Ankeny Christian Church

AMOS:  AMOS (A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy), is a local IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation) broad-based, non-partisan, community organization comprised of 28 community institutions. We believe that ordinary people, working together, can accomplish great things in a democracy and have a say in the destiny of their own community.

Central Iowa Shelter & Services: Provides food, shelter and referrals to homeless in the Des Moines area. We provide an evening meal once or twice a year at the Shelter, in addition to playing Bingo and other volunteer jobs as needed. Each Christmas we collect clothing and hygiene items and take handmade blankets to the center.

 

 

DMARC Food Pantry: The Emergency Food Pantry is a ministry coordinated by the Des Moines Area Religious Council. The Pantry provides free food for people who would otherwise go hungry until other resources can be tapped. Ankeny Christian Church collects an offering of non-perishable food items on the third Sunday of every month. Cash donations are also accepted. Simply bring your food items or money into the sanctuary on the designated Sunday and place them in the shopping cart provided in the fellowship hall. You can also help by volunteering to transport the food collected to the warehouse. We have various food collection events depending on the need of the pantry. We have a yearly Food Bowl challenge that pits Iowa sports teams against the other to see who can bring in the most food.

 

Des Moines Area Hunger Hike: A thousand people Hike for hunger once a year on the second Sunday in October to increase community consciousness and concern about local and world-wide hunger and its root causes. The walk raises funds to be used by non-profit agencies and programs to help alleviate the problem of hunger.  We gather on the steps of the state Capitol on East Ninth at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 2011.  We hike as a group along the Des Moines River to Union Park, ride the carousel, take a break, and hike back to the State Historical Building. Ankeny Christian Church is a large contributor to this cause winning the traveling soup bowl for record donations in 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brookdale Ramsey Nursing Home: Ankeny Christian is responsible for providing Bingo to Brookdale Ramsey Nursing Home on a quarterly basis. If you are interested in participating in this special ministry to the elderly residents of Brookdale Ramsey, please contact the church office. This is a fun and rewarding activity. We also provide worship services for them throughout the year.

 

Habitat for Humanity: Each year we join the Ankeny Circle of Faith in building a home for Habitat for Humanity of Des Moines. The Ankeny Circle of Faith is a partnership with churches in the Ankeny area coming together for a common cause.

 

T.A.K.E.: The Ankeny Klothing Exchange (TAKE) is located in the Neveln Building in Ankeny–on School Street. They take clothing donations and also house hold item and toy, bedding, and many others. They are open 9:30-11:30 every day and the 2nd Saturday of each month– Anyone can come and look thru the clothing and other items–ALL ITEMs ARE FREE—- They also have food bags on hand for families needing food. We support them yearly with their annual Waffle fundraiser.

 

YESS: We support the Youth Emergency Shelter and Services each year by collecting school supplies to be given to the children and families staying at the shelter. Youth Emergency Services & Shelter (YESS) has been helping kids and parents be families since 1973. YESS provides emergency shelter, respite, crisis care, and counseling for children birth through age 17.

 

JOPPA: Joppa Outreach is a nonprofit organization reaching homeless people in unique ways; in tents and shacks, in doorways and abandoned buildings, in cars and under bridges. Wherever unsheltered people are living, in and around Des Moines, volunteers visit with them weekly; building relationships, providing humanitarian aid and helping with specific needs.

 Check out the video Faces of Homelessness on our Media page.

 

Meals from the Heartland: Each year we participate in the Meals from the Heartland food packaging event at Wells Fargo arena where we package meals for delivery to starving people around the world. Through this event, individuals, businesses, schools, churches and various civic organizations come together to show the nation and the world what people who truly care can accomplish.