Events List
7 events found.
Week of Events
Sunday, September 7, 2025
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September 7, 2025 -Worship
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September 7, 2025 -Rally Sunday Intergenerational Learning
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September 7, 2025 -Realm Database Support
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September 7, 2025 -Worship
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September 7, 2025 -Sunday Community Meal
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September 7, 2025 -Central Cares for Creation Team
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…
Rally Sunday Intergenerational Learning
The year will begin with intergenerational learning on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. with activities and conversation about what makes you feel a sense of home.
Realm Database Support
Pat Hansen will be at the Welcome Desk this Sunday (and every first Sunday of the month) to help you update your profile.
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.…
Sunday Community Meal
We gather each Sunday after the 10:30 a.m. worship in the Great Room to share a meal. The menu changes week to week. On holiday weekends, coffee, cookies, and lemonade are served instead of a meal.
Central Cares for Creation Team
The Central Cares for Creation Team works hard to help the congregation be as eco-friendly as possible, to educate the congregation about eco-issues, and to identify areas for the church to engage in advocacy around climate justice. Meeting Room: Nativity
Monday, September 8, 2025
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September 8, 2025 -Health Commons
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September 8, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (M)
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September 8, 2025 -Community Meal Volunteers
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September 8, 2025 -Worship (M)
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September 8, 2025 -Monday Community Meal
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September 8, 2025 -Spiritual Listening
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September 8, 2025 -Emergency Rental Assistance Intake (M)
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September 8, 2025 -Free Store Volunteers
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.
Free Store Shopping (M)
The Free Store is open Mondays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Worship (M)
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…
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 (M)
The program supports individuals and families by providing rental assistance in a time of short-term financial crisis.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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September 9, 2025 -Staff Meeting
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September 9, 2025 -Generosity Ministry Team
Generosity Ministry Team
The Generosity Team meets with Pastor Peter to plan for generosity opportunities throughout the year. Meeting Location: Zoom
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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September 10, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (W)
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September 10, 2025 -Emergency Rental Assistance Intake (W)
Free Store Shopping (W)
The Free Store is open Mondays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Emergency Rental Assistance Intake (W)
The program supports individuals and families by providing rental assistance in a time of short-term financial crisis.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
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September 11, 2025 -Street Voices of Change
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September 11, 2025 -Health Commons
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September 11, 2025 -Streets to Housing
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September 11, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (Th)
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September 11, 2025 -Fiscal and Property Committee
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September 11, 2025 -Central Book Club
Street Voices of Change
These meetings are places where people invest in and empower each other to build a loving community.
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.
Free Store Shopping (Th)
The Free Store is open Mondays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Fiscal and Property Committee
The Fiscal and Property Committee manages the assigned budget lines related to property and advises the Congregation Council, as requested, on fiscal and property issues, decisions, and policies. The Director of Finance and the Treasurer of the congregation serve in an advisory capacity to the Fiscal and Property Committee on fiscal and property issues, decisions,…
Central Book Club
The Central Book Club, led by volunteers, is a space for guided conversations about books chosen by the group. We look toward faith and life in everything we read, across a variety of genres.
Friday, September 12, 2025
No events on this day.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
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September 13, 2025 -Funeral for Doug Haines
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September 13, 2025 -Caring Crew
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September 13, 2025 -Worship (Sa)
Caring Crew
The Caring Crew is Central’s ministry to the folks who are not getting to church as often as they once did. Visits, cards, and calls are all part of what they do.
Worship (Sa)
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…