Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community
Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community is a church at 3306 University Avenue in Des Moines, IA 50311. It is one of 341 churches in Des Moines.
Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community is rooted in Catholic tradition*, but open to change. Our Church is a journey in faith — religion led and practiced in the active not passive, tense. We freely gather to share and celebrate our faith journeys in spirited and creative liturgies. We minister to one another and to our world as we strive to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ a reality.
3306 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50311Website: https://www.dmiec.org/
Ministries at Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community
- First Sunday Collection
- Education on Social Justice
- Peace and Justice Events
- Emergency Food Pantries Support
- Sister Parish Support
- Habitat for Humanity
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Upcoming events at Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community
- Sun, Aug 2 · 10 AM: Sunday Worship Service (via Zoom) — Zoom Event, United States
From Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community's public calendar (https://www.dmiec.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Unemployment: 8.2% (3.3–13.0%)
- Obesity: 37.8%
- Depression: 23.5%
- Poverty Rate: 17.3% (8.5–26.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greek Orthodox Church of St. George — 0.2 mi away
- Providence Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Vineyard Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redeemer Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Des Moines Fellowship Church — 0.3 mi away
- Living Water Evangelical Free Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and Student Center — 0.4 mi away