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This weekend, we are delighted to unveil a new set of paraments in beautiful shades of green, the liturgical color for the time after Pentecost.
Textiles speak to us in a deeply human and physical way. They are woven, stitched, layered, repaired, and held together, much like our lives and our community of faith.
These priorities and outcomes come from MN Coalition for the Homeless, Central’s partner, which organizes Homeless Day on the Hill.
For people of faith, this raises a deeper spiritual question: are we giving AI something like godlike power, allowing it to judge, predict, and direct human lives in ways we do not fully understand?
As volunteers in the Free Store, we are blessed every day by seeing a child smile at a new toy, a woman grateful to find clothes for her growing children, a man in need of job interview clothes, and a man looking for a pair of comfortable shoes.
On May 5, we recognize the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). We raise up this issue because Indigenous women are at such great risk of experiencing violence and being murdered.
Weekly reflections from the preaching pastor.
We are now in the long and abundant season (called the time after Pentecost) in the life of the church. The season is defined by the Pentecost event, the Holy Spirit sending the disciples out into the world to share the good news of God’s steadfast welcome and unconditional love.
There is wisdom in the church’s celebration of the Holy Trinity this weekend. We pause to be grounded in all that happened last weekend on Pentecost.
It’s Pentecost weekend, the weekend we celebrate the birth of the Christian church on Earth. As Martin Luther would say, “What does this mean?”
One of my favorite scripture study tools of all time is to look at the verbs. Verbs are underestimated in a culture that is very focused on what we think and how our mind is the most important part of who we are.
If you are curious, we are at about day thirty-five out of the fifty for this season. The longer season gives us the chance to reflect on the death and new life of Jesus. We listen for the promises in the Gospel lesson
It’s Confirmation weekend at Central. Eight students will stand before the congregation on Sunday and claim the promises made at their baptisms as their own. As a reminder, those promises include things like living among God’s faithful people, hearing the word of God
