Estimate of Giving Form
When you estimate what you plan to give in 2025 and tell us the amount, you help us build a more accurate budget. Knowing your giving plans is vital to us in developing our ministries for the year ahead. Please fill out the form below.
To estimate your giving, you may, for instance, determine a monthly gift and multiply it by the 12 months in a year. Others base their giving on a percentage of their annual income. The traditional tithe is 10% of one’s annual income. Some give the entire tithe to the church or to multiple churches, others give 5% to the church and 5% to other non-profit organizations. Automatic Giving is a method nearly half of our donors choose.
If you already give on an annual basis, we encourage you to increase your giving by 10%. Several years of cost-cutting measures have meant that our staff compensation has stagnated. Salaries simply don’t measure up to the earnings of Island peers or the cost of living on Martha’s Vineyard. Our 2025 budget will reflect increases in staff salaries that honor their gifts and contributions.
If you have never pledged to the church before, we invite you to step into that level of commitment, at any amount you choose. Every gift, of whatever size, is significant in our ability to make a difference in the world around us.
This information will be sent to the Financial Secretary of the church and is confidential. This commitment can be changed at any time by notifying the Financial Secretary (David Fielder -- email drfisherdavid@gmail.com).