Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Biblical, Liturgical, Traditional
The Simply Giving® Program endorsed by Thrivent Financial Bank is designed to help you conveniently make payments to a non-profit organization. Through the Simply Giving Program, your payments are made through a pre-authorized withdrawal from your bank account. You determine the frequency of your automatic payment—weekly, semi-monthly or monthly. Your payment is deposited into the organization's bank account on the same day it is withdrawn from your account.
According to the income reported in the August Treasurer's report, which is as of 8/31/10:
Holy Trinity Ministries received to date - $206,621.04 and of that, approximately 31% is from the Simply Giving.
Wider Church received to date - $2,722.00 and of that, approximately 85% is from Simply Giving.
Deficit Reduction received to date - $56,589.83 and of that, approximately 5.2% is from Simply Giving.
Simply Giving impacts Holy Trinity Ministries in a big way. With more than 300 registered members Simply Giving Families account for upwards of 30% of the giving. Yes, you to can impact in a big way with a commitment through Simply Giving.
In committing to spread the Word and witness to Gods plan the members of Holy Trinity have set up our ministry at 2086 Parkview Avenue.
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. 24 But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25 then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. 26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice.
Deuteronomy 14:22-29 (New International Version)
We support these efforts through the generous contributions of
the members of Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
God has given to the families of Holy Trinity abundantly and
in return His generosity is recognized through the giving of a tithe
back to His Church.
In God’s Word He has even provided instruction on how to deal
with the “mobile” church, one that finds it members traveling about
and often away from home for long stretches of time.
In looking at the solution today we offer up Simply Giving as
that vehicle. Simply
Giving allows you to uphold our responsibility to the Church
through automated giving.
Holy Trinit has partnered with Vanco Services to bring Simply Giving to the families of Holy Trinity.
It is a convenient, safe, and simple way for you to handle church
offerings through electronic fund transfers directly from your
checking or savings account. This automated program allows payments
to be deposited directly into Holy Trinity's account on a steady,
uninterrupted basis, providing the church with greater financial
stability, less bookkeeping, and more confidence in meeting
financial obligations. Many people already know how convenient
electronic fund transfers are in paying bills and simplifying their
records.
Church members who wish to give their offering through electronic transfer fill out a Member Enrollment and Authorization Form, indicating the amount they wish to have withdrawn and the frequency - weekly (Monday), semi-monthly (1st and 15th), or monthly (1st or 15th). They also attach a voided check or savings deposit slip. These forms may be placed in the Jehoiada Chest at a service on the second Sunday in November, turned in to the church office, mailed to the church office, or placed in the offering plate at any time. The church submits this information to Vanco Services, LLC, a Minnesota-based financial-technology services company. Member Enrollment & Authorization Forms may be picked up in the narthex (church lobby) or from our parish secretary at any time.
The church secretary and financial secretary process these forms for Holy Trinity and keep this information confidential. Vanco Services, LLC employees who process the information at their end are bonded and have signed confidentiality agreements. None of the participant information is shared with any other organization.
All Simply Giving transaction fees are paid by Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Donors pay nothing to use this service.
Yes. $5 is the minimum amount per transaction.
Only one signature is required.
You may request a supply of Simply Giving stickers from the church office. You can place one of these stickers on your offering envelope and place the empty envelope in the offering plate.
You can change the amount, the account from which it is withdrawn, and/or the frequency of withdrawal by completing a new authorization form. You request this form from the church office, fill it out, and return it. If you are changing the account, you must also attach a voided check or withdrawal slip. Within a week, your request is faxed and processed.
You may bring your completed form with the attached voided check or deposit slip to one of the worship services during Commitment Weekend, the second weekend in November. A time will be provided at each worship service to place your information in the Jehoiada chest. Or you may place your information in the offering plate at any worship service that is convenient for you. Or you may bring it or mail it to the church office at any time.
The participant's bank statement will include an itemized list of all electronic fund transfers from their account. A record of these transactions will also be provided on annual offering statements.
This information will be e-mailed or faxed to the congregation immediately after Vanco Services, LLC receives notification from the bank. The church financial secretary will contact the person to determine together how to proceed.
Electronic fund transfers are safe, reliable, and convenient. All such transfers are governed by strict national rules and guidelines set by the Automated Clearing House Network and governed by Regulation E of the Federal Reserve. More than four billion electronic fund transfers are processed annually in the United States. This process is more efficient, more secure, and less expensive than credit card transactions and more efficient and timely than check collection.
Some years ago, our Church Council and finance-people examined this program and found it to be a good one. Since then Simply Giving has been offered as a way that members could support Holy Trinity's ministries.
Our financial gifts through the Church are a response to God's abundant gifts to us. Ministries flourish at Holy Trinity because of your faithful giving in response to the gifts of God.
In gratitude for your own good fortune you must render in return some sacrifice of your life for another.
--Albert Schweitzer
The life worth living is giving for the good of others.
-- Booker T. Washington
We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.
-- Billy Graham
Gratitude is the heart's memory.
-- French Proverb
The time is always right to do what is right.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.