Regular giving is so important as it enables us to support our work and plan for the future. We would encourage every member of our church family to give, as part of the responsibility and privilege of belonging. We seek to be a generous church, giving away 10% of our donated income to support partner missions around our town, the UK and around the world.
Supporting St Matthew’s Financially
We know God as a generous Father, and seek to respond generously in our service and stewardship. This includes generous provision of time and money, prayer and worshipful service.
We believe God calls us all to contribute to the ministry and mission of the church. We encourage all who see St. Matthews as their spiritual home to consider prayerfully their response to God’s love through their service, devotion and giving.
Giving is a private thing between the giver and God, and we do not presume to set expectations of giving on anyone. However, we would encourage those who want to support us to:
- Give regularly. However little, if we receive your gifts on a regular basis we can predict our income and thus plan for our mission and ministry with confidence. We know that this is not always possible for those with irregular incomes.
- Give proportionally. Give in a manner that honours how God blesses you.
Gift Aid
If you are a UK tax payer, we can claim gift aid on your giving. This adds an extra 25% to your gift. For us to benefit you need to compete a Gift Aid Declaration and return it to Liudmyla, our finance administrator who is based in the parish office. St. Matthew’s is a registered charity, and our charity number is 1129487.
Five ways to give
Via the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS)
This is a direct-debit system which enables you to give automatically on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis (we would ask that those who can give on a monthly basis as this allows budgeting and maintains our cashflow throughout the year). See our Parish Giving Scheme page for more information.
Through Standing Order
This enables you to make a regular donation of a fixed amount. Please download a form or pick up one from church.
Through the Sunday offering
You can give using cash, cheques or charitable You can give using cash, our contactless card reader, cheques or charitable giving vouchers. The giving plate is available at the back of church at the beginning of the service and for a few minutes after the service. If it is helpful for you, we can provide envelopes for you to put your regular donations in before placing them on the plate. This allows us to track giving to allow tax to be claimed back if we have your permission, and also allows you to give without those in church seeing your gift.
Electronic transfer
Our details are: Bank account name: St Matthews PCC Ipswich. Sort Code: 40-52-40 Account Number: 00015885
Using our online form
You can make a 1-off donation using a debit card (no credit cards) using our secure online form.
For all finance matters or more information please contact Liudmyla (Finance) or Andrew (Treasurer) through the parish office.
