Oahe Chapel to host Sunday services


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2009
CONTACT: Kate Nelson, (605) 773-6005
 
Oahe Chapel to host Sunday services
 
PIERRE, S.D. –The Pierre-Fort Pierre Ministerial Association will host Sunday morning services at the historic Oahe Chapel, starting May 31 and running through Labor Day weekend.
 
Services will be held each Sunday at 8 a.m., are non-denominational, and are open to the public. The chapel is located adjacent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Visitor Center, approximately five miles north of Pierre on SD Highway 1804.   
 
Participating churches and/or ministers in the 2009 Sunday services schedule include:
 
May 31           St. Peter's Episcopal                                               
June 7             First Congregational United Church of Christ       
June 14          Oahe Presbyterian                                                   
June 21          First Congregational United Church of Christ       
June 28          Lutheran Memorial                                                   
July 12            Church of the Nazarene                                                                   
July 19            New Life Assembly of God                                                             
July 26            First United Methodist Church                                
Aug 2              Resurrection Lutheran                                             
Aug 9              Lutheran Memorial                                                   
Aug 16            First United Methodist                                             
Aug 23            Rev. Roger Easland (Retired)
Aug 30            New Life Assembly of God                                                 
Sept 6           Rev. Roger Easland (Retired)
 
The Oahe Chapel was established by Rev. Thomas L. Riggs, a Congregationalist minister, and his first wife, Cornelia Margaret “Nina” Foster, to serve as a mission to the Sioux Indians of central South Dakota. The chapel was originally located on the east bank of the Missouri River at Peoria Flats, roughly five miles upriver from its current location. It was moved to its current location in 1964 after construction of the Oahe Dam flooded the original site. The chapel is owned by the South Dakota State Historical Society and managed by the Oahe Chapel Preservation Society, which oversees its maintenance and preservation.
 
For more information on the Oahe Chapel summer services schedule or the Oahe Chapel Preservation Society, contact the State Historical Society at (605) 773-3458.
 
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The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Tourism and State Development and strives to help the state meet the goals of the 2010 Initiative by enhancing history as a tool for economic development and cultural tourism. The society is headquartered at the South DakotaCulturalHeritageCenter in Pierre. The center houses the society’s world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development offices. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit www.sdhistory.org for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call (605) 394-1936 for more information.