Gifts and Donations
Gifts from parishioners are the primary means by which the church receives the financial resources to carry out our mission.
Your commitment helps the community of Holy Cross to keep our commitments to celebrate the sacraments, to educate, and to rise to the occasion of meeting increased needs locally and in the world around us, being a Light in the darkness and making God's kingdom present in our world.
Donations can take a variety of forms depending on their purpose and the church's needs.
Warner Memorial Garden
When a church member dies, the church often receives donations in the memory of that member. The disposition of these accumulated gifts is a sensitive matter that is determined by the church and members of the bereaved family.
The church keeps current a list of possible projects for the family's consideration. These options are intended to make possible a comforting and appropriate use of the received gifts consistent with the life of the deceased member and the wishes of the survivors.
Planned Giving
This type of giving can take a variety of forms. The simplest and best known is a bequest to the church in the donor's will. Other forms include Life Insurance, Charitable Gift Annuities and Undisbursed Retirement Assets.
As part of sound financial planning, all parishioners are encouraged to have a will. Holy Cross s hopes that its members will consider contributing to the ongoing Christian mission of the church in their passing, just as they have during their lives.
Holy Cross Episcopal Church can be named as beneficiary on insurance policies or as a recipient of undisbursed retirement assets. The church can also be a partner in a Charitable Gift Annuity wherein the donor receives regular income during his or her life from the principal, with any remaining principal left to the church upon the donor's death.
These and other planned giving arrangements can have substantial tax benefits for the donor and the donor's estate. Those who wish to include Holy Cross in their will, or to contribute through other types of planned giving, are urged to contact the Senior Warden, either directly or through their attorney, to ensure that their wishes are clear and that the details of an eventual legal transfer of estate assets are properly arranged.
eGiving
Benefits for you
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Give from anywhere using a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
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No need to find a check or stop by the ATM.
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Use your Checking / Savings Account or your Debit / Credit Card.
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Schedule gifts to occur automatically.
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Contribute to one or more funds whenever you choose.
Benefits Holy Cross
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Decreases the need for manual record keeping by vestry members and volunteer staff
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Improves accuracy in recording donations received (untouched by human hands!)
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Reduces potential for error and fraud
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Enables those that do not use a check book to contribute
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Accommodates spontaneous giving
eGiving through Realm:
Realm, our online church community, offers new and easy ways to support our ministries. Whether you want to set up a recurring gift or make a one-time gift, or split your donation between different funds, Realm makes it safe and secure to give online. We invite you to browse through the following guidelines to learn how to use giving in Realm. We hope you take advantage of this convenience.
If you already have a Realm account, online giving may be accessed as follows:
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Visit Onrealm.org
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User-id
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Password
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Select “Giving” from the menu on the left
Your Giving page will now appear showing your contributions for the year.
To set up a gift, click +Give button.
Enter an amount:
In the box under the amount, click the down arrow next to ‘Pledge General Budget Fund’ to select which fund you wish to support. Other funds included in addition to Pledge General Budget Fund are:
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Non-Pledge
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Memorials & Special Gifts
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Discretionary Fund Gifts
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Other
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Vittles & Vineyards
You may use the “Memo” field to further specify your gift.
Select a Frequency (as in a one-time donation or a recurring donation).
Specify the date you wish your gift to be processed or in the case of a recurring gift the start date.
Click Continue to proceed to the payment page:
Payment:
Enter your payment information. You can schedule gifts to be automatically processed from an account of your choice (credit card, debit card, checking account, savings account) by clicking the down arrow to the right of the box labelled account type.
After entering all required payment information, click Continue at the bottom of the page.
An email confirmation of your eGift will be sent from Realm to the email address provided. Please contact finance@hcew.org if you do not receive a confirmation email immediately.
Create a Realm Account
To set up your Realm account:
Send a request to finance@hcew.org to set up your Realm account.
Click the link in the email invite you receive and enter the information requested.
Follow the instructions above to schedule your online payment (beginning at the top of this page with “Your giving page …..).
Please contact finance@hcew.org if you have any questions.