United Parish of Elkton

05/13/2026

The date is getting close and we are getting excited… As always, we have a great variety of things that you just cannot live without… So mark the calendar… We hope to see you several times every day… It’s a fun relaxed atmosphere and you don’t want to miss it 

05/10/2026

Today was another busy day of worship and recognition at the United Parish Church… it was award Sunday for our Sunday school kids, Sawyer Bauman got her first Bible… When our Sunday school kids go into third grade they do receive their own Bible… And then we honored our six seniors that will be graduating this year…

05/06/2026

Today was a senior luncheon at our church for the 34 2026 graduates Of Elkton high school… We have six from our church graduating also… This tradition has been going on since at least 1935… The kids all enjoyed a meal of various styles of taco and taco salad that they could help themselves to and then an ice cream bar with three different types of brownies and two kinds of ice cream, creams, and toppings… I hope they’re all enjoyed themselves . Special thanks to Pastor Daren for crawling under the tables and standing on a chair to get a good picture of the class. 

04/24/2026

Congratulations to Taylor White for being named South Dakota Traffic Safety Officer of the Year … Taylor is the son of Janii White and the grandson of Shirley Hegerfeld… We are proud of you Taylor .

04/23/2026

Tail Boersma broke a 30 plus year old record for the discus and then a week later he broke his own record. "A new school record for the Discus has been set!" Yesterday, at the Brace-Hopfinger Relays in Volga, Tait Boersma smashed the record of 153' 10" he set just last week by throwing 159'6." Congrats, Tait!

04/08/2026

04/05/2026

We had a really nice crowd at early worship this morning to enjoy the message brought from the youth group… They always do such a wonderful job… Christ has risen and the Cross has bloomed . The youth group and parents served delicious cinnamon rolls and breakfast pizza… Many thanks to Tammy Crofutt for being a leader of this great group of kids…  and thanks to Josh for his great baking skills.

04/04/2026

Easter worship service for Sunday, April 5th, 2026.

8am... Early worship service led by the youth group.
9-10 am Rolls and coffee served by the youth group
10 am...Regular worship service.

04/03/2026

Just a friendly reminder that the Elkton United Parish congregation will join Lake Benton United Methodist Church in Lake Benton for Good Friday services starting at 7 PM at the Lake Benton UMC . Everyone welcome . 

04/01/2026

There will be NO UPW meeting tonight ( April 1st,2026) It was a business meeting only but it has been cancelled.

03/26/2026

In my kindergarten to second grade release time class we have been talking about the Easter story and making different crafts… Today we talked about comparing how a butterfly emerges out of a cocoon that looks dead, but the butterfly is so beautiful and we related that to Jesus coming off the cross and leaving the tomb and making the world a better place for us and more beautiful… and it was a beautiful day so we spent about the last 15 minutes outside…