Peace Lutheran Church
An Inspiration for Today. A Foundation for Tomorrow.
Giving Options for Today's Members
New -
Electronic Giving Program
Traditional - Envelope Program
A New Way to Give
Our church has embraced a giving option that may be more convenient
for many of our members - Electronic Giving. This giving
option works in the same manner as mortgages, loans payments, or
insurance premiums that are automatically withdrawn from your
checking or savings account. To sign up for this giving option and
have your donations transferred electronically to the church account
on a regular basis, please fill out an authorization form and return
it to the church office. You choose the donation frequency (weekly
or monthly) and the donation amount for each fund you wish to
support.
Important Benefits of Electronic Giving
Electronic Giving makes life easier for you and yields very
significant benefits for our church.
Benefits for You:
- The satisfaction of giving to God first
- Easier to fulfill stewardship commitments
- Strengthens participation and support in the church
- Allows you to contribute even when you're away
- Easier personal budgeting- More secure than bringing cash or
checks to church
Benefits for our Church:
- Cultivates consistent giving
- More predictable cash flow for better planning
- Less work for office staff and volunteers
- Secure and easy cash maintenance
Traditional Choices Remain
All registered members will continue to receive envelopes, including
envelopes for special collections for a variety of needs.
Collections will be taken each week as usual. If you do not
currently use envelopes, please consider participating in either our
envelope program or the Electronic Giving program. Our church needs
your consistent support.
Contributions Made Easy
Save time, simplify your life, and support our parish! We're keeping
up with the times by offering our parishioners a new way to help our
ministry. Our new Electronic Giving program is an automated program
that will allow you to make contributions without having to lift a
pen to write a check or reach into your wallet for cash!
Here Is How It Works:
You authorize a specified amount of money to be electronically
transferred directly from your checking or savings account to the
parish account. You also specify the frequency of the transfer.
It is fast, safe, and easy! In fact, it is less risky than checks,
as it cannot be lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the rate of accuracy
is high. The electronic transfer will cost you NOTHING and you save
the cost of the check. The parish will issue you a donation
statement for your tax records, and your bank statements will
provide you with a record of transfer as additional proof of your
contributions. Donations via electronic transfer can be made to our
general fund or our building fund.
Of course you can cancel your authorization of transfer at any time
by notifying us in writing. But we believe that once you have
enjoyed the convenience and savings of this new program, you won't
want to go back to the "old-fashioned" way of contributing to your
church!
If you would like more information or would like an authorization form, contact Kathy in the church office at 479-636-2140 or click on the link below.
http://www.thrivent.com/fraternal/churchcommunity/pdf/Individual_Enrollment_Form.pdf