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We had a great Baptist Gathering in Pierre, South Dakota at the Ramkota Inn. While we had 77 registered messengers, we had 100 to 110 in attendance during the sessions. We heard some great preaching from Mark Phillips, IMB missionary to Niger, and a two-hour presentation from John Mark Clifton concerning Revitalization and Replanting Churches. Dr. Frank Page brought an encouraging message on Thursday night dn hosted our pastor and church leaders for breakfast the next morning.
We adopted our 2018 budget which raised our Cooperative Program giving 26%. We adopted our year calendar for 2018 and set our next Baptist Gathering meeting for Sioux Falls in 2018. We adopted two resolutions: one in memory of Berna Miller and one in appreciation of June Highlan who is retiring from keeping our books for the convention. The DBC adopted revisions to the Constitution and Bylaws of the convention and recognized new pastors who have come to the Dakotas since our last Baptist Gathering.
Our Executive Director shared an outline for where the DBC is planning to go for the next 2-3 years. The outline is shared below.
Steve Ford, Jonathan Land, Ernie Nelson and Karen Holmes were re-elected president, vice president, recording secretary and assistant recording secretary respectively. The nominating committee recommended that Nick Geray and Ann-Maire Caldwell be re-elected for new terms to the Executive Board and that Scott Ristau, Dude Garrett and Jonathan Land be elected to the Board as well.
Our next Baptist Gathering will be in Sioux Falls, South Dakota October 11-12, 2018.
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This past weekend I had the honor of attending Berna Miller's Memorial Service. In the midst of remembering and celebrating her life, I noted several things about who we are as Dakota Baptists. I observed that we value the service of others. We celebrated Berna's and John's service to the Dakotas. We celebrated the friendship we had with Berna and thanked God for her selfless service.
