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The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota’s two oldest churches — St. Paul’s, Vermillion, and Christ Episcopal, Yankton — joined together on Sunday (March 19) to become the Episcopal Community of Southeast South Dakota.
The two congregations, both founded in 1860 by Missionary Bishop William Hobart Hare, signed a Covenant Partnership, enabling both to share a full-time priest, and to work together in all aspects of congregational life.
The Covenant Partnership, a new endeavor of the Diocese, is “marked by the agreement to work together toward a common goal, which is to spread the Good News of God in Christ Jesus,” according to the partnership agreement.
The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota’s two oldest churches — St. Paul’s, Vermillion, and Christ Episcopal, Yankton — joined together on Sunday (March 19) to become the Episcopal Community of Southeast South Dakota.
The two congregations, both founded in 1860 by Missionary Bishop William Hobart Hare, signed a Covenant Partnership, enabling both to share a full-time priest, and to work together in all aspects of congregational life.
The Covenant Partnership, a new endeavor of the Diocese, is “marked by the agreement to work together toward a common goal, which is to spread the Good News of God in Christ Jesus,” according to the partnership agreement.