925 Jordan Creek Parkway West Des Moines, IA 50266 515-222-1520 (Primary) 515-875-5300 (Pastoral Care Emergencies) 515-267-8136 (Fax)
Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am, 5:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am
520 NW 36th St. Ankeny, IA 50023 515-964-5586 (Primary) 515-875-5300 (Pastoral Care Emergencies)
Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am
2500 University Ave Des Moines, IA 50311 515-282-4481 (Primary) 515-875-5300 (Pastoral Care Emergencies)
Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 am Wednesday: 6:30 pm
Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 am
1335 NE Beaverbrooke Blvd Grimes, IA 50111 515-259-9495 (Primary) 515-875-5300 (Pastoral Care Emergencies)
Sunday: 9:30 & 11:00 am
305 NE Dartmoor Drive Waukee, IA 50263 515-264-2000 (Primary) 515-875-5300 (Pastoral Care Emergencies)
Sunday, 9:15 & 10:45 am
3329 Lincoln Way Ames, IA 50014 515-706-7550 (Primary) 515-875-5300 (Pastoral Care Emergencies)
Sunday: 9:30 am Ames City Auditorium, 520 6th St.
Office (The Link): 3329 Lincoln Way. Ames, IA 50014
Pastor Richard Webb experienced a peripatetic upbringing. His family moved from the San Fernando Valley to Orange County, CA, and then to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Meanwhile, the family religious life was equally on the move...
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Early in 2011 the decision was made to establish a new Hope campus in the burgeoning communities of Johnston and Grimes. This was to be the first “video venue,” where the weekly sermon would be taped at Hope West Des Moines on Saturday evening and then transported to Hope Johnston Grimes for Sunday morning.
Betty McCarl became the “hostess with the mostess” at Lutheran Church of Hope from 1996 to 2003. Almost every new member who joined Hope during these years experienced the warmth and hospitality that Betty demonstrated. Paraphrasing an advertising jingle, Betty promised everyone “We will leave the light on for you.” There were no strangers for Betty.
Hope Ames started spontaneously, empowered by the Holy Spirit. A few people started worshiping online with Hope, then asked Digital Outreach Minister Mark Brandt to invite others to participate. A public announcement brought a rush of new people.
A recent article by a Luther Seminary professor was most alarming: he wrote, “If current trends continue in church membership and worship attendance, the ELCA will basically cease to exist within 30 years.” Perhaps the pandemic changed these trends, maybe it accelerated them.