by caitlin | Feb 19, 2020 | Call Seekers, Meet the Pastor, New Song
1. Tell us about yourself and your ministry setting. Miller is a town of about 1500, and is county seat in a county with twice that population. First Presbyterian Church was the first church in Hand County, and was established in 1882. We have just under 200...
by caitlin | Feb 19, 2020 | Call Seekers, Meet the Pastor, New Song
1. Tell us about yourself and your ministry setting. My family and I moved to South Dakota from Raleigh, North Carolina in 2007. We were praying for a calling in which we would be within a day’s drive of my aging parents in Minnesota. But we also knew, from living...
by Kevin Veldhuisen | Oct 22, 2019 | Meet the Pastor, New Song
Meet Pastor Jerry Tell us a little about yourself: My family, the Bertelson’s, have lived in the southeast South Dakota area since the late 1880s. My roots run deep in the area and I’m grateful for the opportunity to return ‘home.’ I was born in Sioux Falls and grew...
by Kevin Veldhuisen | Sep 27, 2019 | Meet the Pastor, New Song
Meet Pastor David Pastor David Cook is the new pastor at the United Churches of Hot Springs. He was kind enough to answer a few questions for us so that we can all get to know him better. Check out his responses and please do take the time to reach out to him and his...
by Kevin Veldhuisen | Aug 21, 2019 | Meet the Pastor, New Song
Rev. Paul Henschen is the new pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Sturgis. Check out his answers to our questions to get to know him a little and be sure to reach out and extend him a warm welcome! Tell us a little about yourself. I was born in Atlanta, but grew up...
by Kevin Veldhuisen | Apr 17, 2019 | Meet the Pastor, New Song
Some of you might remember me from a long, long, long, long time ago. I’m the one you might say was “spinning my wheels.” I was born and raised in the Sioux Falls area, beginning on a farm in Hartford. When I first met you, I became a candidate for ministry in 2007,...
