11/7/13 Retired Pastor Dennis Bossman has received a kidney and liver transplant at Aurora Saint Lukes Medical Center in Milwaukee and is doing well. Both transplants are responding well and [...]
We are a church that believes God is calling us into the world – together. Thousands of ELCA members and congregations know the joy of supporting a longer-term missionary or Young Adult in Global [...]
Pastor Don Reiffenberger’s sister-in-law, Susan Reiffenberger (age 60), died at Mayo last Tuesday morning. Her funeral was held on Monday, November 18, at 11:00 AM at St. Francis of Assisi [...]
Next Tuesday, five travelers from South Dakota will be visiting our Companion Synod in Cameroon. Bishop David Zellmer, Rev. Bill Tesch, Rev. Natanael Lizarazo, Rev. Jess Daum, and Rev. Trisha [...]
New Mobile Website and Web App: The South Dakota Synod website now boasts a new mobile friendly website and web app! Simply go to www.sdsynod.org on your mobile phone and add the page to your [...]
The Conference of Bishops met this October at the ELCA Churchwide Office in Chicago. Click here for a report on discussions and decisions adapted with permission by Bishop Ray Tiemann of the [...]
The Need An early October snowstorm hit the Black Hills of South Dakota dumping feet of snow taking out trees, power, roads, and tens of thousands of livestock. It is believed that 5 percent of [...]
The Lutheran Church in Nicaragua is gearing up for its annual retreat for 100 of its youth in January, 2014. Our brothers and sisters have asked the South Dakota Synod to help fund this important [...]
The new edition of the Model Constitution for Congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America contains changes adopted by the 2013 Churchwide Assembly. It is consistent with the [...]