Giving to Church Collective

Thank you for visiting the giving page, and considering 'paying it forward' to continue the mission and ministry of Church Collective.

What has already happened in the life of Church Collective has been paid for by people's generous financial gifts, hence we are inviting you to 'pay it forward' so others can also experience the saving love of Jesus through the Collectives.

Ways we Give

We invite everyone to play their part by giving time, energy and finances so that, collectively, we can worship creatively, love generously and serve locally.

Pay it Forward

As we invite you to 'pay it forward', it is important that you know how your generous donations will be used. To make it as easy as possible to see the split of Church Collective finances, we want to show you how we anticipate every £1 gifted will be used, as we continue on into the future.

10p - Giving to local, national, and international Christian charities, organisations, and church plants. 

38.5p - Parish Share contribution to the Diocese of Liverpool, which pays for clergy and curates stipends, clergy housing, and central Diocesan costs. 

18p - Church Collective staff wages

8p - Curate costs

4p - Clergy and staff expenses

16p - Cost to host 10 Collectives, including rental, hospitality, resources, etc. 

1.5p - Central rental costs

1.5p - Central events

2p - Training leaders

0.5p - Software and licenses

There are some assumptions to this cost split. If you want to know more, please ask. Our financial accounts are published every year, so we are always transparent and open about how your gifts are used.

Set up regular giving

If you are a part of Church Collective, we encourage you to give on a regular basis through the Parish Giving Scheme. Giving in this way helps the church to plan, commit to ongoing costs and enables us to dream of ways we can continue to serve the people of Warrington and beyond. 

To set up a regular Direct Debit, please use the ‘Give Regularly’ button to complete the process on the Parish Giving Scheme website.

One-off Donations

One-off donations

Church Collective is verified by Give a Little, the leading point of donation software for contactless, Chip+PIN and online donations.

Please use the button or QR code below to make a one-off donation.

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If you’d like to support us practically, please consider gifting something from our wish list.

Smile Collective

Give to Smile Collective

A weekly Community meal
for the people of Orford

Every £2 donation covers the cost of a meal for one person at SMILE Collective.

FAQs

  • • Jesus calls us, as His followers, those who love Him because He first loved us, to be generous.

    • Jesus calls us to love our neighbours and our enemies.

    • Jesus calls us to serve people in a whole variety of different ways.

    We can love people generously and serve locally in so many ways, through our time, our gifts and abilities, our hospitality, our listening ear, practical acts of service to name a few. These are so important and demonstrate the loving generosity of Jesus. In addition to these practical ways, we are clearly called by Jesus to give money.

    Matthew 6: 1-4 says: 'Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.'

    Notice that Jesus says 'when you give' (talking about giving money), rather than 'if you give' or 'can you give'.

    There is an expectation of Jesus that we give our time and talents, and finances to His work.

  • If you read Acts 2: 42-47 you will see the early church in action. These verses demonstrate loving generously and serving locally in such a powerful way. Notice how people give financially to ensure everyone has what they need.

    Later, we see in Acts 4: 35-36 'There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.'

    People put their money into a central pot, managed by the apostles, which they then distributed amongst the church when needs arose.

  • Any donation goes directly towards the mission and ministry of Church Collective.

    At present that is split between:
    • Hospitality and rental costs to facilitate Collectives gathering together
    • Resources and equipment to facilitate the Collectives gathering together
    • Mission costs to engage people in local communities with the love of Jesus
    • Salary and costs for the team
    • Other overheads that naturally occur in any organisation - licenses, insurance, etc.

    Additionally, Church Collective will tithe any donations, giving to other charities within Warrington and wider afield, and we will always save a proportion of any donations to facilitate future Collectives being planted and set up across Warrington.