Posted on 06/06/2016 6:56:20 AM PDT by Salvation
**I contribute to the parish through the “Faith Direct,” program which automatically withdraws my offering from my bank account each month.**
Another program is “We Share” used by my parish.
PayPal takes money out of your donation before it gets to the church. Do not use it.
Monsignor Pope Ping!
They will never tell, but have to wonder how the “Peter’s Pence” collection which is money raised from parishioners for the support of the Pope, did this year.
Yes - be sure to pay your tax to the IRS.
Years ago in a sermon about giving, the pastor said “just open your checkbook and look at your last 20 checks. That’s where your heart is.” HaHa Now the church is about the only place I still write a paper check.
Young people do a lot of things I don’t like! I use cash!
yeah, it’s 2016. Wouldn’t even be crazy to get a church app to donate to :)
My most generous moments are usually at home on the couch watch the tube. (not tube anymore)
They might get MORE money this way
A cashless society is evil evil evil and the work of the devil
Anybody remember the old song “SIGNS” from the 1970s? The closing line was “Thank you, Lord, for thinking about me. I’m alive and doin’ fine!”
I predict that in the future this part of the mass, the offering basket WILL go away.
This is more or less a generation thing as well. The older generations which more likely than not do not have a computer still do the putting into the basket.
Even for myself I am taking a closer look at giving online and by the fall most likely doing it.
Why?
I declined the electronic method and opted to give everything when the basket gets passed around.
Strange as it may sound, but doing it that way you ‘feel’ the sacrifice more than it simply being taken out of the bank account.
But for a suggestion I would say have the people who give electronically still bring the envelop with a preprinted verification the money was already paid. This way something goes into the basket, an i it gives them an opportunity to add to it if they want.
My husband writes the check and puts it in the basket. He is well aware that he could do this electronically, but says it is better for him spiritually to look at what he is giving and make the decision to give.
We recently set up and automatic payment to our church’s account.
No more checks.
Like someone previously posted I am down to about 5 checks a month, and none of them out of the home. I quit carrying my check book years ago.
I wonder about where the bible says bring it to the store house, not mail it in or send it by some one else or such.
Like another poster said I feel the giving when I physically put my tithe/ donation in the basket.
It’s a heart thing for me, not just an obedience “I gave”.
Modern conveniences can dull our senses and our heart in matters.
God wants my heart not so much my money.
The collection plate will still be around for those who want to donate anonymously.
Megachurches don’t take paper anyway. They demand electronic monthly debits direct from checking accounts.
My church went to electronic giving years ago. The offering plates rarely have more than a few dollars in them.
“Basket embarrassment” could be headed off by having a slotted lock box by the door which everybody would use at their convenience.
Or, the associated prayer could ask for blessings on the gift and the giver as well as those who cannot give or who have given or will give in a different manner, to ease “basket embarrassment.”
The point, of course as a wascally evangelical, to me is to offer the gift unto the Lord for a benevolent use. And what your neighbor thinks shouldn’t be permitted to become an issue. I think people might be encouraged to be more generous if they realized it was really God, and not their neighbor at all, they were seeking to please.
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