Pledging Instructions
It is very easy to make a generous commitment to support St.
Andrew's by making an annual pledge. There are three easy
steps.
1) Write down the amount of your annual income:
It doesn't matter whether you use before-tax income or
after; you decide. If you don't know how much your annual
income will be, make a guess. Perhaps start with last year's
income. Don't worry too much about this number. If your
circumstances change, you can always adjust the amount of
your pledge -- down or up!
2) Pick a percentage:
Are you new to the idea of proportional giving? Try using
the national average of 2.6%. Or if you have been giving for
a while, take last year's percentage and try adding 1% to
it. Or just pick some other percentage that suits you. You
may want to tithe, that is, to give a tenth of what you have
received from God back to God. One-tenth! Ten percent! The
Bible sets the bar very high - maybe too high for most of us
to think about at first.
3) Multiply:
This is your pledge for the year. How do you feel about this
number? Is it in proportion to the importance of God in your
life? Is it in proportion to the importance of St. Andrew's
in your life? How is it in proportion to the other ways you
spend money?
Now you are ready to fill out a pledge card:
To start, please download the
pledge card.
This file is in PDF format, which requires the freely available Adobe Reader in order to view. To download Adobe Reader, please click here.
Then print it out, and mail the completed form to St. Andrew's at:
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
232 Durham Rd.
Madison, CT 06443-2451
Thank you for being a generous member of St. Andrew's.