
February 3, 2025
In this most recent segment of "Missional Miles," we travel to St. Paul's in Brookings, South Dakota. There, we celebrated the baptism of a seven-week-old baby, and Lynn Hublou an...

January 31, 2025
In this most recently published segment of Missional Miles , we visit the annual Winter Talk Conference held this year at St. Crispin's Conference Center in the Episcopal Dioces...

January 14, 2025
In this "Missional Miles "segment, we head to Mitchell, where Bishop Jonathan joins Pastor Wayne at New Home Lutheran and St. Mary's Episcopal Church. As part of this visit, Bisho...

December 19, 2024
On Sunday, December 15, Bishop Jonathan traveled to St. Mary's and Our Blessed Redeemer Episcopal Church in Flandreau. Watch the video to learn more about this congregation, and...

December 17, 2024
Bishop Jonathan travels to the Rosebud Episcopal Mission for a weekend visit . In this segment, the Rev. Annie Henninger shares her thoughts about where she finds God's joy on R...

November 25, 2024
On November 23-24th, I had the pleasure of visiting the Santee Yankton Episcopal Mission. Click on the video for an overview of the highlights of this visit, followed by an excell...

November 18, 2024
On Sunday, November 17, I had the pleasure of joining the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church congregation in Sioux Falls for a confirmation and Eucharistic service, followed by an abu...
October 28, 2024
I had an opportunity to sit down with the Revs. Ellen and Kurt Huber for a conversation that we recorded. In it, you will hear a bit about where they are seeing and...

October 27, 2024
Today, Kim and I enjoyed a wonderful time being at and helping with this year's Fall Family Festival at Cheyenne River Episcopal Mission (CREM)! There were pumpkins to decorate, p...

April 4, 2024
On Easter Sunday, Bishop Folts visited St. Matthew's, Rapid City, where seven new members were baptized and where one person renewed her Baptismal Covenant! Like other congregatio...

March 30, 2024
On Maundy Thursday, Bishop Folts, Deacon Garwood, and Sandy Magnavito helped to lead the service at St. Andrew's, Rapid City. The service included a very moving foot-washing cerem...

March 24, 2024
Despite a very snowy morning, the congregation of St. Andrew's, Rapid City, gathered together for a beautiful Palm Sunday service! Although a few voices were voicing concern about...

March 21, 2024
On Sunday, March 17, the Rev. Michelle Dayton was installed as the new Superintending Presbyter of the Pine Ridge Episcopal Mission. This special service took place at St. Michael...

March 19, 2024
On Saturday, March 17, the congregation of Gethsemane, Wanblee, gathered for worship and asked the Holy Spirit to confirm Sherie as the newest Episcopalian in South Dakota! A wond...

October 31, 2023
Photo: Lauren Stanley, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota are grieving the destruction of a historic church, w...

September 1, 2023
Bishop Jonathan was in the Diocese of West Texas on Saturday, August 26 th , as the second presenter at their annual World Mission Symposium. His topic was “Maintaining Healthy Mi...

August 31, 2023
On Sunday, August 20 th , I had the honor of spending time with the Rev. Larry Ort, his wife, Judy, and the good people of St. Paul’s in Brookings! At the service that morning, th...

August 23, 2023
On Saturday, August 19th, Bishop Jonathan joined the congregations of Christ Church, Milbank, Trinity, Watertown, and other guests at Brown Earth Church in Stockholm. These two ch...

August 13, 2023
This weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting three churches in the Mni Sose Mission Cluster. As the Cluster has been without a priest since the Rev. David Hussey's retirement, the...

July 24, 2023
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