For you and your church recurring giving can help take the worry out of summer giving! Several years ago I blogged about the importance of online giving. A former student of mine that is now a pastor read that blog and instituted online giving. Specifically he encouraged members to set their giving to be recurring automatically. I will never forget his statement to me when he said,
“Recurring giving has taken the worry out of our Monday staff meetings in the summer. We use to spend time figuring out what bill to put off as our offerings were low. Now with recurring giving our offerings have evened out and we can more easily do in summer the things we want to do!”
I counsel my client churches to use the month of May to focus upon setting up recurring giving. Here are some keys as you think about this.
The advantages of recurring giving are…
- Modern day equivalent to writing the 1st check to God.
- Evens out your giving especially in summer.
- Helps you capture gifts that would otherwise go to Mickey!
- Lowest % fee rate.
How to encourage recurring giving…
- Use the month of May to focus upon the value of recurring giving.
- Consider a direct mail letter or email encouraging recurring giving.
- Use bulletin inserts telling how easy it is to set up recurring giving.
- Use your platform to actually show people how easy it is to set up recurring giving.
- Use Social Media posts to encourage recurring giving.
Of course you need to have an online platform set up beforehand. You are in luck! My company, Charis Giving Solutions, can do that for you in about 48 hours. To find out more go to http://charisgivingsolutions.com/
To be fully funded this summer you need to make giving easy and fun and recurring giving is the easiest way to get people to give!
Mark Brooks – The Stewardship Coach
Do you need help meeting budget this summer? Are you already behind in giving and worried that your summer will not be fully funded? My manual, “The Fully Funded Summer,” will give you all the tools you need to successfully make budget this summer. I have written offering talks for every week of the summer plus sample letters and emails. Get started NOW towards putting together your plan to fully fund your summer. To get your copy go to https://thestewardshipcoach.org/store/