Events List
Week of Events
Sunday, December 14, 2025
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December 14, 2025 -Worship
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December 14, 2025 -Adult Forum
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December 14, 2025 -Worship
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December 14, 2025 -Sunday Community Meal
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December 14, 2025 -Listening for God Contemplative Prayer
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.
Listening for God Contemplative Prayer
Pastor Peter leads this prayer gathering grounded in various contemplative prayer practices. Each month a practice is introduced and then experienced.
Monday, December 15, 2025
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December 15, 2025 -Health Commons
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December 15, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (M)
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December 15, 2025 -Worship (M)
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December 15, 2025 -Worship (M)
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December 15, 2025 -Monday Community Meal
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December 15, 2025 -Monday Community Meal
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December 15, 2025 -Spiritual Listening
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December 15, 2025 -StreetSong MN Rehearsal
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December 15, 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…
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.
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.
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, December 16, 2025
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December 16, 2025 -Staff Christmas Party
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December 16, 2025 -Mobile Free Store
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December 16, 2025 -Congregation Council
Staff Christmas Party
The Central staff will celebrate Christmas together with food, games, and gifts!
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.
Congregation Council
The Congregation Council is the leadership team that provides the monthly guidance and long-range planning vision in the life of the congregation. In addition to the ten elected members, the pastors also serve on the council.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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December 17, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (W)
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December 17, 2025 -Shalom Circle
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December 17, 2025 -Prayer Shawl Knitters
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December 17, 2025 -Advent Bible Study
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December 17, 2025 -High School Youth Night
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.
Prayer Shawl Knitters
The prayer shawl knitters meet monthly for prayer, fellowship, and knitting. Meeting Location: Lower Narthex
Advent Bible Study
Join us for a three-week Bible study series, “Advent Stories of Home." You can join us in person or on Zoom.
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.
Thursday, December 18, 2025
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December 18, 2025 -Street Voices of Change
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December 18, 2025 -Health Commons
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December 18, 2025 -Streets to Housing
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December 18, 2025 -Free Store Shopping (Th)
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December 18, 2025 -Homeless Memorial March and Service
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.
Homeless Memorial March and Service
Join us as we honor the memories of individuals who passed away in 2025 with a march, service, and meal.
Friday, December 19, 2025
No events on this day.
Saturday, December 20, 2025
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December 20, 2025 -Blue Christmas Healing Prayer Service
Blue Christmas Healing Prayer Service
Once again, this year, a Blue Christmas worship service is offered to tend to healing during grief and to name the challenges of the season.
