale
Inetta Larsen This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sylvia Nelson This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Urbandale United Church of Christ
Tom Rendon This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Walnut Hills United Methodist, Urbandale
Kim Roby This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Erica Brown This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

West Des Moines Christian
Kathy Borlin This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Windsor Heights Lutheran Church
Kendra Basler This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it