No matter which donation method you use, you will be asked to select a payment method, start date, frequency, and contribution amount. On the date(s) scheduled, donation will be processed and deposited into the church bank account.

Your contribution will be processed each month on the date(s) you authorize.

It is safer than writing checks or carrying cash to church. Secure donation services are provided by Breeze Church Management. Breeze processes electronic donations for thousands of churches and nonprofit organizations.

You can still display a symbolic act of giving by doing one or the following:

• Write “I give electronically” on the outside of an envelope and place it in the offering plate.
• Contact the church office to request a “I gave electronically” card to drop in the offering plate.

You can cancel or suspend donations by notifying the church.

Simply text $(Amount) to 618-477-8465. For example text "$50" to give $50.

You will receive immediate confirmation via text that your donation was received. After a text donation has been processed, it appears on your credit card or bank statement.

Text donations are electronically deposited into the church bank account within 2 to 4 business days for debit and credit card transactions.

No, but normal text messaging fees from their cell phone carriers may apply.

We support donations via debit and credit cards.

Yes. You can text “Repeat” after they’ve made a donation to make it recurring. You can also text “Schedule” to set up a recurring donation.

An excerpt from the United Methodist Guidelines on Stewardship: Steward referred to the servant responsible for purchasing supplies, overseeing the other hired hands, keeping the books and administering the operation of the household. Literally, steward means manager of the household. More than once, Jesus told a story that began, There was a steward who... We are all stewards of God’s household, which first is the whole of creation, not just money. Humankind were placed in the midst of God’s good creation and given the role to represent God as the true owner of the whole of creation. This is the background and foundation for all stewardship action, whether we administer our own household, the church, the community, the nation or the world. There are ecological, economic, and geopolitical implications to God’s call to be stewards of all that God has created. Stewardship starts with one’s relationship to God. The good steward is one whose actions are in alignment with God (the Creator and owner of all that the steward manages).

Individuals as stewards:

We are called to be stewards within our families.

We are stewards of the gifts, talents and abilities that God has given us within the church and the community.

We are stewards of time.

None of us can escape being a steward of God’s possessions.

We model stewardship through our actions and attitudes, by serving and giving.

Church as Steward:

The congregation is a steward in the way it celebrates joy and weeps with those who go through times of sorrow.

A congregation is a steward when it organizes a neighborhood cleanup campaign.

The church is a steward when it unlocks its doors during the week and invites the entire community to come in for prayer and meditation.

A congregation is a steward when it faithfully and effectively gives witness to the Gospel.

A congregation is a faithful steward when its business meetings support healthy organizational life.

The congregation is a steward in the ways it makes use of its properties.

The word, "tithe" means “tenth or 10%”. A tithe is the first 10% of your income. An offering is anything you give above and beyond the 10%.

WHY DO WE TITHE?

In Deuteronomy 14:23 TLB we read that the purpose of tithing is to teach us to always put God first in our lives. Tithing is a reminder that God is the supplier of everything we have. It is an act of worship and sacrifice that we bring before our Father. In Malachi 3:10 (NLT), God says this: "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."

In so doing, we are reminded that He is the owner of all that we have, and we are only managers. When we look at money and possessions that way, we inevitably look at every other aspect of our life the same way. Each of us sees himself or herself as the person in charge. We begin to think of God as our servant, there to help us from time to time when we call upon Him. Rather, we should see ourselves as God’s servants, ready always to do His will. That is why we call Him Lord, meaning “ruler,” “owner,” “sovereign,” “king.”

This is why giving to God is so important. It reminds us of who He is, who we are, and what our relationship should be to the things He has allowed us to manage in His name.