Siouxland Associational Meeting
The Siouxland Associational Meeting was held during the month of November at Connection Church, Sioux Falls, SD. The meeting was held on Saturday, Nov. 12.
James Kliewer, who is church planting resident at Connection Church Sioux Falls, attended the meeting and shared future plans to plant a church in Brookings in order to reach college students. Jonathan Land, pastor at Connection Church Sioux Falls, also attended, along with Connection Church’s director of ministries, Jaz Terzic.
Grace Baptist Church in Vermillion’s new pastor, Evan Welcher, was also present at the meeting. He was joined by Mike Lindsey of Set Free Ministry and his son David, who is now the senior pastor of Set Free Ministry.
Also from Grace Baptist in Vermillion, Steve Ford attended as moderator of the Siouxland Association. He and other officers were re-elected to continue to fill their same positions from the previous year.
Russ Grim, from Gregory, shared about the Siouxland Association’s children’s camp. This camp will take place in July 2023.
Chad McCord, CRM for Siouxland Association, shared about convention events coming in 2023. He also shared about the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering coming up in December. He encouraged each church to give generously to the LMCO and asked everyone in attendance to set church giving goals for this offering. He also shared about mission opportunities and ways to connect to IMB work in 2023. He shared about, for example, the Americas Connect program through the IMB, which helps those who are taking a mission trip for the first time be prepared to serve as effective volunteers through hands-on experience.