Tri-Presbyteries Invitation to Conversation

Jan 21, 2026

For the past five years, our three presbyteries have been living into our connectional nature through shared executive leadership, joint ministry experiences, and collaboration in important areas such as personnel and support for congregational leadership.

Recently, each presbytery has voted to begin a season of intentional prayer and discussion to discern whether God may be leading us toward a new structure: a single, joined presbytery serving Iowa together.

To that end, we have created a video to explain our next steps and how we will discern this journey together. You can access the video in both widescreen and vertical formats as well as embed, download, and share the videos through whatever means will be most useful for you.

Make plans to attend one of the following Listening Sessions:

  • Saturday, February 21, 11:00 am
    First Presbyterian Church, 1111 5th Ave N, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
  • Thursday, March 12, 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
    click here for the Zoom link
    Meeting ID: 815 7835 1941
    Passcode: 362140
    One tap mobile +16469313860,,81578351941# US
  • Saturday, March 28, 11:00 am
    United Presbyterian Church, 475 Maben Ave, Garner, IA 50438
  • Tuesday, April 7, 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
    click here for the Zoom link
    Meeting ID: 815 7835 1941
    Passcode: 362140
    One tap mobile +16469313860,,81578351941# US
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2:00 pm
    Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1301 Kimball Ave, Waterloo, IA 50702