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Share Your Time, Talent, and Treasure
“You are the Light of the World…” Matthew 5:14
God blesses our community, shining His light through us, calling us to reimagine all that is possible with His help and continue to be good stewards through:▪ Worship (Sunday, Family, Contemplative Worship, Seasonal) ▪ Music & Choir ▪ Children & Family ▪ Sunday Circle Youth Group ▪ Sunday School ▪ Kids’ Summer Series ▪ Preschool ▪ Adult Formation ▪ Fellowship ▪ Meal Warriors ▪ Food Pantry ▪ Food4Thought ▪ Hot Meals ▪ FACETS ▪ Boy Scouts ▪ Girl Scouts ▪ Prayer Ministry ▪ Partners in Christ with New Hope Baptist & Northern Virginia Church of Christ. Your generosity of time (volunteer service), talent (sharing your expertise), and treasure (offering financial gifts) allows us to do God’s work – thank you!
Help us by making an ongoing or one-time financial gift, by volunteering your time, and by sharing your experience and talent toward our work. Here’s how you can make a difference:
WAYS TO GIVE
Donate by Check or Cash
Place cash and checks in the offering plate during any worship service, or mail your check to Epiphany Episcopal Church, 3301 Hidden Meadow Drive, Oak Hill VA 20171.
Setup Recurring Gifts Through Your Bank
Set up automatic recurring payments directly from your checking or savings account at your bank. Go online, call or visit your bank to set this up.
Give Online Through Realm (Single or Recurring Gifts)
Use the button above to make a single gift or to set up recurring gifts. No need to “Sign in” and no need for a Realm account. If you need assistance, please email Keola Nosaka at finsec@EpiphanyEC.org.
Text Your Gift
Text EEC to 73256, or use the QR code below. You’ll receive a text link to a one-time, set-up page. Once your setup is complete, you will not need to go through the setup process for future gifts by text. You can make a single gift or setup recurring gifts.
Donate While You Shop
smile.amazon.com – When you shop on Amazon, use smile.amazon.com and set Epiphany Episcopal Church, Oak Hill VA as your charity (or go directly to smile.amazon.com/ch/26-0572011). Epiphany will receive 1/2% (half of 1%) of your eligible quarterly purchases. Selection and prices are identical to the normal Amazon site. If you use the Amazon Shopping app on your mobile device, make sure to go to Settings, Amazon Smile to turn on the Amazon Smile setting in your app, and set up Epiphany Episcopal Church, Oak Hill VA as your charity.
PLEDGE NOW
Submit Pledge Online Paper Pledge Form
Although you are probably already giving to Epiphany, providing your pledge to Epiphany helps us to be able to better plan and budget ahead for this year.
If this is your first time making a pledge, fear not! A pledge is simply letting us know what your planned annual financial offering is to Epiphany for God, yourself, your family, and your community. Your pledge helps Epiphany budget for the upcoming calendar year.
“Whoa! Making a financial commitment sounds scary!”
Actually, we make financial commitments all the time. Think of your monthly cell bill or Spotify Premium or Netflix subscription. It’s the same when you fill out a pledge form. You’re simply letting Epiphany know how much you’re planning to give Epiphany over the current or upcoming year, broken down by week or month. Again, the funds you pledge to give help Epiphany to plan AHEAD for the year to do our good work.
How much should I (or my family) pledge?
Some people pledge to give a modest amount each week or month, while others pledge to give a generous amount each week or month. The critical thing is to make a pledge to give joyfully – to help Epiphany have the resources needed to do ongoing work for God, you, and our community.
Here are a few thoughts:
- If you “sacrificed” by not having just one Starbucks tall latte a week, you could pledge $221 a year. “Whaaat,” you say? Let’s do the math: $4.25 per week (no latte) x 52 weeks = $221.
- You decide that this year you can live without the new mobile phone, thereby saving you $40 a month. That equals $480 a year.
- What if you decide you and your family can skip Applebee’s once a month and give the $85-a-month savings to Epiphany? There’s $1,020 a year to help our outreach programs.
Now for the “fine print” about “proportional giving” and the word, “tithe”:
In the examples above, we talk about finding or figuring out an “amount” to give. There is another way to think about giving – giving a percentage of your income (proportional giving). Taxes are a good example of this – it’s a percentage / proportion of your income.
Many people find that giving a percentage of income is the most practical way to figure out how much to give. Again, this is called “proportional giving,” because you are giving a proportion (percentage) of your income (before taxes and deductions). The Bible even has a specific category of proportional giving called a “tithe.” A tithe is 10% of your income given to God. In practice, many give less than 10% and a few give more, but 10% (tithe) is the biblical proportional giving standard.
Don’t let proportional giving scare you. Also, don’t let tithing (giving at a level of 10%) scare you away, either. Similar to the examples above, you start modestly then each year you incrementally give a little more percentage of your income.
Here is a simple example:
You work full-time and earn $10 per hour. That’s $20,800 a year in income before taxes and deductions. If you give proportionally starting at 2% of income, that’s $416 a year, about $35 a month, or $8.00 each Sunday.. Next year, maybe you get a $1 per hour raise (10%). That’s $22,800 a year. So, you decide to bump up your proportional giving to 3%, that’s $686 a year, about $57 a month, or $13 each Sunday.
The “big” idea is to make a pledge to give a percentage of your income, then grow the percentage over time.
Once you’ve arrived at a pledge amount, follow the link below to download and complete a pledge form. You can email it to our Financial Secretary or drop it in the offering plate.