“Women’s League Day” Name Change, Date, Website.

 

Dear Sisters,

 

We pray this message finds you well. We are excited to share a significant update regarding our Women’s League. After careful consideration and acknowledging the changes in our league over the years, we have decided to embrace a new chapter by changing our name from "Women’s League" to "Sisters in the Word". This change reflects our commitment to the broader sense of community among us as sisters in Christ. We believe "Sisters in the Word" better captures the spirit of our shared Reformed values and the meaningful connections we aim to foster as we focus on God's Word together. Unlike “the League”, which has changed considerably (no more membership dues, ILPB, magazines, etc), the new name expresses that all Reformed women are welcome to join the conference, even if they are not currently a member of a study society. We understand this name change may not be something everyone is enthusiastic about, especially since it’s been called ‘League Day’ for 60 years! Our hope is that this name change reflects that we are all “Sisters in the Word” who will continue to meet together to promote unity, study, and fellowship, and will not change the essence of our day of study. 

 

Fall Date Change: Traditionally the fall “League Day” was held on the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving. For the last number of years this date has conflicted with the “Eastern Ministerial” retreat for Pastors and their wives. We have discussed this issue and will move our date by a week so we can accommodate any ministers' wives who wish to join us too! (It was definitely a topic at their last retreat!)

 

Survey Results: With the most recent survey completed by many of you, we concluded that a good majority wanted the full-day Wednesday conference in October to continue as is. However, a large number of women also indicated that they are unable to attend on Wednesdays, and so in the spirit of compromise we plan to also have a Saturday half-day morning conference each Spring after Easter! This will not replace the Fall Full-Day conference. We sincerely desire that this will put conference attendance within reach for even more of you. Thanks to everyone for your feedback! 

 

Yes, lots of new changes, but it has all been done after a lot of prayerful discernment. Your faithful involvement is vital to the continued success of our study days. We encourage you to participate in this exciting transition, check out this new website, and keep your eye out for more conference details in the future!

 

Thank you for your ongoing support, and we look forward to this new chapter as "Sisters in the Word"!

 

Warm regards, 

Trish Gelms, Joanna VanLuik, Elsa deGelder, Sylvia Nobel, Sara Kingma.