
October Evangelism Newsletter
This month we continue exploring our Episcopal Evangelism challenge for 2022:
Creating authentic communities of friends within our churches to live out our baptismal promises and the church's mission—to restore and be restored in unity with God and each other, in Christ.


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From Church Publishing, All editions of the Book of Common Prayer, now available!


If you go to our website we have a link to Church Publishing's website, where you are able to place an order.
A cost-effective subscription that gives your parishioners the convenience of having appointed Scripture readings, psalms, collects, and refrains for Sundays and Holy Days organized on single sheets of paper.
Program features:
Convenient subscription service ordering
Easy-to-read format (14-point font)
Appropriately sized for easy insertion in service bulletins (8.5" x 11")
Four mailings per year, each incorporating the Holy Days within that quarter
Offered in packs of 25
Readings are from the Revised Common Lectionary, Episcopal Edition
Two track options from which to choose for the season after Pentecost
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Abbot Warren Shoberg Celebrates 40 Years of Ordained Ministry!
On September 29, at 5:30 PM, Abbot Warren Shoberg, at the altar of Calvary Cathedral, Sioux Falls, will give thanks to Almighty God for 40 years as a priest. The Benedictine Community asks for your presence and prayers. Dinner will follow the service in the Cathedral Commons. If you are able to attend, it would assist us in our planning by emailing wshoberg@sio.midco.net or calling 605.310.0665. Clergy are invited to vest in white stoles.


Thunderhead Episcopal Center Needs New Mattresses!
The Board of Thunderhead Episcopal Center is launching a fundraiser from now through Diocesan Convention to help provide seventy new mattresses to replace the old ones. (The cost of each mattress is approximately $120.00.)
So to raise those funds….
We’ve had to make a quick change of plans!
Due to the massive number of gallons of water required by a dunk tank, and due to our needing to be good stewards of natural resources, especially during a drought...
We’re going to use three Gatorade coolers, all dumped at the same time!
They are still Dunk Candidates, though!
And they are:
The Rev Cody Maynus, Canon for Formation
Mitch Honan, Canon for Finance and Property
The Rev. Lydia Simmons, Missioner for Camp and Young Adult Ministries
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Jonathan Folts, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota
The Rev. Dr. Lauren R. Stanley, Canon to the Ordinary
Simply donate and vote for your favorite dunk candidate (noted above)!
One Dollar = One Vote. You can vote in person at Diocesan Convention at the Thunderhead Booth, AND you can vote online using this link — https://gofund.me/3227e7a4.
The “winner” will be dunked on September 24th at Diocesan Convention by the runner-up. Again, all funds raised will be used to support TEC in the purchase of new mattresses!
Thank you in advance for your support!
If you cannot attend the Diocesan Convention, this event will be live-streamed on the Diocesan’s Facebook page and/or the Diocese’s YouTube Channel.

138TH DIOCESAN CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 23-24
"I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY"
