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. 

Donate Now 

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