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Host Congregation Volunteer Opportunities

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Activity at a host churchIf 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.

Playing a game at a host church

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