Lakotas to visit those who gave to reservation

A group of Cheyenne River Reservation, S.D., residents will travel to Liberty Sunday, May 23, to visit Second Baptist Church , 309 E. Franklin , and a community that partnered with them in December 2003.

In November 2003 Chris and Dana Thompson (through Project Warm Embrace) and their church family, Second Baptist Church, collected almost 2,000 comfort items from church members, Liberty residents, Franklin Elementary School students, members of the Mid-American Indian Fellowships, churches in Hamilton and Lexington and American Indian groups from Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Indiana and delivered these items to four American Indian ministers on the Cheyenne River Reservation.

From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., one of the Indian ministers, Byron Buffalo, his wife, Toni, their two daughters Tiana and Wynona and members of the Tiyospaye Gospel Group will share songs, traditional Lakota dancing and stories about life on the Cheyenne River reservation with Second Baptist Church and the community. The group will also attend and participate in the 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services at Second Baptist Church .

The Warm Embrace web site is made possible by support from our partner, CBF of Missouri .