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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 [...]

CHICAGO (Nov. 14, 2016) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has issued the following statement on Standing Rock. Statement from [...]

The ELCA Youth Gathering team is excited to share with you the theme for the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering, “This Changes Everything.” The primary scripture will be Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you [...]

I was a Stranger In her November column in Living Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reminds us that migration has been part of the story of God’s people from the beginning. She urges us [...]

Rev. Keith Smith, solo pastor of Trinity Lutheran in Revillo and Zoar, was hospitalized at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls on Friday. Please keep Pastor Keith in your prayers during this time [...]

Rev. Bruce M. Williams, former mission developer and senior pastor of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls (1984-2009), passed away on October 25, 2016 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls [...]