The 61st Convention of The South Dakota District was held April 19-21, 2018 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center, Sioux Falls, SD. The convention theme was: "Behold Your God! What Help! What Hope!" based on Isaiah 40:9. The essayist/Bible study leader was Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing, Senior Pastor, St. Michael Lutheran Church, Ft. Wayne, IN. His essay/Bible study focused on Isaiah 40-55 and proclaimed the help and hope that the world has because God, in Jesus Christ, has redeemed the world from sin and death. The convention's opening Divine Worship service took place at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2200 South Western Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up
