Boundaries Training for Clery and CREs

Boundaries Training for Clery and CREs

The Presbytery of South Dakota, through our Congregational and Pastoral Care Team, is providing free boundaries training for all pastors and CREs.  For the safety of our congregations and those who are serving them, this is a very important certification to receive on...
Veldhuisen Taking Study Leave

Veldhuisen Taking Study Leave

Notice of Study Leave The Presbytery’s Personnel Team, and with the support of Administration and Coordination, Kevin Veldhuisen has been granted a 3 month study leave which will begin March 5 and run through May 31.  During this time he will not be accessible in...
Church Development Grants

Church Development Grants

Grants for New Ministries Within Your Congregation The Church Development Fund has been established by the Presbytery of South Dakota to expand congregational ministry by supporting innovative ministry initiatives at the congregational level. The use of these funds...
Meet Brian Jones

Meet Brian Jones

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...
Meet Bob Jacobs

Meet Bob Jacobs

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...