Central News

Keep up with what’s going on at Central.

  • C3 Team
Leaf Raking Message from the C3 Team

This is a C3 team reminder for those with a lawn to start thinking about getting your rake out next month and raking leaves before they end up in storm water drains.

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  • Fine Arts Ministry Team
New Central Art Show Celebrates Indigenous Lutheran Artists

Central’s Fine Arts Team is excited to present this special showing of art from Lutheran artists who are Indigenous North Americans. This exhibit is meant to both acknowledge and celebrate the breadth and beauty of Indigenous contributions to the Lutheran faith.

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  • Generosity Ministry Team
Central’s Generosity Shines Through Again

The housewares drive for the Restoration Center’s Welcome Baskets was announced in the Spirit. The response was, as usual for Central, overwhelming.

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  • Rev. Peter Nycklemoe
Pastor Judith Stone to Retire

Pastor Judith has decided to retire from her role as one of the visitation pastors here at Central.

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  • Brenda Blackhawk
The New Presiding Bishop of the ELCA

Last week, ELCA voting members (clergy, deacons and lay leaders) gathered in Phoenix, AZ for the Churchwide Assembly. The Rev. Yehiel Curry was elected July 30 to serve a six-year term as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We at Central are excited to host Bishop-elect Curry’s installation on Saturday, October 4.

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  • Rev. Stephanie Friesen
Looking Back on this Summer’s Youth Trips

The 2025 summer trips are complete and all participants are home with stories to last a lifetime. The Amnicon crew paddled for four days on the Flambeau and spent their final night next to a warm fire under the stars on the south shore of Lake Superior.

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Life Together

Weekly reflections from the preaching pastor.

  • Rev. Peter Nycklemoe
The Man Born Blind

As we pause to witness Jesus healing the man born blind, there are possibilities to ponder as we reflect on sight and seeing, vision, and awareness. Physical sight is a gift, a common blessing that we take for granted. Many of you know the complex challenges that come with the loss of physical sight.

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  • Rev. Melissa Pohlman
A Home Is Made Near Water

Water is one of these common elements. Without it we cannot make a home anywhere. We cannot live where there is not enough water or clean water. With it, we can settle down and rest and eat and drink and gather with friends and family and a home is made.

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  • Rev. Stephanie Friesen
How Can These Things Be?

Remember Nicodemus? He, a Pharisee, wandered out at night to find Jesus to ask him about his identity (a key theme in John) and how Jesus was able to do such remarkable things. What followed was a conversation about womb and water, flesh and spirit, and things visible and invisible.

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  • Rev. Peter Nycklemoe
Dwelling in John’s Gospel

In this season of Lent, we will dwell in significant lessons from the Gospel of John. On Ash Wednesday, February 18, we began with John’s remarkable prologue and the well-known opening: “In the beginning was the Word.”

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  • Rev. Stephanie Friesen
Spark in the Spirit

Among the many great moments there are in working in youth ministry, few compare to the moments when you see a flicker of light or a spark in the spirit of a student. Such sparks appear when new ideas are understood, when new skills are mastered (or at least attempted with some success and enough curiosity to try again), and when faces shine with understanding and confidence.

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  • Rev. Peter Nycklemoe
Salt and Light

Jesus is preaching on the mountain in the Gospel lesson. His famous sermon in Matthew’s Gospel begins with refrains of “blessed” and moves into the ways of love, even for enemies. In the section of his sermon for this weekend, Jesus proclaims us “salt” and “light.” Jesus is not saying we are like salt or have some of the qualities of light. He says we are salt and that we carry the light of Christ into the world.

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Faith Statements Project

Learn about the faith journeys of fellow church community members.

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