Category: The Center
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Volume
It is amazing how much stuff we go through each week. Feeding 60+ twice a day. Feeding 65 plus kids twice a week with food packs handed out to each kid. Coffee all day and into the evening. Laundry 7 days a week. Many many showers each day. We are visited often by UPS, FedEx…
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SNOW!
We got just a little bit of snow. Over 30″ with drifts as tall as me. I am 6′-4″. The town is shut down. The only things open are the gas station, the grocery store, and the center. We have been incredibly busy. Working with a partner we are operating the homeless shelter in town.…
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Cold night
It turned dangerously cold last night. I woke to a temperature of -2. Cold. The type of cold which can kill. The kind that can quickly cause harm, particularly to exposed skin or under dressed people. Last night we had a shelter open. Thanks to a partnership with the tribe, the ELCA, and our friend…
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Simple Things
One of the coolest things I get to do at the center is watching the reactions of the kids when they come visit for Kid’s Time. It is simple things that make them happy. And the excitement of many of them when they enter the building is fun. We work with all levels of kids.…
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Neighbors in Solidarity
The Pine Ridge Reconciliation Center is a ministry of the South Dakota Synod of the ELCA. We are one of several non-traditional ministries supported by the Synod. What are Neighbors in Solidarity? Across the South Dakota Synod, we have many specialized or supported ministries. Each of these ministries proclaims the Gospel and carries out the…
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Hope
One of the things missing in many lives in Pine Ridge is Hope. Hope is needed to see a future. Hope is what lets you hold on when things are tough. Hope is how you get through on a regular basis. At the center we try to provide hope. We do so in a wide…
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Diapers!
I made a simple post on the Pine Ridge Reconciliation Center’s FaceBook page. I mentioned that we need diapers. WOW. The response has been spectacular. The simple post has been shared 67 times and viewed by over 6500 people. And based on messages I have received; help is coming from across the country. A person…
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Love
I am sure you have heard the expression ” If you do what you love you will never work a day in your life.” I love what I do. But it is still work. I come home tired. I come home dirty. I come home frustrated. I come home excited. I leave work with a…
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Paperwork
Anyone who has been in a youth group with me knows that they were not allowed to get hurt, be dumb, get in trouble or anything that would cause me to need to do paperwork. Because: “Pastor Dan does not like paperwork.” I tend to be a big picture person. I understand concepts quicker than…
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Success!
This week alone we have 8 people leaving the shelter! All of them are taking steps to further their lives. Some are going off to rehab others are moving into their own place with jobs. When we agreed to take over the operation of the shelter the immediate goal was simple. Keep people alive. We…
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