Join us on Saturday, April 11th from 1 to 3 pm for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Come for free food & drinks, face-painting, inflatables, pictures with our Easter Bunny and 300 eggs filled with prizes. Our Food Pantry and Clothing Closet will be open as well.
Donors of the Friendship Center actively obey Matthew 25:35-40 to the surrounding MLK community, and greater Des Moines. This emerging group financially partners with the Friendship Center and is a voice within their larger communities as allies for the ministries of the center.
The basic structure of a Ministry Donor is that each member commits to an annual term of partnership in which they will receive our monthly newsletter, invited to exclusive events, receive a special gift, and will be expected to contribute monthly.
Each individual, Family, or Business Group contributing as a Ministry Providers Level and above will be recognized on the Friendship Center Donor Tree along with other recognitions published throughout the year.
Thank you to our friends at Great Western Bank for sponsoring our Financial Peace University Class for the next four years. Through your generosity, generations of lives will be impacted to help break the cycle of poverty, become good stewards of God’s money, learn to live on a budget and prepare for a brighter future.
Every June, the Friendship Center will offer F.P.U. to 10 individuals freely, while capping the class at 20 individuals overall. If you are interested in taking this class, please email Joe at ministry@friendshipcenterdsm.org.
Welcome to America’s newest citizen!!!! Thank you to Becky and now Betty for helping her pass her test!!! Thank you to our ministry partners and donors for allowing our ESL program to exist!!! Thank you, Father, for this blessing!!!
Congrats, Gladiola, US Citizen!!!!!!! We are so proud of you!!!!
TIS THE SEASON!!!!!
Through October, we will be accepting Christmas Wish-Lists from our Teens, ESL participants, After-School Kids Club, and Women’s Bible study group. If you would like to adopt a child or adult, please contact us at ministry@friendshipcenterdsm.org. To be eligible, you must attend one of our ministries! No more lists will be accepted after October 31st. Each adoption asks for 2-items of clothing, 1-pair of shoes, and 1-fun item. Please spend only $100 combined on all gifts purchased. Gifts must be wrapped with a name tag on each item.
Lists will be made available to the public on November 1st. Please have all gifts sent or dropped off to the center by November 29th!!!
During October, each Monday, we will receive diaper donations for the MLK community. We are in desperate need of sizes 3-6. If you could donate one box of diapers, we would greatly appreciate it. Donation times will be from 8 am to 8 pm!!!!
Let Financial Expert Dave Ramsey show you how to dump debt, budget, build wealth and give like never before!
The Friendship Center, in partnership with the ministry of Dave Ramsey and Financial Peace University, are offering this great teaching from Dave Ramsey. Click the above picture or here to sign up.
Financial Peace University includes nine video lessons featuring Dave Ramsey, Rachel Cruze, and Chris Hogan. Follow along in your workbook as they teach you:
You’ve Heard about our Friendship 100 Gala? Right?!
It was a wonderful evening to hear testimonies of what God is doing at the Center!
If you missed it, check out our testimony video above! God is so good!
To Live by Faith, To be Known by Love, and to be a Voice of Hope
The Friendship Center is a faith based non profit community center. … We offer many programs for our “friends” and community, from education, to fiances and more. The Friendship Center serves over 3,000 “friends” each year. All while sharing the good news of Jesus to Iowa.
We are beyond thrilled to welcome Grace to the Friendship Center. Grace will lead our after-school
Hi! My name is Grace Zihlman. I grew up in Carlisle, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State University in December 2018 with a degree in Instrumental Music Education. My husband Matt and I were married in May 2018 and we currently live in Ames, Iowa and attend Crossroad Baptist Church. We are active in several church ministries together including helping with the Truth and Training kids at AWANAS, Crossroad Kids on Sunday mornings, and the Crossroad Music Team. In my free time, I enjoy reading,
Presented by our Disciples Teen Group, come on Saturday May 4th, Saturday June 8th and Saturday July 6th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free Car Wash with Free Vacuum. Snacks and drinks will be provided. All donations will go help support the D.T.G and the Friendship 100 Gala on Saturday, September 14th at 5:00 pm. Tickets go on sale on April 1st. $40 pre-order, $50 at the door.