Events List

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…

The 2025-26 program year Adult Forums will be grounded in conversations that align with Stories of Home.

Central's young people gather for Sunday School, Confirmation, and High School Youth Group for fellowship and learning together.

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.…

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.

Empowering Conversations occurs on the third Sunday of the month, following the community meal.

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.

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.

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…

We gather every non-holiday Monday at 11:30 a.m. to eat lunch together.

Pastor Melissa leads this weekly conversation, drawing from the Ignatian Spirituality Project and the ways it opens us all.

StreetSong draws on the experiences, hopes, and aspirations of its members to produce a choral experience promoting personal fulfillment and the development of community.

The program supports individuals and families by providing rental assistance in a time of short-term financial crisis.

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 Executive Committee is an elected team of four members: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. The Executive Committee meets in advance of the council to plan the meeting agenda and…

Central staff is busy with their weekly check-in from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. each Tuesday

Central operates a Mobile Free Store on the third Tuesday of each month. The Mobile Free Store is located at 651 Nicollet Mall. Location: 651 Nicollet Ave.

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.

The program supports individuals and families by providing rental assistance in a time of short-term financial crisis.

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.

The Central Lutheran Church Bell Choir performs a variety of handbell music throughout the program year.

These Bible studies are created so that you can come in person or online, every week or when it fits your schedule, so plan to come whenever you can.

We are planning to meet on the 3rd Wednesday night of each month to learn about and discuss the church’s role in our young people's lives.

The Central Choir sings at the 10:30 a.m. worship service September – May and for all major church festivals.

These meetings are places where people invest in and empower each other to build a loving community.

Hennepin County's program helping folks transition into stable housing.

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.

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.

Shalom Circle meets for fellowship and prayer once a month.

We celebrate the wedding of Emily Olson and Jason Sangrait at 3:30 p.m. at Central.

The funeral for Cherian Puthiyottil will be held at Central at 10 a.m.

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…