'Hurting for hope,' South Dakota rural churches mark Advent
By STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press CANTON, South Dakota (AP) — The Nativity stable at Canton Lutheran Church will be silent this year, breaking from a community tradition of gathering for a live Christmas performance. Instead, churches in this rural corner of South Dakota are grappling with how to approach an Advent filled with quiet mourning after the coronavirus tore through the region. Church announcements