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Financial contentment feels impossible to come by. For good reason. Everywhere we turn we are being sold the idea that if you just had this one more thing, life would be grand. What if God has given us the antidote to our financial discontent? That’s the question we will wrestle with in week for of our Good Life series.  Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

In a world that never slows down, what if the key to peace isn't doing more—but doing less with more intention? In our third week of The Good Life, we explore how to find Sabbath in our lives by removing hurry, following three powerful rhythms from the life of Jesus that help us embrace rest and connection with God. If you’re feeling weary, overwhelmed, or stretched thin, Pastor Aaron’s message will encourage you to breathe deep, slow down, and find the sacred rhythm of Sabbath again. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

Followers of Jesus, we have a problem. We live in a culture that encourages me to put me at the center of everything. At the same time, Jesus invites us "to deny ourselves and follow him." How do we follow Jesus and put others first? It's not as easy as it seems. Join us for week two of “The Good Life” Lent series. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

There are winners and losers, and all our lives we're taught to "win at all costs." The problem is, when it comes to relationships, when one wins, often both of us lose. In the gospel of Luke, Jesus tells of a son, like many family squabbles, he’s fed up with his dad and living at home. So he asks his father for his inheritance. Before long, he squanders it recklessly and is forced to work as a hired hand for a pig farmer. He won at home, but did anyone really win? He wasn’t happy. His father wasn’t happy. Even his older brother wasn’t happy.   As we kick off our Lenten series, The Good Life, Pastor Aaron teaches us that relationships aren’t like life on the ball field: When one wins, no one wins. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

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If you lead anyone or anything in your life, you will experience pain. Passion is what gets you to persevere through that inevitable pain, but patient endurance is what keeps you going beyond that pain.  In this week’s message, Pastor Aaron teaches on how, with Jesus, we can persevere in life, in pain, in relationships — in anything that feels hard, with patient endurance. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

In our Here & Now series, we’ve been talking about focusing our eyes on Jesus as we run the race of life. Running the race of life isn’t a singular activity, though, it’s something we need others doing alongside us.  All of Heaven is cheering for you in life, but Heaven is not enough — we need the Spirit inside of us, and people beside us. So, listen to this message as Pastor Aaron teaches about the need and importance of community, instead of comparison, in our lives. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

What distracts you from running the race marked out for you? In the first message in our new series called Here and Now, Pastor Aaron teaches how to stay focused on your purpose in a world full of distractions. It's never too late to get centered on your purpose with God. ://Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

Join Christy Boulware at Central, a renowned speaker, author, and mental health advocate dedicated to helping individuals overcome anxiety. As part of our Crafted series, Christy will share practical tools and resources to combat anxiety for all ages. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

We all struggle with worry to some degree or another. And if we could choose to not worry we would. Good news, Jesus offers us a way THROUGH our worry. In week four of our CRAFTED series, pastor Aaron reminds us of what Paul says in Philippians 4: that Jesus invites us to cast our anxieties on HIM and in return, receive His peace. It really is the only way that we can allow God to form Christ in us.  Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

When you are at home, at work, at school, with friends – you are reflecting the image of God in who you are and how you act, and ultimately giving Him glory. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

We all want to progress in life, to grow and take steps forwards, and see progress. But life is tough, we stumble on the journey of life, we fall back and we fall short. Maybe we weren’t meant to do life on our own?  In week two of our CRAFTED series, Pastor Aaron unpacks the power of community and its ability to craft us for the better. Together we’ll unpack another aspect of sanctification, and how we can learn from the life of Jesus. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

When Michelangelo sculpted the "David" statue out of a block of marble, he said, "It's simple, I just removed everything that is not David." That is how the skilled artist, God, works the process of sanctification in our own lives – with a steady, patient chisel – not a destructive hammer. Join us as we begin a new series called "Crafted". In our first week Pastor Aaron unpacks the art of sanctification in the life of a follower of Jesus and how it starts with the practice of solitude. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

Pastor Aaron sits down with three retired pastors to talk about the church of the past, the church of today, and what their hopes and dreams are for the future of Gods church. Happy new year. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church

Pastor Aaron teaches about the hope and joy we get to experience at Christmas - and all year - because of the birth of Jesus. This message is for any of us who have ever wondered what God sees when He looks at us. The story of Christmas gives us a hopeful answer to that question. Socials: www.facebook.com/clcecolumbia www.instagram.com/centrallutheran/ www.centrallutheran.church