Giving Draws Us Closer to God

When you invest in what matters to God you strengthen your relationship with Him.

Giving Grows Our Character

Giving helps us to better reflect the virtues of God. He has given us everything — not even withholding his own Son Jesus! God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.

Giving Expresses Love for People

Our giving makes it possible for people to hear the Good News of God’s love for them. It also helps us provide, through our Ministry and Missions, critical care to the poor and those in need.

Planned

Growing in generosity means being intentional about our giving. Planning our giving means that we intentionally set aside money from our budget to give away. An efficient way to plan our giving is to give electronically.

Progressive

Our goal over time is to increase the percentage of our income that we give away. As God blesses us financially, we recognize that we have been blessed to be a blessing.

Percentage

In planning our gifts, we pick a percentage to give away, keeping in mind the biblical standard of the tithe or giving ten percent back to God. Identify a percentage of your income to give away.



Pray

Bring your giving to God in prayer. Discern what this gift could mean to the community, as well as your own faith life.

Priority

Making giving a priority means giving it first place in our budgets. Growing in generosity requires that we don’t give leftovers. We give our “first fruits” back to God.