Giving
Under the Parish Giving Scheme you can donate to St Margaret's both regularly and also as a one-off.
Click the button here to go to the Parish Giving website and find out more.
At St Margaret’s, we believe that we should not store up treasures on earth which don’t last, but treasures in heaven.
‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also’
Matthew 6.19-21
Our regular income
Currently our average monthly income amounts to some £9,600, a shortfall that is eating in to our reserves. Congregational giving is vital to the life and growth of any church, but especially important in the upkeep of a historic building.
We would love you to join us in this, to give what you feel called to give. We ask all regular tax paying givers to ‘Gift Aid’ their offering as the Government will then return to the Church a tax refund increasing your giving by 25%.
How you can help - three ways
1 Online - regular or one-off
You can also make your donation online via the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), either as a one-off or regular gift. Gift Aid is added automatically where applicable. Just follow this link or click the button below:
2 Parish Giving Scheme
Make your gifts through our Parish Giving Scheme which allows you to make a regular payment from your bank account, with Gift Aid added automatically.
Please contact our Planned Giving Coordinator, Roy Boud, to arrange the best option to suit your circumstances - tugglesplat@gmail.com
3 Legacy
We also welcome legacy income. This extra source of income is a vital way of helping towards the inevitable additional expenditure that arises in maintaining the fabric of our historic Church and Churchyard.
The big picture
‘All things come from you, O Lord, and of your own do we give you’
1 Chronicles 29.14
Like many churches in the UK, St Margaret’s faces an ongoing challenge to raise the necessary funds to allow it to minister to the community in Warnham.
Our normal expenditure averages out at some £10,300 per month. This sustains the ministry we aim to provide within the whole of the Parish of Warnham. We also have a beautiful, historic building to maintain and we face significant expenses as we address essential renovation work to the Church building.
Clearly there are costs in running any church community whether it is administration, clergy support, staffing, worship materials or equipment. What we really want to do is to extend the kingdom of God through discipleship and mission but in doing so we need to be able to meet our costs.