New Song Archives
Minister Debt Relief
Minister Debt Relief Minister Debt Relief helps ministers pay down debt — and achieve greater financial well-being — through financial planning and a grant of up to $10,000. Starting January 1, 2022, this three-year pilot program will provide up to 150 grants per...
New Lodge Groundbreaking
Creekside Cottage Groundbreaking The Creekside Cottage is the next phase of growth at the camp. The groundbreaking for this exciting addition was held in September during the Camp Commission Planning retreat. Plans are to have the construction completed and the...
Walz Scholarship
REW WALZ AND EDNA WALZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Applications are now being accepted for the 2022-23 academic year. Applicant should be planning a career in any of the following areas: Minister of the Word and Sacraments, Director of Christian Education or Music,...
Post COVID Ministry
Dubuque Seminary has crafted a post-Easter Continuing Education series of presentations and small group discussion on how our congregations may be refreshed in new forms of ministry as we emerge from COVID. You are warmly invited to participate in some or all of the...
Scholarships for Native Americans
Native American Concerns Committee (NACC) of Presbyterian Women of Synod of Lakes and Prairies (SLAP) is collecting money to establish scholarships for Native Americans. Native Americans are the one minority who have less access to scholarships to attend post...
Spiritual Wellness Pilot Program
Spiritual Wellness Practitioner Pilot Program Rev. Candace Adams is providing a spiritual wellness practitioner pilot program through a grant from the Omaha Seminary Foundation and is available to anyone interested. For more information follow this link: Spiritual...
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
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...
2020 Matching Gifts Campaign Launched
2020 Matching Gifts Campaign The Presbytery will again provide a Matching Gifts Campaign to help support 4 critical ministries within South Dakota, with a total budget of $20,000 dedicated for matching individual gifts. The presbytery will match up to $500 per...
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
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
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...
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