ELCIC Women of Faith Fund - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

The Women of Faith Fund had reached its final year and had granted funds to successful applications (please see list below). The various groups ministering expressed in the different applications, bring an amount of hope for the church’s future. The program since its establishment was able to fulfill all of the expectations, goals and objectives. As the program winds down, any residual funds will be given to The Lutheran World Federation (LWF).

CC-2021-28 That NCC approves the residual funds in the Women of Faith Fund be remitted to The Lutheran World Federation, and allocated to Gender Justice and Women’s Empowerment. CARRIED.

The ELCIC Women of Faith Fund was an annual grant program that provided grants to encourage and facilitate the Christ-centred ministry of women within the ELCIC and In Mission for Others.

This fund was established in 2011 in recognition of the “significant contribution of the women of the Evangelical Lutheran Women (ELW) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)”.

The fund came from the monies remaining after the dissolution of the ELW. Individuals or groups may make additional donations to the fund.

Grants from the ELCIC Women of Faith Fund will be available on an annual basis. Submission deadline has typically been May 1, annually. Applicants submitted their proposals to the Women of Faith Fund Advisory Committee, which was appointed by National Church Council.

Women of Faith Fund Grant Application Form

Women of Faith Fund Funding Guidelines

Women of Faith Fund Promotion Guidelines – for synod representatives’ use only

*If you are experiencing difficulty accessing the above forms, save them to your computer first, and then open.

ELCIC Women of Faith Funds Approved for 2021

Operation Gratitude, BC – $600
Hands of Hope Quilting, BC – $1000
Women of Grace, BC – $2500
Lutheran Anglican Women’s Retreat, SK – $200
Faith Sewing Group, EAST – $2000
Quilts for the Homeless, ABT – $1000
GSLC Prayer Shawls, SK – $1000
GSLC Reusable Feminine Hygiene Kits, SK – $1500
GSLC Quilters, SK – $1000
Cooking at the Shelter House, MNO – $1000
The Urban Meal Team, MNO – $1500
Women’s Retreat, ABT – $1000
Comfort Quilts During Pandemic, BC – $1000
Stitching for Hope, ABT – $1000
First Lutheran Foodbank Wednesday, MNO – $4000
Weekly Community Meal Project, BC – $3500
Wellness Workshop TEEC, MNO – $4500
Fleece Blankets for Willow Place, MNO – $3000
The Neighbourhood Table at Home, EAST – $2250
Lutheran Women Connecting, SK – $322
Miyo: Wahkotowin: Connecting Our Hearts and Communities, SK – $3500
Dignity Every Month, BC – $3784
Simple Chef, ABT – $1800
Home Worship Kits, ABT – $1800
Simple DIY, ABT – $2400
Happy Hearts Quilters at St. Paul, SK – $1000
Streams of Living Water Eastern Synod’s Women’s Retreat, EAST – $2500

*Total projects approved amount to $50,656 from an available $64,715.97.

**The Women of Faith Fund did not accept grant applications for the year of 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic.

ELCIC Women of Faith Funds Approved for 2019

Happy Hearts Quilters of St. Paul, SK – $1,000
Sewing Diapers for CLWR Baby Bundles, EAST – $500
First Nations Women’s Outreach, ABT – $3,500
Hands of Hope Quilters (Year Two), BC – $1,500
Project RED, EAST – $1,000
TLC Knotty Knitters (Year Two), BC – $300
Making Quilts & Comforters for CLWR, EAST – $500
TLC Quilters, BC – $1,000
Masibumbane Sewing Project (Year Two), BC – $1,500
Dresses for Girls, BC – $1,000
Comfort Quilts #2 (Year Two), BC – $1,000
Young Adult Dinners #2 (Year Two), BC – $2,000
Quilts (Redeemer Lutheran Ladies), MNO – $500
CLEVER (Year Two), BC – $750
Ladies United – PA day program for school-aged children, EAST – $2,000
Compassion Cultivating Training, ABT – $1,300
Sunday Lunch at the Urban Mission (Year Two), MNO – $900
Christ Lutheran Church Sewing Group, BC – $950
Transition Kits for the Homeless (Year Two), MNO – $3,500
Dirty Theology, ABT – $4,000
Lutheran Women’s Retreat, BC – $1,000
Kate’s Place Quilts (Year Two), SK – $525
Women of Grace Quilting for CLWR, BC – $2,000
VBS on the Road, BC – $6,140
Building Compassion Through Equity & Inclusion, ABT – $1,100
The Neighbourhood Table/Good Foord Market, EAST – $1,600
Dinner Church by the Lake, EAST – $3,190
Dignity Every Month, BC – $3,108

Total projects approved amount to $47,363 from an available $52,650.

ELCIC Women of Faith Funds Approved for 2018

Single Parent Family Camp, ABT – $ 4,300
Making of Quilts for CLWR & Local Charities, BC – $ 1,500
Hands of Hope Quilting, BC – $ 750
Kate’s Place Quilts, SK – $ 550
Masibumbane Sewing Project, BC – $ 1,000
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Quilting Group, BC – $ 1,500
Lutheran-Anglican Women’s Retreat 2018, SK – $ 500
Sandwiches for the Homeless, ABT – $ 1,200
Baby Bundles for CLWR, Eastern – $ 500
Comfort Quilts, BC – $ 1,000
Sunday Lunch at the Urban Mission, MNO – $ 750
Transition Kits for the Homeless, MNO – $ 2,500
Peace Lutheran Church Layettes, BC – $ 2,500
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Outreach Ministries: Quilts & Blankets, SK – $ 900
Young Adult Dinners, BC – $ 1,500
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Women’s Quilting Group, BC – $ 1,200
Joy in the Journey – Eastern Synod Women’s Retreat, Eastern – $ 4,000
Uncovering Grief Conference, ABT – $ 4,000
Quilters and Knitters for Others, BC – $ 1,200
Faith Outreach Ministry, Eastern – $ 6,000
Women’s Circle, ABT – $ 3,000
Crafting Ladies Energetically Valuing Enterprise & Relationships (CLEVER), BC – $ 700
CLWR Sewing Kits, ABT – $ 750
Trinity Lutheran Church Knotty Knitters, BC – $ 500
Organizing Justice: A Collaboration with Greater Edmonton Alliance (GEA) – $ 4,000

Total projects approved amount to $46,300 from an available $46,330.

ELCIC Women Of Faith Funds Approved For 2017

Women of St. Peter Quilters, ABT – $1,030
Quilting for Christ, ABT – $2,500
Epiphany Crockpots Meal Team, MNO – $1,000
Peace Lutheran Church Quilting Group, BC – $2,750
Quilts for Family in Need, SK – $500
Peace Luthean Women’s Layette, BC- $1,800
Marthas and Marys Ladies Quilting Group, ABT – $1,000
Ladies Day Out Conference: The Gift of Song, ABT – $1,800
Epiphany Lutheran Church Quilters, MNO – $1,000
Dresses for Girls, BC – $1,000
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Quilting Group, BC – $1,500
Trinity Lutheran Church Knotty Knitters, BC – $800
Women of Grace Quilting Project for CLWR, BC – $1,500
Faith World Sewing Goup, EAST – $1,500
Red Heart Knitters, SK Synod – $700
Teach Drumming to Allow Healing in Society, EAST – $2,500
Winter Bags for the Homeless, MNO – $3,000
GSLC Women’s Ministry Sewing Project, SK – $500
Trinity Lutheran Church Quilters, BC – $800
The Sewing Room at Zion, EAST – $1,500
GSLC Women’s Ministry Team/CLWR Reusable Sanitary Pad Project, SK – $1,800
University of Calgary Women’s Circle, ABT – $3,000
Luthean Women Quilters and Knitters for Others, BC – $1,300
Dignity Every Month, BC – $3,500
Esther Speaks Up Today, Greater Edmonton Alliance – $6,200

Total projects approved amount to $44,480 from an available $44.690.

ELCIC Women Of Faith Funds Approved For 2016

Faith World Relief Sewing Group, EAST – $1,000
Community Outreach Supper, SK – $1,000
Happy Hearts Quilters, SK – $1,200
Single Family Camp, ABT – $475
Prayers in the Park, ABT – $3,000
Marthas and Marys Ladies Group, ABT – $1,000
Quilting for Charity, ABT – $500
Women’s Circle and Cooking Classes, MNO – $5,000
St. Paul’s Quilts and Kits Group, ABT – $500
Quilts to Go, EAST – $750
Red Heart Knitters – Gravelbourg Prayer Shawl Ministry, SK – $500
Christ Lutheran Church Quilting, SK – 300
ASL/American Sign Language, MNO – $325
Carry-On Sewing!, ABT – 750
Women Helping Women, ABT – $1,500
Outreach to Support Single Parents, ABT – $4,000
Women of St. Peter Quilters, ABT – $600
Prayer Shawl Ministry Emmanuel Community Church, ABT – $363
H.U.G.S. – Helping Us Grow Spiritually – A Retreat for All Women, EAST – $2,000
Empowering New Canadian Women, ABT – $2,200
Quilts for Families in Need (Ranch Ehrlo), SK – $250
Peer Partnership Program, ABT – $3,000
Epiphany Lutheran Church Quilters, MNO – 625
Good Samaritan Mountainview Home Harp Therapy Program, ABT – $1,000
“Human Beings – Not for Sale” Study Gathering, SK – $2,600
Refuge, MNO – $5,000
East West Community Outreach, EAST – $2,000
BC Clergy Women Retreat, BC – $1,200

Total projects approved amount to $42,638 from an available $42,670.

ELCIC Women Of Faith Funds Approved For 2015

Cozy Quilts for Comfort, SK – $1,500
Prayer Shawl Ministry, SK – $1,500
Mustard Seed Family Support, BC – $9,800
Happy Hearts Quilters, SK – $2,000
Lutheran Women’s Retreat & Spring Connection – SK – $1,500
Women of Grace Quilting Group, BC – $2,000
Adopt a Room – Hope House Loft Retreat Area, MNO – $2,000
Peer Partner Programme, ABT – $3,000
If You Plant A Seed – Putting An Idea Into Action, Eastern – $5,000
East-West Community Outreach, Eastern – $7,690
Women in Leadership – Cameroon Companions, MNO – $5,000

Total projects approved amount to $40,990 from an available $40,990.

ELCIC Women Of Faith Funds Approved For 2014

Happy Hearts Quilters, SK – $2,000
M&M’s Comfort Quilts, ABT – $2,000
Cozy Quilts for Comfort, SK – $1,500
Lutheran Women’s Retreat & Spring Connection – SK – $1,500
LAMP Vacation Bible School, MB – $3,408
Hinton Harp Therapy, ABT – $3,000
Fundraising Dinner for the North Point Douglas Women’s Centre, MB – $1,000
Eastern Synod Women’s Gathering 2015 – $10,000
East-West Community Outreach (Eastern Synod) – $10,000

Total projects approved amount to $34,408 from an available $39,132.46.

ELCIC Women Of Faith Funds Approved For 2013

Lutheran Urban Ministry’s Freedom to Change, MB: $1,700
Whalley Women’s Drop-in, Surrey, BC: $3,000
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church’s DivorceCare4Kids, SK: $975
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church’s Cozy Quilts for Comfort, SK: $1,300
Ascension Lutheran Community Kitchen, BC: $10,000
Scholarship/Bursary for Women in “Christian Studies & Global Citizenship program at WLS (Eastern Synod): $12,000
Women in Leadership – Cameroon Companions to Canada (MNO Synod): $5,000

Lutheran Women’s Retreat & Spring Connection, SK: $1,837
Churchill Vacation Bible School, Churchill, MB: $2,100

Total projects approved amount to $37,912 from an available $37,912.02.

ELCIC Women Of Faith Funds Approved In 2012

MNO Synod 2012 Women in Leadership Trip to Cameroon: $5,000
Eastern Synod Women’s Ministry Gathering 2013: $10,000
Community Ministry workshops in Kitchener, ON: $4,350
LAMP Vacation Bible School, Churchill, MB: $2,742
Saskatchewan Lutheran Women’s Retreat, Regina, SK: $2,000
Hinton Hart Therapy Project, Grace Hinton, AB: $5,000
Bridging Distance, Resurrection Orleans, ON: $1,000

Total projects approved amount to $30,092 from an available $37,310.13.

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Contributions to the ELCIC Women of Faith Fund can be made by sending a cheque payable to the ELCIC (please indicate ELCIC Women of Faith Fund in the memo portion) to: ELCIC, 600-177 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 0W5. You may also donate online.