Get Involved
We have a variety of ministries operating and events taking place at St. Francis.
- This Week's Notices and Announcements
- Youth Groups
- Legacy Fund
- Testament of a Naked Man
- Vacation Bible Club
- Men's Breakfasts
- Youth Guatemala Mission
Upcoming Events
- Ash Wednesday supper and service. Wednesday 22nd February, 6pm
- Crosstalk: presented by the churches of West Vancouver throughout Lent. Begins February 29th at West Vancouver Baptist Church
- Meet our new Associate Priest, Rev. Janice Mount Lowell!
- Read our Winter 2011 newsletter!
Legacy Fund
The St. Francis-in-the-Wood Legacy Fund has been in operation since 1995. It is so named because it seeks to manage gifts that have come through a Will. The Fund encourages Living Gift giving too, which also becomes a 'legacy' of donation over an extended period of time.
It is directed specifically to give its distributable funds to "those in need in British Columbia, including the disadvantaged youth, the elderly, the homeless and those suffering from substance addictions."
The Legacy Fund Trustees ensure that donor's gifts are invested in such a way that gifts 'keep on giving' over a fifteen-year period by means of guaranteed annuities. Trustees direct the funds appropriately, or channel particular funds according to the designation of the donor.
This Fund represents one of the aspects of the outreach life of the Church of St. Francis-in-the-Wood. For more information on the Legacy Fund, including information on how to make a gift, explore our brochure below.
Over the past fifteen years, organisations which have received gifts from the Legacy Fund have included:
Covenant House, Vancouver
For "The Rites of Passage" program
St. James Community Service Society
Towards the North Shore Safe House
North Shore Arrowsmith Society, Lions Bay
To fund bursaries for students attending a program dealing with learning disabilities
Greater Vancouver Wheelchair Sports Society
To enable disabled youth to compete in tournaments in BC and the US
Camp Artaban Society, North Vancouver
Camperships and leadership training
North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre, North Vancouver
For the Young Stroke Survivor's Program
North Shore Hospice, North Vancouver
Towards the construction of the North Shore Hospice
Camp Kerry, North Vancouver
Endowment fund to enable bereaved children to attend camp
Medicare for Autism Now, West Vancouver
Towards production of the film Medicare's Orphans, about the fight to get healthcare for Canada's children with autism
North Shore Family Services
Education Bursary for Transition House Program, North Vancouver
'Honouring Our Commitment' Program, Diocese of New Westminster
Adoptive Families Association of BC, Burnaby
St. James Music Academy, East Vancouver
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