Church of the Resurrection has always been an active parish – alive with ministries, programs, and events. To celebrate and encourage involvement, we created Crescendo – a program that invites parishioners to give of their time, talent, and treasure.

We coined the term “Lifegivings” for the treasure portion of Crescendo. Lifegivings is an ongoing initiative to financially support our parish – specifically to reduce our debt, increase our offertory, and finish the bell tower. To remain the vibrant parish that we are, we must come together to support our financial needs.

• Learn about the two components to the Lifegivings initiative
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• Lifegivings Pledge Suggestions

 

If you are interested in making a one time pledge* (debt reduction or bell tower only) electronically via credit card, please follow the safe and simple steps.

1. Download and print the pledge card
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2. Fill out the pledge card completely, indicating your area(s) of commitment (debt reduction and/or bell tower)
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3. Mail the completed pledge card to the Church or drop it in the collection basket at Mass.
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4. The Church is partnering with PayPal to accept one time online donations. If you are contributing to multiple areas (debt reduction and bell tower), please add these amounts together when you are filling out the form on PayPal. PayPal will charge the Church a 2.9% fee per transaction.
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5. Please click on the PayPal Donate icon below to complete your electronic donation.
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* You can use PayPal as often as you like, but it does not have a payment plan option. If you are interested in a payment plan for your pledge, this can be coordinated through electronic funds transfer (EFT). Please indicate you are interested in electronic funds transfer on your pledge card and someone from the Church will follow up with you.

Please contact me about
a Lifegivings pledge!

View our Recent
Lifegivings E-Newsletters

January 4, 2008

January 11, 2008

January 16, 2006		  

There are two components to the Lifegivings initiative:

  1. Balancing the Budget
    Our annual operating shortfall starting next fiscal year will be approximately $200,000. This includes the monthly
    payments on a $3,100,000 mortgage to the Diocese at an interest rate of 4.5%. Lifegivings Gifts will help reduce
    our deficit in two different ways:

    Debt Reduction – Our Ongoing Obligation
    In 2001, The Church of the Resurrection began its first initiative to build our current home. The total cost of the
    project was $8.9 million. Through the generosity and commitment of our parishioners the total amount raised
    was $5.8 million. We financed the remaining $3.1 million with a loan. The Diocese has requested we re-pay this
    amount, which is needed for less fortunate parishes in the Diocese. We will also be able to look at future projects
    for our parish once our debt is eliminated. In a survey conducted by the Diocese this year, we received an
    overwhelming response that debt reduction was a top priority for parishioners.

    Offertory – Our Weekly Obligation
    To maintain our current ministries and to balance our budget, we need parishioners to increase their weekly
    offertory giving. The increase equates to $4,000 per week. The weekly offertory collection supports the
    day-to-day operating expenses of the parish, including:
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      • Religious education
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    • Maintaining our facilities
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    • Parish staff salaries and benefits
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    • Liturgy (music, candles, etc.)

    To help balance the budget, increases in operating expenses have been limited to 1.2% during 2007-2008, which
    is less than the annual rate of inflation. The goal of the offertory campaign is to increase our annual offertory
    collections by the $200,000 needed to balance our operating budget.

  2. Finishing the Bell Tower
    The parish-wide survey also affirmed the parish priority to complete the Church by finishing the colonnade
    and bell tower.
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Lifegivings Pledge Suggestions
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  1. Balancing the Budget – Debt Reduction and Offertory
    Please join us by making a Lifegivings Gift that will help balance our parish’s budget through a pledge to reduce our principal debt. To the left are Suggested Lifegivings Gift Plans to review. Please choose the one that is right for you and your family. Gifts of stocks or other appreciated assets are also welcome.

    We also ask that you please join us by making a Lifegivings pledge to increase your existing weekly offertory. For those who have not given on a regular basis before, please join us by pledging $10 or more per week.

    More than 350 parishioners make their weekly offertory donations electronically via their credit card, checking account, or savings account. Please consider an electronic giving method so we can help save trees and postage expenses.

  2. Finishing the Bell Tower
    Please join us by making a Lifegivings Gift to complete the
    construction of our Church’s colonnade and bell tower    .
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