The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota

February 2, 2026 FAITH IN ACTION: LOVE WITHOUT LIMITS First Quarter Congregational Survey Report We’d like to thank each leader who took the time to comple...

[Episcopal News Service 1/23/2026] Episcopal clergy and lay leaders are among the hundreds of people of faith from across the United States who have traveled to Minneapolis, Minne...

Pastoral Letter from the Bishop A Year Later Dear South Dakota Synod, Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. About a year ago, I wrote a letter that I knew wo...

Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church: Like Jesus, we live in frightening times. His earthly ministry began, as we heard in today’s Gospel reading , when John the Bapt...

May God's grace and peace be with you. Attached, please find a pastoral statement that I am publishing in response to the shooting death of Mr. Alex Pretti. Bishop Folts Pastoral ...

Dear Ones in Christ, December 22, 2025 Every year on Christmas ...

BISHOP’S STATEMENT TO THE DIOCESE ILLEGAL RACIAL PROFILING Feast of the Presentation / February 2, 2025 Last week, a priest in our diocese was unlawfully racially profi...

BISHOP FOLTS’ STATEMENT TO THE CHURCH January 22, 2025 The command to “Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God” (Micah 6:8) and the words of Jesus, “Blessed are t...

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Today, September 30th, is the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools in the United States and Canada -- it is a day that we are being asked to remember the harm c...

BISHOP’S EASTER MESSAGE 2024 May the peace of the risen Christ, whose resurrection we will all soon celebrate, be with you, your loved ones, and your congregations! Kim join...

Bishop's Christmas Message (PDF)

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry issued a statement on Nov. 7 decrying the reported killing of 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza so far by the Israeli military i...

August 15, 2023 Dear Members of the Diocese of South Dakota, May the grace and peace of Jesus Christ rest upon each one of you. I write to invite you to join me in ...

Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023 Dear Fellow Believers in the Risen Jesus, Alleluia! Christ is risen! By this time, I trust that you all – snow notwithstanding – have atte...

December 23, 2022 Dear Fellow Christians in the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota, As the days of the hopeful and expectant Advent season begin to fade, and ...

BISHOP’S STATEMENT ON NIOBRARA CROSSES NOVEMBER 22, 2022 The Itanchan of the Niobrara Council has informed me that a policy change regarding the distribution of...

Originally published April 23, 2021 Dear Fellow Missionaries in the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota: Last Tuesday afternoon, The Rev. Canon Dr. Lauren Stanley and I ...