Central Lutheran Church

E-waste Recycling Event
2025-04-26 - 2025-04-27 | Central Lutheran Church, 333 South 12th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55404
The Central Cares for Creation (C3) Team will be celebrating Earth Month by offering a way for you to recycle your old electronics and cords and by shredding any paper documents you no longer need. The bins for e-waste recycling will be on the loading dock on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19. The paper shredding bins will be inside the church starting that weekend and remaining for about a month. We offer these opportunities because we believe caring for our planet is a responsibility God gave to the first people and it has been passed down through the ages to us. By recycling these items we keep them out of landfills and reclaim their materials and energy for more use. For information on what e-waste we will be accepting check out the Get Repowered website.

Items You Can Recycle

Health Commons (M)
2025-04-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-01 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-05 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-08 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-12 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-15 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
The Augsburg Central Health Commons
Anyone looking for diapers, hygiene supplies, one-on-one nurse consultations, or just to have a place to sit and rest are welcome. Volunteers often spend time visiting with members of the community, distributing donations, and setting up the space. Faculty, students, and volunteers also provide basic care such as blood pressure checks or basic foot care. The hope is that the moments here can allow guests to address their health needs as they deem necessary, and the work can lead to addressing health inequities and foster healing.

Monday Community Meal
2025-04-28 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-05 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-12 11:30 - 12:00
We gather every non-holiday Monday at 11:30 a.m. to eat lunch together. The meal is planned by our great kitchen staff and accomplished by our team of faithful volunteers. It is a meal served to folks at tables and we get a chance to enjoy some fellowship. Some folks come to lunch because it’s where they catch up with their friends, some folks come to lunch because it’s good food for free and that helps them meet their basic needs in a dignified and loving way.
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StreetSong MN Rehearsal
2025-04-28 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-05-05 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-05-12 12:30 - 13:30
StreetSong MN Choir

Who: Persons ‘experienced’ in homelessness – i.e. persons currently or formerly homeless, and those who care about them.
Rehearsal time: Mondays, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Contact: Katie Dillon, Director of Align Minneapolis
StreetSong draws on the experiences, hopes, and aspirations of its members to produce a choral experience promoting personal fulfillment and the development of community. A meal is available prior to rehearsal, and bus tokens are provided. The choir has appeared at the Central Library in downtown Minneapolis, the Mall of America as part of its Holiday Music Festival, the annual Homeless Memorial March and Service and at various churches and mosques. In April 2016, StreetSong MN performed at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.

Generosity Ministry Team
2025-04-29 17:00 - 18:00
The Generosity Team meets with Pastor Peter to plan for generosity opportunities throughout the year.
Meeting Location: Zoom

Emergency Rental Assistance Intake (W)
2025-04-30 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-05-07 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-05-14 12:00 - 13:30
The Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program allows Align Minneapolis to further its focus on long-term housing solutions by expanding our areas of involvement to include homeless prevention. The program supports individuals and families by providing rental assistance in a time of short-term financial crisis. Central is one of the intake locations for this program.
First come, first served
Mondays 12:30-2 p.m., Wednesdays 12-1:30 p.m.
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Revelation Bible Study
2025-04-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-14 18:00 - 19:00
Wednesday night Bible study is paused for Holy Week and Easter, but we’ll resume for three weeks beginning Wednesday, April 30 to do a quick exploration of Revelation. Together we’ll look at themes, symbolism, and the message of this curious text. Plan to attend one or all three of these Bible studies. (April 30, May 7, May 14)
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Handbell Choir Rehearsal
2025-04-30 18:00 - 19:00
Who: adults and high-schoolers with basic music-reading proficiency
Rehearsal time: Wednesdays, 6-7pm, beginning September 18th
Contact: Isaac Drewes, Director of Music
The Central Lutheran Church Bell Choir performs a variety of handbell music throughout the program year. It is an engaging and unique way to make music together. Basic music-reading proficiency is necessary, but prior bell-ringing experience is not required; we will teach you the techniques! This ensemble plays in worship approximately once-a-month.
Meeting Room: Sanctuary

Central Choir Rehearsal
2025-04-30 19:15 - 21:00
Who: Adults and high schoolers
Rehearsal time: Wednesdays, 7:15–8:45 p.m., beginning September 4th
Contact: Joe Osowski, Choir Director
The Central Choir sings at the 10:30 a.m. worship service September – May and for all major church festivals. A wide variety of music is sung, from Palestrina and Bach to global music and spirituals. Good music reading abilities are extremely helpful. There are no auditions. Instead, we maintain a two week “trial” period in which both new singers and director ascertain whether the fit is a good one.
Meeting Room: Great Room

Street Voices of Change
2025-05-01 08:30 - 10:00, 2025-05-08 08:30 - 10:00, 2025-05-15 08:30 - 10:00
Street Voices of Change (SVoC) is a group of individuals who have current or past personal experiences with homelessness who come together to build community and make positive changes in the lives of people experiencing homelessness and the systems that contribute to and keep people in homelessness.
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Streets to Housing
2025-05-01 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-08 10:00 - 13:00
Streets to Housing uses a one-to-one housing-focused approach to work with single adults, youth, and families who are staying outside, in their vehicles, in encampments, or in other places unfit for human habitation. The goal is to help transition them to stable housing and decrease unsheltered homelessness across the county. And so far, it’s working.
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Fine Arts Ministry Team
2025-05-06 18:00 - 19:00
The Fine Arts Ministry Team organizes, plans, and displays unique art shows at Central.
We are meeting on Zoom tonight.

Central Book Club
2025-05-08 13:30 - 15:00
The Central Book Club will begin reading again in September.
We welcome new members. If you have questions or need to request Zoom (we need a three-day advance notice), please contact Carol or Cathy.
Find Out What We’re Reading Next!

Listening for God Contemplative Prayer
2025-05-11 12:30 - 13:30
You are invited to join the Listening for God contemplative prayer group at any time. The group gathers each second Sunday of the month at 12:30 p.m. Pastor Peter leads this prayer gathering grounded in various contemplative prayer practices. Each month a practice is introduced and then experienced. For those that wish to share, we pause to reflect on the experience and how God is present. It is also a time when you do not need to share anything, simply be present for this time of prayer. We gather in the prayer space in the back corner of the sanctuary and wrap up by 1:30 p.m.
