MINISTRIES

These ministries mobilize our members to respond to the Good News.

Worship
Leading the congregation’s weekly worship services. (scripture reading, music, visual and liturgical arts, hospitality)

House Church
Weekly meetings in small-group settings for prayer, fellowship, discussion, community service, and common meals.

Events
All church events to joyfully celebrate the major Christian feasts.

Christian Formation
Teaching children the Way of Jesus, raising them to be his disciples.

Christian Initiation
Inviting people to become disciples of Jesus Christ using the ancient pattern of the catechumenate, a process that begins with hearing the Good News and culminates in baptism.

Benevolence
Helping Christ Community Church inhabit God's economy of Jubilee. This economy is characterized by abundance and thanksgiving. Our purpose is to help the congregation and world by engaging in just economic practices, coordinating communal modes of consumption, and by developing friendships with the poor.

Adult Formation
Theological formation in the Christian life through reflection on Scriptural and and theological texts.

Refugee Support Ministry
Welcoming and showing hospitality to people forced to leave their homelands. This ministry team seeks to help refugees, with financial and other kinds of support, find their way in an unfamiliar culture and city, Des Moines, IA.