The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota

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...

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...

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...

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During the weekend of June 16-18, I had the privilege, honor, and blessing to visit four Pine Ridge Episcopal Mission congregations: Gethsemane, Wanblee; Mediator, Kyle; St. Kathe...

From noon on Wednesday, June 14th, through lunchtime on Thursday, June 15th, Bishop Jonathan visited the middle-school campers at Thunderhead Episcopal Center. This session of cam...

From June 6-11, Bishop Folts visited our partner diocese, the Diocese of West Texas, on a speaking tour about our ministry in the nine reservations in the Diocese of South Dakota....

Update: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to receive ongoing monitoring and pause travel for June . Following a recent hospital stay that detected internal bleeding ...

On Sunday, June 4th, I had the blessing of joining the Rev. Daryl Schubert at New Home Lutheran Church for an 8:30 AM service and at St. Mary's Episcopal Church for a 10:30 servic...

Monday, May 29th -- Memorial Day -- was a stunningly beautiful and spectacular day. And it was on this day that many people traveled to Christ Episcopal Church, Red Shirt Table, f...

On Pentecost Sunday, May 28th, the Niobrara Convocation Planning Committee and the Niobrara Council Officers met at Holy Comforter, Lower Brule, to put final touches on next month...

With some of the crew arriving in the afternoon of Thursday, May 25th, the annual Thunderhead Episcopal Center Work Weekend of 2023 began! On Friday, the Rev. Lydia Simmons, armed...

On the Tuesday, May 23rd, Brother Mark-Romauld was installed by Bishop Folts as the new Prior of Our Lady of Walsingham, the Benedictine Community that meets at Calvary Cathedral...

This last weekend, I was in the Sisseton Episcopal Mission that is wonderfully served by the Rev. Charley Chan (Superintending Presbyter), the Rev. Conrad Ciesel, the Rev. Bitsey ...

Last weekend (May 13-14), I had the blessing of spending time with the Rev. Annie Henninger, Superintending Presbyter of Rosebud Mission East! On Saturday, we held a service at Ca...

It is now easier and more efficient to make financial donations to the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota and its programs, congregations, and missions. On the Diocesan website ...

On Sunday, November 13th, I had the joy of being with the good folks at Church of the Good Shepherd in Sioux Falls! This congregation is led very aptly by the Rev. Dr. Christina O...

On Sunday, November 20th, I had the pleasure of worshiping and being with the congregation of Church Church, Lead, located in the Black Hills of our state. Just the day before, Ch...

At 3:00 in the afternoon, on Sunday, November 13th, I made my annual visit to Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Sioux Falls. Holy Apostles is our Sudanese congregation and is led ...

On the afternoon of November 6th, I joined the Revs. Kurt and Ellen Huber, Superintending Presbyters of Cheyenne River Episcopal Mission (CREM), at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in ...