Connection Cafe

The Connection Cafe serves lunch five days a week to homeless and low income individuals and families in downtown Des Moines. Under the direction of a paid coordinator, volunteers from more than 50 churches, schools and civic groups donate and serve an average of 137 meals to 105 people every weekday.

The Connection Cafe is a program of The Bridge, a collaboration of four downtown Des Moines churches as part of their mission to minister to those in need. Those churches are: St. Ambrose Cathedral, St. John's Lutheran church, St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and First United Methodist Church.