name of parish A Giving Parish A Thriving

[name of parish] A Giving Parish

A Thriving Parish • • • Pastoral Care Regular Ministry Youth Work Clubs and Societies Fellowship

Thank You • • • Total number of regular givers x Total amount of regular giving x Average weekly gift x Average gift as % of earnings x% Compared to a national average of 2%

So why do we need to talk about money? Lets go back to. . . 2000

Some Essentials 2000 2010 Increase ? %

Even more essential! 2010 2000 £ £ Increase % %

Our Church expenses have changed too! 2000 2009 Increase £xxx ? % so has our giving! 2000 2009 Increase £xxx ? %

Our Expenditure in 2009 Weekly £ x Church Housekeeping Parish Share x Our Giving x Total x

Our Income in 2009 Planned Giving/Tax Weekly £ x Collections x Church Fees x Donations/Fund Raising etc x Total x

To Summarise Weekly Expenditure 2009 £x Weekly Income 2009 £x Shortfall £x £x per week

Our Giving for God • We are already an active church • We don’t want to stand still • [insert vision/mission here – extracts from the parish plan] Money is not a means to an end, it is a tool to enable our faith to flourish

Did you know that. . . v x people contribute x% of the total income v x people give regularly through planned giving v x% of givers (x people) contribute £x per week or less v If everyone gave through planned giving we could claim a further x in gift aid

Galatians 6: 2 “Carry each others burdens and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ ”

Where do we go from here? v Over the next few days read the information think and pray about what you have heard today v Complete the Response Form and bring it to our special. . .

Thanksgiving Service on Sunday xxth [month] when we shall be giving thanks for people’s commitment to the future well-being of [name of parish].

A Closing Thought Christ has no body now on earth but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which must look out Christ’s compassion on the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he blesses now. St Teresa of Avila