Mona Hansen, the wife of Rev. Dennis Hansen, passed away on October 25, 2015 in Sioux Falls. Her funeral service will be held at 10:30 am on Thursday, October 29 at St. John American Lutheran [...]
Retired Pastor Noble Kile, 92, of Scotland, SD passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at the Scotland Good Samaritan. Pastor Kile served Buffalo, SD (1952-1957); Wibeaux, Montana (1957-1960); [...]
The final 2016 Compensation and Guidelines as approved by the 2015 South Dakota Synod Assembly are now available for download online. These guidelines are effective January 1, 2016.
Retired Pastor Alden Henry Hovda, 92, of Sioux Falls, passed away, Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the Sanford Hospice. Pastor Hovda served First Lutheran in Volga, SD and Lake Campbell [...]
Ben and Kristen Eisele welcomed newborn daughter, Evelyn Mae Eisele, into the world Monday, September 21st. All are well! Thanks be to God! Ben is a senior seminary student and Kristen [...]
The ELCA is celebrating a significant milestone in reaching a five-year goal of raising $15 million for the ELCA Malaria Campaign. Since the start of the campaign, ELCA members and others have [...]
Fires continue to burn in California, and it has been confirmed that a number of members of Mountain Ranch Lutheran, Faith Lutheran (Murphys) and Galilee Lutheran (Kelseyville) have lost their [...]
While on a recent vacation the car in which Pastor Lisa Heffernan was a passenger was struck from behind, totaling the vehicle and injuring her and her friend, Sharon Dinsmore. Please keep Pastor [...]
As part of our Companion Synod Relationship with the Lutheran Church of Faith & Hope of Nicaragua, the opportunity for a pastor of our South Dakota Synod to travel and teach for a week in [...]
The dedicated day of service for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday was last Sunday. Many congregations across the South Dakota Synod celebrated and rolled up their sleeves in [...]
