Come as you are. We honor and welcome the diversity you bring.
Sunday Worship Service at 9:00 a.m.
You can attend the 9:00 a.m. service or it can be viewed via Livestream on this website or on Facebook. If you are busy on Sunday morning, you can view the worship service later by going to Sermons at the bottom of this page. Click HERE to see this week’s Order of Worship.
Lenten Bible Studies —There are 3 opportunities for Bible Study during Lent. All of the classes will be studying “Luke Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts and Outlaws” by Adam Hamilton. Through Luke’s stories, we find Jesus’s care and compassion for all as He welcomes sinners and outcasts.
Pastor Andrea will lead a class on Sundays at 10:30 in the Pray It Forward classroom starting on Sunday, February 26.
Don Elly will lead a class on Wednesday nights at 5:00 pm in the café. This class will start on March 1.
Pastor Andrea will lead a class on Wednesdays at noon in the café. This class will start on March 1.
The Mits Wits class will start the study on Sunday, March 5.
Books are available at the church. The cost is $15.
News
WDMUMC Shirts
Get a new shirt with the WDM UMC mission statement and the bell tower on it! Premium unisex t’s, hoodies, v-neck t’s, sweatshirts, and youth t’s, in royal blue, purple rush, red, and cardinal. All funds from our shirt sale will go to our Argentina Mission Trip.
Pie Sale to Support the Argentina Mission Trip
The Argentina Mission Trip team is selling homemade pies for Easter. A 9-inch pie is $15 and can be picked up at the church on Saturday, April 8 from 5 -7 or on Easter Sunday after church. Pies available are cherry, apple, apple crumble, blueberry, pecan, and...
“The Butterfly Effect” March 27
The book that our church book club will be reading for March is “The Butterfly Effect” by Rachel Mans McKenny. We will meet on March 27 in Wesley Center at 11 a.m. “A feminist Man Called Ove meets Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project in this rollicking tale of a grumpy...
Lenten News
Ash Wednesday is February 22. The service will be at 7:00 pm. Please join us as we enter into the Lenten season. Lenten Bible Studies —There are 3 opportunities for Bible Study during Lent. All the classes will study “Luke Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts and...
Sermons
“Shoes” Mike Powers 03/19/2023
Shoes are the message on this fourth Sunday of Lent. Mike Powers reviews many references to shoes in the Bible and our everyday life. Many refer to taking your shoes off or putting them on. Does God want you to take them off or put them on? Find time to take them off...
“Coins” Pastor Jordan Derhammer-Capek 03/12/2023
"Coins" is the title of Pastor Jordan's message on this third Sunday of Lent at West Des Moines United Methodist Church. Whether it is the woman giving her two coins or the story of Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers, giving and sharing play a central...
“Cross” Pastor Andrea Kraushaar 02/05/2023
"Cross" is the message on the second Sunday of Lent. Pastor Andrea Kraushaar talks about the history and significance of the cross in our faith and in our lives.