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 and Confirmation for fellowship and learning together.

Pat Hansen will be at the Welcome Desk this Sunday (and every first Sunday of the month) to help you update your profile.

The choir is singing John Rutter’s Requiem on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. as a musical offering for our celebration of the saints.

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.

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

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 Restoration Center's Community Meal volunteers meet regularly.

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.

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 funeral for Tonia Perkins will be held at Central at 1:30 p.m.

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

The Restoration Center's Free Store volunteers meet regularly.

You are invited to join the fun and help make quilts for Lutheran World Relief.

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.

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.

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

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.

You are invited to join the fun and help make quilts for Lutheran World Relief.

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.

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

Fix-It Clinics offer free, guided assistance from volunteers with repair skills to disassemble, troubleshoot, and (hopefully) fix small household appliances, clothing, electronics, mobile devices, and more.

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…