Giving

As a church family we long to see people discover Jesus, live in the full life He brings and to be a people who are actively sharing our faith with others.

You can see from all that we do, from our regular Sunday worship, to activities during the week, we strive to be people who worship Jesus, and see His Holy Spirit move in power amongst all people of all ages, and we hope that you have felt this as you have worshipped with us.

For all this to happen we need everyone - you and me - to be fully involved; to become partners in working for the Kingdom of God to be seen in Knaphill and Brookwood through not only the giving of time and talent in service but also financially. In short we give for three reasons:

1. Financial giving is part of our following of Jesus. In 2 Corinthians 9:7 it says that we give what we have decided in our hearts to give. We give back to God because we recognise His generous gift of grace in Jesus and in turn we too are generous. We recognise that he provides for our needs and in giving we our placing our financial trust in Him, and seeking for His work to happen in our local community.

2. As a church, we don not receive any external funding from the Church of England or anywhere else. This means we are self-supporting. We are dependent on the donations of those in our church family in order to cover our running costs as we seek to share Jesus with others and help each other grow in our faith in Jesus.

3. Finally, we give so we can continue the work we do in our local community and around the world, helping others to discover Jesus and to learn to live for Him.

Regular giving helps us because:

• Cash flow improves as we can claim back Gift Aid regularly throughout the year rather than waiting for the year end

• Many of our expenses are monthly – so regular giving means we can meet our liabilities as they arise instead of having dips and peaks in our income

• It allows us to plan much more effectively for what we will be able to afford in the future.

Our preferred method of giving is either the Parish Giving scheme (PGS) or by Standing Order. More on both below.

The direct debit scheme is run by Guildford Diocese on behalf of the Parish, saving us administration on claiming Gift Aid. For example, your gift is given on the 1st of the month and by the 10th of the month it is sent directly to our bank account. Gifts can be monthly, quarterly or annually if preferred. If your gift has been given with Gift Aid then we will receive the additional tax rebate by the end of the month in which the gift is given. The scheme offers the option for your payments to be increased every year in line with inflation. Find out more and sign up.

Set up a regular standing order payment to our bank account, as follows:

Name: Holy Trinity & St Saviour’s Churches

Bank Account No: 52109344

Sort Code: 40-47-08

Please use your full name as the reference. If you are a tax payer, please click here to complete a Gift aid declaration form to accompany your donation. Please note if your gift is from you and your spouse, to claim gift aid the money must clearly come from the tax payer ie if the money is coming from a joint account please state that the gift is from the tax payer. Please send this to the Treasurer.

LEGACIES & BEQUESTS

Leaving a gift in your will is a practical way of saying “Thank you” to God for all the blessings we have enjoyed during our lives. Such giving contributes to the future activities of our Church.

All gifts to charities in a will are tax-free because gifts to the Church and other charities are deducted from the value of your estate when inheritance tax (IHT) is calculated. Currently, IHT is payable on estates worth more than £325,000 at a rate of 40%. Moreover, if you leave gifts to a charity (including churches) in your will totalling 10% or more of the value of your estate, the rate of IHT you pay will be only 36%.

Inheritance tax can be complicated, and you are advised to seek specialist tax advice if your estate is large or your affairs are complex.

If you wish to give money for a specific cause – such as the building work at our churches, or to one of the special collections for our mission partners held during the year please transfer money to the account below stating the cause you wish your gift to go to:

Name: Holy Trinity & St Saviour’s Churches

Bank Account No: 52109344

Sort Code: 40-47-08

If you are a tax payer, please click here to complete a Gift aid declaration form to accompany your donation. Please send this to the Treasurer.

If you ever shop on the internet, please consider using Easyfundraising. This is a special portal that allows you to access your normal shopping website as normal but results in the company you are shopping with giving us a donation – at no cost to yourself. And there's even a special donation reminder you can download that does the hard work for you.

There are thousands of websites on Easyfundraising each with different rates of donation – for example Amazon give us 0.5% of the value of your purchase, John Lewis give 2% booking.com give us 4%. It might not seem a lot but it is in effect free money – who are we to turn it down?!