How to Switch Your Giving to Our New System

We are moving to a new online giving system hosted in the Church Center app. The new system makes it much easier to manage and track your giving, and makes year-end reporting much easier for our bookkeeper. It’s a win-win!

Use a bank account (not a credit card) to give

Also, it will be an even bigger win if everyone sets up their giving via bank account (NOT credit card). Why? Because we have to pay a 2.15% fee for every donation given via credit card, but the fee is 0.00% for bank account donations (we only pay a $0.30 transaction fee).

We did the math, and if everyone who currently gives online switches to giving through a bank account, we’ll save $5,000 per year in our budget! Here’s how to switch your giving to the new system:

First, set up your giving in the new system.

1. Log into Church Center, either via the mobile app, or on the web.
2. Click “Give” (bottom menu on the app, top menu on the web).
3. Watch the tutorial video below to set up your regular giving (remember to choose “US Bank Account”)

NOTE: Depending on how you set up verification of your bank account, you may need to wait a day or two and then verify a deposit code in your Church Center profile. If you need to do that, you should get an email with instructions.

Second, cancel your giving in the old system.

1. Log into the old system using the email address you initially used to set up your regular giving.
2. Click the link you receive in your email inbox to login.
3. After logging in, locate your ongoing donation and cancel it.
4. *Optional – if you have more than one recurring donation, repeat steps 1-3 with the email address you used to set up those donations.

Note that you will see a message saying that your “subscription” will be “active” until the date your next donation would have come out. Rest assured, this just means that you’ve cancelled your donation in the old system and won’t be charged again.

That’s it, you’ve done it! Thank you for your participation in the life of our community. If you have any questions, you can reach out via our contact form and we’ll put you in touch with our Treasurer.