Here are some of the questions we receive most often. If yours isn’t answered below, please feel free to contact us.
Many of these relate to World Day of Prayer (WDP), as this is our largest program. These responses are generally adapted from the international WDP website.
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WICC distributes WDP grants up to $5,000. Application deadline: March 31, 2024. Go to wicc.org for details.
WICC is a national ecumenical organization with a mission to empower Christians to pursue justice, peace, and reconciliation by standing together in prayer and action.
Yes, all offerings of $20 or more are eligible for a tax receipt. There are several ways to give, including World Day of Prayer offering envelopes, the “Donate” button on our website, and Donate by Text at 647 953-5557. Please include your contact information so we can mail you a tax receipt. It will arrive by February of the following year. Thank you for your support!
WICC is the organizing umbrella for all World Day of Prayer (WDP) services in Canada. It is likely that you donated through your local WDP offering – thank you! We offer tax receipts for all donations of $20 or more.
Personal or group donations can be sent through WICC’s usual donation methods, including online or sending cheques to the WICC office by mail. Make sure to indicate that the donation is for the Fellowship of the Least Coin.
All personal (not group) offerings of $20 or more are eligible for a tax receipt. If you are donating by mail, please include your name, address, and contact information.
For more information about our grant programs, eligibility and how to apply, please see the “Grant Programs” section of the website.
The World Day of Prayer Grant Selection Committee includes several WICC Council members. These women meet to sort through the applications that made it through pre-screening. Their multi-day meetings involve thorough scoring rubrics and efforts to include regional and thematic diversity in the year’s funding. The projects must also align with the teaching of all partner denominations.
We review all applications as part of our grant process. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to fund each project because we receive a high volume of applications.
To maximize your chance of success, please read the How to Apply checklist carefully and make sure to submit a project that meets the criteria before the deadline. We regret that we are unable to provide detailed feedback on proposals.
USB sticks and offering envelopes will not be mailed until January 5th. Everything is sent by Canada Post, and we pay the shipping.
No! Although most people celebrate World Day of Prayer at this time, some groups organize another date, such as Saturday, so that working people and students can attend. Some groups celebrate in the spring or fall. You’re welcome to set a time for your local WDP service that works for your community.
Don’t forget to plan an alternate or rain date to account for unpredictable Canadian weather!
Please contact the WICC office with the new coordinator’s contact information. When you are completing your World Day of Prayer evaluation form, please make sure the coordinators for the current AND following year are noted. Thank you!
You can download the service and have access to all the service resources as a registered Service Coordinator on the WICC website. To start, click here: World Day of Prayer > How to Coordinate.
WICC would love it if you shared your event with us! Feel free to send photos or other media to communications@wicc.org.
If you enjoy social media, join the conversation at @wiccanada, or check out our Facebook page.
Yes! WICC recognizes that each community is unique with unique circumstances. As expressed by the international website, planning committees may adapt the service to fit their needs and interests. For example, you may wish to include meditation time, discussion groups, additional prayer requests, or different music.
Your World Day of Prayer offering makes a huge impact. Firstly, it covers editing and posting materials online and empowers us to continue running WDP across Canada. Even more importantly, these offerings support grants for projects empowering vulnerable women and children around the world. Find out more about WICC’s Grant Programs or get inspired by Grant Stories. Finally, WDP offerings also assist the work of the international World Day of Prayer committee.
No. It is the stated purpose that offerings received from the World Day of Prayer go to project grants, to the editing and posting online of materials for the World Day of Prayer for the following year and to support the work of the World Day of Prayer International Committee. By using the World Day of Prayer materials produced by the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada, at no cost to your local committee, you enter a trust relationship with WICC and the World Day of Prayer International Committee that commits you to forward the offerings received at your service to WICC.
Offering forms are included in every World Day of Prayer Coordinator’s package. They are needed for the process of sending in World Day of Prayer donations.
The prayer concerns are now available at this link under Fellowship of the Least Coin -> How to Participate.
WICC will have everything except the WDP Service Video on the Service Coordinator Resources page by November 1st. Resources include World Day of Prayer Service Video, Leaders Guide, Music, Power Point and background information about the host commitee, and lots more.
Money from FLC donations is sent to the International Committee of the Fellowship of the Least Coin to be prayerfully distributed as grant funding. Thanks for your contribution! For more information, please see Fellowship of the Least Coin -> How to Participate.
Please note that this is separate from WICC’s grant programs .
A portion of the offerings also covers the cost of running FLC in Canada.
While the World Day of Prayer is a Christian event with Christian prayers and references, anyone is welcome to attend, so long as they are comfortable with these elements.
If possible, we strongly encourage services to be in accessible venues (friendly for people with mobility, visual, auditory or other challenges). To encourage family participation, resources for children’s programming are also available to leaders.
The WDP was originally created to give women a leadership role in their communities, so we encourage women to form and/or lead a planning committee, but the service is written by women for all of us.
Thanks to you, we can bring hope to women touched by injustice.
