The Reverend Sally Ralston was raised in the Big Hole Valley, attending Fishtrap Elementary School through eighth grade, then graduating from Anaconda High School in 1966. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Montana State University in 1972 and went on to teach in the Anaconda School System from 1973 until her retirement in 1999. During a Sabbatical break from 1988-89 she received her Master’s Degree in Education with a minor in Counseling.

The Presbytery of Yellowstone asked if she would be willing to serve on the Ministry Committee, and during that service she became interested in doing pulpit supply for churches in the surrounding area (Church of the Big Hole, 1st Presbyterian in Anaconda, and the Granite County Parish.) In 2005, after receiving encouragement from those churches, she moved  to Chicago to attend McCormick Theological Seminary, graduating with a Master of Divinity in May of 2008.

After her Ordination in 2010, she answered a call from the Granite County Parish in Philipsburg, Drummond and Hall. She served there from August 1, 2010, until July 31, 2018. From then until the present she has done Pulpit Supply for Hope Lutheran and 1st Presbyterian in Anaconda, the Church of the Big Hole and the Granite County Parish.

She currently serves on the Board of St Timothy’s Chapel as the member minister.