ENCOURAGING GENEROSITY Diocese of Winchester Jan 2016

£ per tax-efficient planned giver per week CONTEXT

IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE PLAYING UPHILL

FOCUSED ON THE MONEY

FOUR KEY TASKS

WHERE IS OUR FOCUS? Raising the money we need to resource mission and ministry Developing holistically generous discipleship

 Single most important thing to resource mission and ministry.  Fantastic start:  Continued focus to encourage next phase of donors to join  Will becomes the norm for how we give to church  Transforms giving to support church. THE PARISH GIVING SCHEME

BEYOND THE COLLECTION PLATE?  Embrace the range of income streams for churches  Read it and share it around the finance committee and PCC  Maybe tackle one chapter or idea per meeting?  Don’t try to do everything at once! 8

FRIENDS GROUPS More potential here for increasing income Potential for Friends of the church’s ministry not just fabric Vulnerability: the significant role of the chair and committee Constitution models to protect the PCC 9

DIGITAL GIVING  Text Giving promises more than it delivers  But can allow us to develop a good digital ask  Mobile payments and mobile giving  Will be the future  May suit Fresh Expressions  Website giving page 10

GIFT AID AND GASDS  Gift Aid worth £80million in 2013  GASDS worth £12-£15 million  Support others locally  Checklist  Revisit the promotion of Gift Aid 11

 A different form of stewardship  Values driven, and value seeking  Default option for parishes. PARISH BUYING

 Generosity Agenda  Living Generously – in all aspects  Preach and Teach to nurture generous disciples  Offering to God, rather than giving to church  Having generosity as a value – seen by others in how we operate as a church. BEYOND THE MONEY

 Faithraising not fundraising  Wider than giving to the Church and beyond  Holistic generosity  As part of discipleship  Culturally generous living IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN THE MONEY

ITS EASY TO MISCOMMUNICATE

3 CHALLENGES 1. What the offering communicates

CHURCH GIVING Why pass a bag or plate around during a service?

 Collection of offerings  Offering of ourselves in worship using money as a proxy. TWO REASONS Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor 9:7 And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.. 2 Cor 8:5

 Collection of offerings  for many giving is at unrealistic levels  Giving is often static  Encourages cash mindset – giving mixed messages.  Unannounced, and little explanation as to why it’s happening COLLECTION OF OFFERINGS Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor 9:7

 Often more a ‘collection’ than an ‘offering’  Little sense of money being a proxy  Weekly routine can dull sense of offering.  Offering of ourselves in worship using money as a proxy. OFFERING OF OURSELVES And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.. 2 Cor 8:5

REIMAGINING THE OFFERTORY

2.  Getting good corporate practice as a church.  Demonstrating and living shared values.  Consistency together and apart. CORPORATE PRACTICE

LEADERS AS TRAVELLERS Our journey of generosity Our personal stewardship Our personal giving Each affect our walk as leaders

3. Proportionate Giving & Generosity THREE CHALLENGES

Under £10k £10k to £20k £20k to £40k Over £40k Quintile 1 (Top)5%16%38%34% 212%29%31%13% 3 (Middle)16%29%26%13% 428%22%17%10% 5 (Bottom)28%23%17%9% Average Respondent18%24%26%16% Household income PROPORTIONATE GIVING

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION