History of Children and Family Urban Ministries



Programs Support Volunteering Immediate Needs Calendar Special Events Newsletter & Mailing List History Staff & Board Articles & Sermons Agencies & Links Home Page Donate online 1. Enter amount 2. Choose donation type 3. Click Donate Amount: General Donation Annual Campaign Christmas Campaign Children and Family Urban Ministries 1548 Eighth Street P.O. Box 41125 Des Moines, IA 50311 (515) 282-3242 Email info@cfum.org		History of Children and Family Urban Ministries Children and Family Urban Ministries was birthed (the legal term is incorporated) in December 1992, but its ministry with neighbors on the near north side of Des Moines began more than twenty years before. The Breakfast Club was initiated by the congregation of Trinity United Methodist Church in 1968. The Supper Club began while Burns United Methodist Church, Gatchel United Methodist Church and Trinity United Methodist Church were joined in the Inner City Parish. The first directors of CFUM were Church and Community Workers. Cynthia Carver continued the work she had done as a member of the staff of the Inner City Parish when she became the first director of CFUM as a Church and Community Worker. Donna Kay Campbell followed Cynthia. After Donna Kay's tenure, the relationship with the Church and Community Worker program ended. Carmen Lampe Zeitler became the third director of CFUM in late 1996.