WELCA (Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America)

Question…. What is WELCA? It’s an easy way to say Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Quite a mouthful, we know. Our organization includes Lutheran women who gather in more than 7,000 locations in the U.S. and the Caribbean, for service, study, advocacy, fellowship and more! WELCA embraces all kinds of ministries that support our mission of mobilizing women to act boldly on their faith in Jesus Christ. There is a place for you in Women of the ELCA.

All women who are members of United Lutheran Church are members of WELCA. Our organization is a member of the Grafton Cluster of the Eastern North Dakota Synod/WELCA.

The United Lutheran Church women of the ELCA are dedicated to serving others while gathering in Christian fellowship to make quilts, decorate the church for special events and donate to local and world wide non-profit organizations.

Our group is active in planning for ways to reach out in missions and to the people from our community.

The quilters have put together about 130 quilts, with most of them to go to Lutheran World Relief in May. Community fund raisers, social services and others in need are also recipients of these beautiful quilts.

Thanks to all of the women of our church who volunteer within the community and more.