Eight weeks between here and there.
Before we go public on September 27, we're walking a road — weeks of prayer, preparation, and small gatherings across the city. This is where we'll post it all.
Franklin Events Center.
4801 Franklin Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa
Our first public Sunday will meet in a new room — Franklin Events Center, on Franklin Avenue. It is not the room we started in, and it is not a room we are walking into casually.
A building is never just a building. Before we set a single chair, we wanted to know this space — to pray in it, to learn it, to be sure we were bringing something ready into it. That is what these eight weeks are for.
We could have opened the doors sooner. We chose not to.
Spiritually
We have spent time in this room before a single chair was set up — praying over its walls, its doors, the neighborhood outside them. A room can hold more than folding chairs and a sound system. We wanted to ask God to fill it first.
Logistically
Franklin Events Center is a different room than the one we started in — new sound, new sightlines, a new corner of the city. We are learning this space slowly: running the board, training our team, walking the halls until they feel like ours before we ever open the doors.
Corporately
Behind every Sunday is a structure that has to hold it — a board, a staff, a way of making decisions together. We are using these weeks to get that structure right, so what we build on September 27 has something sturdy underneath it.
Eight weeks. One road.
Between now and September 27, 1927 isn't waiting to launch — we're already sent, already present, already 1927. Every gathering starts at 10:00 a.m. unless noted. Follow along on Instagram for the latest.
Neighborhood Prayer Walk — August 2 · 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
We walk and pray through the neighborhood around Franklin Avenue.
Prayer Over the Building + Worship — August 9 · 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Extended time praying over the Franklin Events Center, followed by a short worship gathering. Teaching: Invitation as Hospitality.
City Love Project — August 16 · 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Serving our neighborhood together — trash pickup around Franklin Avenue.
Prayer Over the Building + Worship — August 23 · 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Praying over the building, followed by a short worship gathering. Teaching: Invitation as a Way of Life.
City Love Project #2 — August 30 · 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Serving our neighborhood together, again — because it isn't a one-time thing.
Prayer Over the Building + Worship — September 6 · 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Praying over the building, followed by a short worship gathering. Teaching: Invitation as Costly Faithfulness.
Our First Love Feast — September 13 · 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
A shared table in the ancient tradition of the Church — 1927's first Love Feast together. Teaching: Invitation as Shared Table.
Dress Rehearsal & Commissioning — September 20 · 10:00 a.m.
A full run-through of what's coming, and a commissioning of our team and congregation to carry it. Teaching: Invitation as Sending.
We Go Public — September 27, 2026 · 10:00 a.m.
Franklin Events Center, 4801 Franklin Avenue. The doors open wide.
building a garden in the middle of a parking lot.
Plan Your Visit for 9/27