Perhaps the following line sums up where we need to be. "Give to God what is right, not what is left"

In considering the money side of our giving to the Church we need to look back at St. Paul's words — Our giving should be:

Regular: Every Sunday

Individual: each of us

Planned: must put aside

Proportional: in proportion to what has been earned.

There is no membership fee to belong to the Church of England, so each of us must decide for ourselves how much to give. As Christians we can make that decision through prayer and understanding our special relationship with God.

Giving to your Church is part of Christian Stewardship which includes giving time, talent and money for the caring management of resources, to enable the mission and ministry of the Church within God's creation.

Each of us can afford to give away some of our money. It may be the widow's mite, or a millionaire's trust fund. St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians said:

Every Sunday, each of you must put aside some money in proportion to what has been earned.

Many people try to give away 1/10th of their take-home pay in accordance with the biblical tithe. For over 15 years the General Synod has asked all members of the Church of England to aim at giving a minimum of 5p in the £(1/2Oth) of their disposable income "to and through the church". Much of the historic funds that have sustained the Church for many years came from Bequests and Trusts set up by people in their Will. The practice of making a bequest to the Church has regretfully fallen into disuse in recent years. If you are thinking about setting up a Will (its never too early to do this) or making a change to an existing Will please do consider the Parish and the wider Church.

When you pledge money to the Parish you can give using either or both of the following methods, to suit your needs.

• Monthly by Standing Order direct to our bank. 
• Weekly by using our Weekly Envelope Scheme.

If you would like to make a pledge or change your existing pledge complete a pledge form (click here to open form) or get one from Roger Banks

If you have not already signed up with us for Gift Aid form please see the details here Gift Aid.

Make a donation …

Use our secure donation button to make a donation to our funds. This services uses "PayPal" as the provider - for the moment you will need to follow a few steps to open a PayPay account if you don't have one. In the future we will be enhancing this service accept payment by debit or credit card.