December 2016 Greetings Friends, Winter weather has hit Pine Ridge! We have found ourselves very low or completely out of quilts, diapers, and our Energy Assistance Matching fund is not at a [...]
The Companion Synod Committee in the South Dakota Synod has come up with their “Christmas Wishlist” for you to discern on during this Advent season. Put our Companion Synod [...]
Ellis Hope, son of Pastor Lori Hope of St. Mark’s Lutheran in Sioux Falls, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Ellis will begin treatment next week. Please be with Ellis, [...]
The ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) program invites ELCA young adults ages 21-29 into a transformative, year-long journey in international service. As they offer themselves in service, [...]
Retired Pastor Robert (Bob) Dovenmuehler passed away on Saturday, November 26 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Pastor Bob served over 50 years of ministry in South Dakota and [...]
On Tuesday, November 22, a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) from implementing its new overtime rule scheduled to take effect December 1, [...]
Becky (Tesch) Amdahl who is the daughter of Rev. Bill Tesch, Associate to the Bishop and Director for Evangelical Mission, was diagnosed yesterday with Thyroid Cancer. We pray for healing and [...]
THANK YOU to all the congregations and individuals who have participated in the appeal and are continuing to work on the appeal. The total of the appeal gifts from all sources through October [...]
Two youth from South Dakota, Jonah Nelson and Ruby Hawks, attended the ELCA Youth Leadership Summit in Asheville, NC earlier this month. The two youth, who are also Synod Council representatives, [...]
Dorothy Stivers, wife of Retired Rev. Lloyd Stivers, passed away on Friday, November 11 in Sioux Falls. Rev. Stivers served as the Pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran in Sioux Falls where he [...]