Events List
Week of Events
Free Store Shopping
Free Store Shopping
The Free Store is open Mondays, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Health Commons
Health Commons
This nurse-led drop-in center is focused on meeting people where they are to respond to any expressed felt need of those who visit, especially as it pertains to health.
Worship
Worship
Monday’s worship service is grounded in community and followed by a community meal. Each week of the month, worship has its own flavor, from testimony times and healing services to confession and forgiveness and Holy Communion. Music is led by members of the worshipping community. The Pastor for Community generally leads worship, though some weeks…
Monday Community Meal
Spiritual Listening
Spiritual Listening
Pastor Melissa leads this weekly conversation, drawing from the Ignatian Spirituality Project and the ways it opens us all.
Emergency Rental Assistance Intake
Emergency Rental Assistance Intake
The program supports individuals and families by providing rental assistance in a time of short-term financial crisis.
Staff Meeting
Global Mission Team
Global Mission Team
Led by the Global Mission Team, Central Lutheran has been deeply involved in global mission for its entire 100+ years of ministry. The ELCA’s vision of accompaniment is the foundation for today’s global mission work. Meeting Room: on Zoom
Free Store Shopping
Free Store Shopping
The Free Store is open Mondays, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Emergency Rental Assistance Intake
Emergency Rental Assistance Intake
The program supports individuals and families by providing rental assistance in a time of short-term financial crisis.
Grief Group
Grief Group
We gather with a warm cup of coffee or tea and support each other, in whatever state of grief we find ourselves in. All are welcome.
Street Voices of Change
Street Voices of Change
These meetings are places where people invest in and empower each other to build a loving community.
Free Store Shopping
Free Store Shopping
The Free Store is open Mondays, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Streets to Housing
Health Commons
Health Commons
This nurse-led drop-in center is focused on meeting people where they are to respond to any expressed felt need of those who visit, especially as it pertains to health.
Worship
Worship
Saturday evening worship is a contemplative communion service. Whichever pastor is preaching on Sunday, preaches and leads worship on Saturday night. The service is guided by a contemplative sense: a slower pace, room for silence, and a simpler service order. The altar is on the main floor, and much of the music is led from…
Worship
Worship
The 8:30 a.m. Sunday worship is an intimate “First Light” service with Holy Communion. It features hymns and the Word, musically enriched by vocal soloists. It is a full communion service led by the Casavant organ or the piano. One of the pastors preaches, and another presides for worship and communion. A member of the…
Worship
Worship
The 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship has the largest attendance. During the program year (September–May), this is a choir-led festive service with Holy Communion. It is a communion service rooted in Lutheran liturgy and hymns. One of the pastors preaches, and another presides for worship. Congregation members serve as the assisting minister and the lesson readers.…
Align Central
Align Central
The Align Central Team helps communicate our advocacy invitations to the rest of the congregation. Folks with lived experience of homelessness know what’s best for them and their experience, so the Central Align team is an ally to them in systems change. This team responds and takes action where they are invited, when it comes…
Summer on the Plaza
Summer on the Plaza
Summer on the Plaza happens several times each summer, when guest carillonneurs visit Central to perform a concert, and we invite food trucks (or provide treats) for all to enjoy.