Be Connected
1. Quarterly connection email to
provide a short focus on each of the goals
2. Provide opportunities to connect
at our GLD annual conference, ministerial gatherings or meals.
Be Encouraged
1. Teaching to encourage
pastors’ wives in their lives and ministries
2. Scripture to pray for GLD pastor'
wives' prayer partners
Be Resourced
1. Resource books given to GLD
Pastors’ Wives
2. Seminar sessions at our Annual
GLD Conference in October for pastors’ wives and women's dinner.
- 2015 Our Spiritual Journey -seminar by Jan
Thompson and special Afternoon tea at the Rockford EFC
- 2016 Pastors’ Wives and Women’s Dinner with guest
speaker, Maggie Rowe on Jonathan Edward’s wife, Sarah. Held at Trinity
International University
- 2017 Rooted Woman of Valor seminar by Jan Thompson from
her new book by the same name. Women’s Dinner with guest speaker,
Pat Palau
- 2018 Jill Briscoe joined us for the Pastors’ Wives
Seminar and Women’s Dinner
- 2019 Becky Kompelein, EFCA
president’s wife, spoke at our Women’s Dinner
- 2020 Pastor’s wife of our Rock of
our Salvation EFC in Chicago, Bridgett Stevenson and former pastor’s wife of the Rock
EFC, Paulette Washington will speak at our Women’s Dinner
3. GLD Pastors Wives Retreats
- 2015 Chicago area Resilient Ministry Retreat with Dr.
Donald Guthrie and others
- 2018 Colorado at Glen Eyrie Resilient Ministry Retreat
with Dr. Donald Guthrie and others
- 2020 Colorado at Glen Eyrie Resilient Ministry Retreat
with Dr. Donald Guthrie and others