Events List
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Sabbath to End Homelessness Weekend
The Align Central Team is planning multiple activities to highlight both the challenges and the successes of our ongoing efforts to house all of our neighbors.
Generosity Ingathering Weekend
We will make our faith promises, our financial intentions, as an act of worship on November 22 and 23.
Sunday, November 16, 2025
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November 16, 2025 -Worship
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November 16, 2025 -Adult Forum
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November 16, 2025 -Worship
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November 16, 2025 -Sunday Community Meal
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November 16, 2025 -Empowering Conversations
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…
Adult Forum
The 2025-26 program year Adult Forums will be grounded in conversations that align with Stories of Home.
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.
Empowering Conversations
Empowering Conversations occurs on the third Sunday of the month, following the community meal.
Monday, November 17, 2025
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November 17, 2025 -Health Commons
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November 17, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (M)
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November 17, 2025 -Worship (M)
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November 17, 2025 -Monday Community Meal
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November 17, 2025 -Spiritual Listening
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November 17, 2025 -Emergency Rental Assistance Intake (M)
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November 17, 2025 -StreetSong MN Rehearsal
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.
StreetSong MN Rehearsal
StreetSong draws on the experiences, hopes, and aspirations of its members to produce a choral experience promoting personal fulfillment and the development of community.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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November 18, 2025 -Executive Committee
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November 18, 2025 -Staff Meeting
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November 18, 2025 -Mobile Free Store
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November 18, 2025 -Global Mission Team
Executive Committee
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 gather the work of other committees, teams, and task forces that will need council affirmation and support. Meeting Location: Zoom
Mobile Free Store
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.
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
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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November 19, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (W)
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November 19, 2025 -Emergency Rental Assistance Intake (W)
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November 19, 2025 -Wednesday Night Bible Study
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November 19, 2025 -Handbell Choir Rehearsal
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November 19, 2025 -Handbell Choir Rehearsal
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November 19, 2025 -High School Youth Night
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November 19, 2025 -Central Choir Rehearsal
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November 19, 2025 -Central Choir Rehearsal
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.
Wednesday Night Bible Study
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.
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
The Central Lutheran Church Bell Choir performs a variety of handbell music throughout the program year.
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
The Central Lutheran Church Bell Choir performs a variety of handbell music throughout the program year.
High School Youth Night
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.
Central Choir Rehearsal
The Central Choir sings at the 10:30 a.m. worship service September – May and for all major church festivals.
Central Choir Rehearsal
The Central Choir sings at the 10:30 a.m. worship service September – May and for all major church festivals.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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November 20, 2025 -Street Voices of Change
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November 20, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (Th)
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November 20, 2025 -Streets to Housing
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November 20, 2025 -Health Commons
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November 20, 2025 -Shalom Circle
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November 20, 2025 -Hope for Home: Open House Fundraiser
Street Voices of Change
These meetings are places where people invest in and empower each other to build a loving community.
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.
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.
Hope for Home: Open House Fundraiser
Help support the important work of Align Minneapolis in preventing and ending homelessness!
Friday, November 21, 2025
No events on this day.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
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November 22, 2025 -First Communion Class
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November 22, 2025 -Caring Crew
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November 22, 2025 -Worship (Sa)
First Communion Class
Sign up for First Communion Class with Pastor Stephanie as we learn and prepare to take first communion together.
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…