In a time when we yearn for community and connection, we will explore how the early followers of Jesus embodied community through Allelon (Greek Word for One Anothering).
Category: Featured Events
The Summer Day Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean--the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down--who is gazing around with her … Continue reading Contemplative Corner – “The Summer Day”
Hello Heartlanders! We are excited about the conversations around the Strategic Planning Vision as our members and friends provide feedback on the initiatives presented to the congregation. It has been invaluable to hear the affirmations, questions, and thoughts around some of the ideas presented in the Connection and Creation strategic plan. We hope many more … Continue reading Ravin Rev, Connecting to God Through the Arts
Heartland Presbyterian Church is excited for the future! In the fall of 2022, the Session approved a strategic planning process for Heartland. The purpose was to enhance our ability to carry out God’s mission, in the environment in which we anticipate operating over the next five years. The reports linked below summarize the work and recommendations of the … Continue reading Heartland Strategic Planning
Did you know prayer is the path to a deeper relationship with God? What type of prayer best suits your personality? Join us to learn to pray with confidence as we approach God in prayer for ourselves others and the world. We will be reading, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster, and taking the … Continue reading Adult Sunday School
When the New Year begins, we often make resolutions to change our lives in one way or another. We are determined and resolute to achieve a purpose; a choice or action in effort to solve some problem. Often a resolution is a personal determination upon a course of action, method, or procedure to improve ourselves. … Continue reading Contemplative Corner – “Becoming a New Creation”
I’m one of those empty nest mothers who still yearns for her son. Since he was an infant my spiritual life has been further transformed. This past year I spent my days recovering from my grief over my mom’s passing and taking a study course on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. In the … Continue reading Contemplative Corner – “What Child is This?”
GOD SO LOVED US On the fourth Sunday of Advent we celebrate God’s love – an unconditional love that was freely given to all of us. Love was the focus of God’s plan of salvation. “For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love …” (Eph. 1:3-5). … Continue reading Contemplative Corner – “Love”
For hundreds of years the church has anticipated the coming of Jesus during the season of Advent. The third week of waiting for his arrival invites us to receive his joy. The angels announced to the shepherds the good news of Jesus’ birth that would bring “good news of great joy to all people. (Lk … Continue reading Contemplative Corner – “Joy”
Heartland Refugee Family Ministry The Heartland Refugee Family Ministry (HRFM) is a team of Heartlanders who are partnering with the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants’ Des Moines office to set up a home that is warm and welcoming for a refugee family beginning their new lives in the metro area. Our ministry is supported by the staff … Continue reading Refugee Family Ministry