Check out the new St. Dysmas video at: www.stdysmas.com  Just scroll down and click on ‘Amazing Grace” to see it. If you would like to have Pastor Bob Chell visit your congregation to tell about [...]

Wilma Audrey Loken, 86, Wahpeton, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, in her home.  Many will remember the Lokens and their ministry in the South Dakota Synod.  Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., with a prayer [...]

Cedro Galan is a farm owned by the Lutheran Church of Faith & Hope of Nicaragua in the outskirts of the city of Managua.  This farm is home to the pioneer and ecologically sound agricultural [...]

How can we show respect for Muslim members of our community?  As good neighbors, it is our responsibility to be culturally sensitive and welcoming to our brothers and sisters from all over the [...]

Please submit your 2016 Statement of Intent and 2016 Congregational Leadership Form online after your annual meetings. The Synod Council will need your Statements of Intent as it discusses and [...]

The Companion Synod Committee of the South Dakota Synod would like to thank the congregations and individuals for your gifts to Jesus’ work in our Companion Synods of Nicaragua and Cameroon this [...]

Share the story of St. Dysmas with your congregation on social media or in your newsletter.  Listen to an interview with the St. Dysmas church council at the SD State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, [...]

Heimer William Swanson, the father of Rev. Dr. Richard Swanson, died Saturday, January 2, 2016 in Owatonna, MN.   Visitation will be at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Owatonna on [...]