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e - Giving
An Opportunity for you to share in Living out the Mission and Ministries of Church of the Nativity
e - Giving is an electronic giving program which allows your contributions to be transferred electronically from your personal debit card, credit card (Visa, Master Card, American Express), checking, or savings account to the specific church accounts through a secure site. On the first page you provide transaction information and click next at the bottom of the page to go to page 2 which focuses on payment type information. When the transaction is complete, you will receive a transaction confirmation. The transaction receipt provides you a record of the transaction for your personal recordkeeping of donations. Note: your donation is not necessarily totally tax deductible, tax deductibility is based on whether you are receiving a benefit or service for what you are making the donation for. Refer to tax law as to whether your donation is tax deductible.
Prior to making a donation/registration transaction: Have your savings account or checking account number and routing number (unique to the bank you use) available. For Debit/Credit cards, have your card on hand to enter account information and expiration date.
Provided below is information on each type of transaction supported by e - Giving:
Annual Pledge - Restricted Fund Donation
- LOV-E Fund Bequest - Designated Memorial - Vacation Bible School - Adult Retreats
Annual Pledge
The church seeks pledge commitments for the operation of the mission and ministry of the church on a calendar year basis. A pledge can be made at any point during the year for the remainder of the current calendar year. You can enter your pledge, originate a new pledge, using e-Giving and your pledge will be withdrawn from your debit card, personal checking, or savings account electronically either in a one time gift, weekly, or monthly basis.
In case of an increase or decrease in your income, your pledge can be adjusted accordingly by calling the Pledge Treasurer at the Church office. To adjust your pledge, please do so in writing, or call the Pledge Treasurer at the church office. Please do not use e-Giving to update your existing pledge.
Restricted Fund Donation
We use a Restricted Fund checking account to manage funds coming into the ministries of the church. There are nine sub-funds which we keep a log of monies coming in for ministry initiatives and needs. Monies are then expensed from this account for specific ministry events and needs. These sub accounts track our Restricted Fund ministries:
They are: Follower, Reaching, Teaching, Worship, Celebration, Caring, Administrative, Miscellaneous, and Youth.
A ministry leader will tell you typically what fund you should contribute to for a particular activity. For electronic donations coming in – please indicate what sub fund you are donating to in the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ field, just below your address information. This helps the church staff in ledgering the donations coming in and identifying what specific fund the donation/registration is to be allocated to.
LOV-E Fund Bequest
Church of the Nativity welcomes bequests and memorial gifts as a powerful witness. These gifts keep on giving – Eternally to the mission of the Church. We have set up a mission restricted fund, the LOV-E fund to project our our mission and ministries eternally. The principal in the LOV-E fund is protected. The LOV-E fund dividends flow into three sub funds: Reach, Teach, and Capital Improvements. The sub funds principal and interest is available to the vestry to support ministry needs focused on Reach and Teach (evangelism and discipleship) as well as much needed capital improvements (unexpected expenses like the leaky roof, organ repair) that are not typically budgeted in the operating budget You can make a donation to the LOV-E fund, or any or all of the three sub funds. Please use the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ field to make absolutely clear to the church office what fund you are contributing to. Make separate electronic contributions if you want to make a bequest to multiple funds and use the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ field to allocate the unique donation, so mention “LOV-E fund” or “Reach subfund”,”Teach subfund”, or “Capital Improvements sub fund”. For more information on the LOV-E fund, look at the church web site on Stewardship and click on Legacy Stewardship.
Designated Memorial
You can make specific one time memorial contributions to the church to honor someone or witness your faith using E-Giving. The Designated memorial is a donation to the church for a specific need the church has. Call the church office and speak to the Rector to identify a need for the memorial to support. These contributions will be earmarked by the ministry they serve and will be allocated specifically as you request for a need of the church in a particular ministry area. In the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ field make it clear what your contribution is going toward and what ministry area.
In support of the electronic donation, also it would be helpful to call the church and let them know you are making a memorial contribution and executing the donation on-line. Please make known the designation of the memorial contribution in the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ field. Also use the ‘Optional’ field at the bottom of the form. Here you can designate in whose memory the contribution is being made to. There also is a field in the e-Giving form where you can enter an acknowledgement address so that the church will send out an acknowledgement to the next of kin you want to notify of the memorial contribution. Designated memorials can be earmarked for the Follower Ministries, Reaching Ministries, Teaching Ministries, Worship Ministries, Caring Ministries, Youth Ministries, or Miscellaneous Ministries and specific needs these ministries
If you want to make a general donation to the church in memorial, without specifying a ministry or purpose for the donation, indicate in the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ that it is an “Undesignated Memorial”. Fill in the amount of the donation in the Designated Memorial field. That will leave it up to the Rector and vestry to decide how to utilize the donation for the mission and ministry of the church.
Vacation Bible School
Currently we are accepting registration fees for Vacation Bible School on-line. You can electronically send monies from your debit card, checking or savings account to pay for Vacation Bible School here and enter the specific registration amount. You must indicate the Purpose of the Registration in the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ field of the form, just below the address. Specify ‘Vacation Bible School’ in this purpose field. Follow up with the ministry leader as well as a backup that you have made an electronic payment.
Adult Retreats
Currently we are accepting registration fees for Quiet Day Retreats, Women’s Retreats, Men’s Retreats, etc.. You can electronically send monies from your debit/credit card, checking or savings account to pay for Adult Retreats here and enter the specific registration amount. You must indicate the Purpose of the Registration in the ‘Donation/Registration Purpose’ field of the form, just below the address. Specify the type of Retreat the payment is for, i.e. Quiet Day Retreat, Men’s Retreat, Women’s Retreat in this purpose field and date of activity x/yy/zz. Follow up with the ministry leader as well as a backup that you have made an electronic payment.
To make an online offering now, click the box below to access our secure giving page, e – Giving!
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