Great Lakes District EFCA | Pastors' Wives

Jan Thompson

GLD Pastors' Wives Coordinator

Contact Jan at 630.881.7050 or jancthompson@gmail.com

Jan is the wife of the Great Lakes District Superintendent, Rick Thompson. Jan developed the GLD Pastors’ Wives team in 2015 with the goal of helping our GLD Pastors’ Wives to:

Be Connected

Be Encouraged

Be Resourced

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

2016 Gift Prayer Journal
2017 Face to Face Praying Scripture for Intimate Worship Volume 1 by Kenneth Boa. Available in iBooks as well as paperback.
2018 Rooted Woman of Valor by Jan C Thompson. Available on Amazon.
2019 Resource book Resilient Ministry by Donald Guthrie that was given at our various GLD Pastors and Wives Resilient Ministry Retreats.
2022 Resource List for the Pastor's Wife

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 Rockford EFC
2016 Pastors’ Wives and Women’s Dinner with guest speaker, Maggie Rowe on Jonathan Edward’s wife, Sarah. Held at Trinity Int. Univ.
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
2021 Bridgett Stevenson, Pastor’s wife of Rock of our Salvation EFC in Chicago, and Paulette Washington, former pastor’s wife of The Rock EFC, spoke at our Women’s Dinner
2022 Lisa Bubar, Pastor's wife of The Chapel EFC, St. Joseph, MI spoke 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
2021 Colorado at Glen Eyrie Resilient Ministry Retreat with Dr. Donald Guthrie and others
2023 Das Dutchman Essenhaus in Middlebury, IN with Dr. Nicholas Perrin and Pastor Scott Distler
2024 Oakwood Resort in Syracuse, IN with Curtis Coston - April 12-14

Archives of the GLD Pastors’ Wives Connections Emails.

Check it out for encouraging teaching and great ideas for pastors’ wives.