SOUTH DAKOTA CONFERENCE FAST FIVE ENEWS
Welcome to the South Dakota Conference Fast Five Enews page. Here is where you can find all the information to connect you with what is happening, events, news, and church updates that are taking place in the South Dakota Conference.
If you have information to share in regards to the South Dakota Conference, please email Tami Spindler or newsandevents@ucctcm.org. Be sure to include all the details…..who, what, when, where, and why. We ask that you have your items submitted by 1:00 pm on Thursdays.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
South Dakota Office and Mailing Address:
SD UCC
C/O First Congregational UCC
123 N Highland Ave
Pierre, SD 57501-2524
South Dakota Conference Phone: 605.338.8738
South Dakota Conference Deacons:
Rev. Emily Munger
Rev. Lorah Houser Jankord
The TCM Offices will be CLOSED on Friday,
July 3rd in observance of Independence Day.
God Bless America on it’s 250th Anniversary!
Contact and Share with Us
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Please send in your events, stories and church updates to newsandevents@ucctcm.org or tami@ucctcm.org by Thursdays at 1:00 PM. Be sure and to include the Who, What, When, Where and Why.
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Ways to Support the South Dakota Conference
Join us in the vibrant and transformative ministry of the South Dakota Conference. Your generosity helps us BE Church together as we live into God’s extravagant welcome and advocate for justice so that all may know love, safety, belonging and dignity.
To learn more about ways you can Support the South Dakota Conference follow the link: Ways to the Support the South Dakota Conference
If you plan to support through check or mail, please use the remittance for churches form or the remittance form for individuals. Please print and mail to the address on the left. All checks need to be payable to the South Dakota UCC.
SOUTH DAKOTA CONFERENCE
UPCOMING EVENTS AND INFORMATION
You are in the right spot if you are looking for an upcoming event taking place or information in regards to other happenings in the Iowa Conference.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
To see all the Upcoming Events in the Tri-Conference please follow the link below to the Tri-Conference Calendar.
Tri-Conference Calendar and Events
Liturgical Calendar
To see the 2026 Liturgical Calendar please follow the link below.
FEED OUR COMMUNITIES
Below you will find a link to the South Dakota Conference churches and community food bank information that has been provided so far. We will continue to update this list of information as it is provided.
South Dakota Conference Food Bank Information
If you have information to share about your churches or communities food bank, please email Tami Spindler with name of church/organization, address, primary contact name and where to send contributions.
Pastoral Openings in South Dakota Conference
We are seeking to fill pastoral openings in our South Dakota Conference area churches. If you are a pastor seeking a call, please follow the link for more information.
South Dakota Conference Pastoral Openings
Questions in regards to these church profiles or the Search and Call process, may be sent via email to searchandcall@ucctcm.org to get set up with Conference staff support
PLEASE JOIN US
The public is invited to attend an open house at the Allen Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, located at 508 Cedar Street in Yankton, on Friday, July 3, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. This event is part of the “Tour of Museums” held in conjunction with Yankton Celebrates America’s 250th. Admission is free.
The AME Church is an apt place to think about what freedom truly means in America. The structure was built in 1885 by Amos S. Lewis, a former slave. For the next 100 years, the little brick church served as a religious and social hub for Yankton’s African American community. The last living church member, local businessman Ted Blakey, transferred ownership of the chapel to the nearby United Church of Christ (Congregational) in 2002, with the understanding that his beloved church would be preserved for future generations.
Come and learn more about Yankton’s African American past and the freedoms that drew African American families to early Yankton through historic photos and displays collected by Ted Blakey and compiled by the late historian Carol Tinkey and other Yankton UCC church members.
For more information, contact the Yankton UCC church office (secretary@yanktonucc.org; 605-665-7320) or visit the “AME Allen Chapel of Yankton” Facebook page
TCM UPCOMING EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Looking for information regarding TCM (conference wide) upcoming events and information? You are in the in the right spot!
If you have a Workshop you would like to share at our Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) this year we welcome your application.
Please submit your application to Kendy Miller via email at kendy@ucctcm.org by June 22. Workshops will be selected July 8.
Thank you for offering to share your gifts with the Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences.
FROM OUR RESOURCE DEACON
In need of resources that will assist you as clergy and lay leaders or have resources that might be helpful to other clergy and lay leaders? Contact our Tri-Conference Resource Deacon, Rev. Shonda Deranleau via email or give her a call at 641-344-8948.
Boundary Awareness Training
Please find below links to several upcoming Boundary Awareness Training opportunities.
September 2026 Boundary Awareness Training: A Contemplative Approach | The Damascus Project
November 2026 Boundary Awareness Training: A Contemplative Approach | The Damascus Project
Does your church have a student who will be attending the University of Northern Iowa in the fall? Want to get them connected to a UCC-affiliated campus ministry? Go to ThreeHouse.org/refer!
ONGOING EVENTS
Contemplative Prayer Group
We meet in 6 seek sessions on Monday mornings at 9:00 am CDT. Rev. Kendy Miller, Associate Conference Minister, leads this group.
Upcoming Sessions: Our next session will begin July 13 through August 31. Please join us via Zoom, at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87185487207
For questions or more information, please contact Kendy.
Small Town and Rural (STAR) Coalition
Meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 3:00 PM CST on ZOOM. Please contact Pastor Bryce Duling (brycemduling@gmail.com or 515-451-5474) for more information.