Synod News Archives - South Dakota Synod, ELCA

2026 Spring Theological Conference

"Intersectionality: Living a Life of Repentance from a Personal and Global Perspective" 2026 South Dakota Synod Spring Theological Conference Yankton, SD April 12-14, 2026

Love on the Way: Palm Sunday Processional and Worship

Join us for Palm Sunday processional and worship service on March 29th, from 2-4 in Downtown Sioux Falls.

2026 Council Leaders’ Night – “I’ve Been Elected to Council, Now What?”

Join us for our annual Council Leaders Night on March 10 at 7 pm CT.

Join Us for Interfaith Day 2026

The 2026 Interfaith Day at the State Capitol will be held on January 29, starting at 10 am.

Bishop Hagmaier’s Message for Wounded Knee Day of Reflection 2025

Bishop Constanze Hagmaier's message to the South Dakota Synod marking the annual Wounded Knee Day of Reflection.

First Sunday of Christmas Sermon – Christmas 1A, 2025

Sermon recording for the First Sunday of Christmas, December 28, 2025.

Bishop Hagmaier’s 2025 Christmas Message

Bishop Hagmaier's Christmas Message for 2025 to the South Dakota Synod.

Anghy Aragon ILFE Presentation

Anghy Aragon, one of the Synod's missionaries in Nicaragua, recorded a short video about the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua (ILFE), one of our companion synods.