My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » Offering in the plate versus direct debit. (Page 2) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2    Source: (consider it) Thread: Offering in the plate versus direct debit. Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                          Well, however people are giving it, it seems to be working.... https://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2015/07/almost-%C2%A31billion-sets-new-record-for-church-of-england-parish- giving.aspx#.VbuDeqmIlLR.twitter -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Stercus Tauri Shipmate # 16668 Posted                        All this talk of blessing the cash makes me wonder: should we be blessing the givings or the givers? Or is the giver already blessed through his/her action? -------------------- Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal) Posts: 905 | From: On the traditional lands of the Six Nations. | Registered: Sep 2011  |  IP: Logged The Intrepid Mrs S Shipmate # 17002 Posted                        We have always given through the bank account, so that we save on trying to find cash on a Sunday morning or writing endless cheques, and so that the church knows what to expect. Now, however, as non-tax-payers, it seems the church would be better off if we gave cash (no bigger than a £20 note, mind!) as they can claim Gift Aid on cash donations up to a certain level. Who knew? (not me, obviously!) Mrs. S, always eager to spread good news -------------------- Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny. Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort 'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!' Posts: 1464 | From: Neither here nor there | Registered: Mar 2012  |  IP: Logged Pages in this thread: 1  2    Printer-friendly view Go to: Select a board: Category: Ship's business -------------------- The Styx Category: Community discussion -------------------- Heaven Purgatory Hell All Saints Category: Special interest discussion -------------------- Ecclesiantics Kerygmania The Circus Dead Horses The Eighth Day Category: Ship's Locker -------------------- Glory Limbo Category: Things we did -------------------- Nativity Play Auctions The Laugh Judgment The Da Vinci Code Chapter & Worse Contact us | Ship of Fools | Privacy statement © Ship of Fools 2016 UBB.classicTM 6.5.0