Frame Memorial
Presbyterian Church
Frame Memorial
Presbyterian Church
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We give out of gratitude and love.
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Your Sunday offering plate donation helps us to serve God.
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1300 Main Street
Stevens Point, WI 54481.
Why Do We Give?
Our church is not the building at the corner of Church & Main – our church is our Frame Family. The worship, fellowship, ministry, and service of Frame are done by our people. The community we have and the work we do require investments from all our people – time, talents, resources, and love. We ask you to prayerfully consider all that God has given you and what you can offer back to God.
Frame is God’s gift to each of us and is whatever we make it. Whatever it has been, whatever it will be follows God’s outline but is defined in size, scope, depth and breadth by what we bring to it, including our financial pledge. “Our” means us. Each of us. No one else. Each of us and what we prayerfully give back to God.
Frame is a community of people striving together to be the body of Christ. Here “faith” is a verb. Our neighbors need the care, encouragement and love of justice that guides our many ministries, those that attend to our own members and needs and those that extend radical, healing hospitality to a hurting world.
What is a Pledge?
A pledge is a financial commitment of your planned giving to the church for the next year. Your pledge, combined with others, creates the budget our Session approves. Only our church office manager sees the actual amounts of each pledge.
While a pledge is a future commitment for the year ahead, the church understands that circumstances may arise later that impact your ability to fulfill your pledge.
Your pledge makes it possible for Frame to retain excellent staff and ministerial leadership; to share our building with our neighbors as God's property, not ours; to help ensure Frame can bear witness through the highs and lows of life.
A budget demonstrates values, what an individual or organization really cares about.
The importance of pledging cannot be stressed enough. Please give this your prayerful consideration for also increasing the amount you give.
As we look ahead, we are called to build upon the legacy of love, justice, and radical hospitality that defines our church community. The work of Christ, which we have embraced in serving our members and neighbors, can only continue with your generous financial support.
With every pledge, we lay another brick in the foundation of God’s vision for us.
What is Per Capita?
Per Capita is the primary source of funding for the national church (PCUSA), our Winnebago Presbytery and Synod of Lakes & Prairie. Per Capita is how Presbyterians mutually and equitably share the costs of coming together to discern the Spirit’s leading for the future.
- It is how Presbyterians are trained to become better ruling elders, teaching elders and deacons, and ministers.
- It is how Presbyterians are helped to discern God’s call in their lives.
- It is how Presbyterians participate in the life of the wider church by serving on committees and commissions, regardless of distance or financial resources.
- It is how Presbyterians participate in the life of the Church Universal as we commit ourselves to work and live in fellowship with “all persons in every nation” (Book of Order G-4.0101).
It takes all of us together to answer God’s call.
We start collecting for the next year during our fall stewardship campaign. Many members return their per capita payment with their pledge card. Knowing not everyone can afford to support this appeal, some members make an extra payment to help us reach our assessment of $40.42 per member.
Helping Those in Need Here & Abroad
We join with other Presbyterian congregations to have a greater impact in helping those in need throughout the world by donating to these four annual special offerings:
One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS)
One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) benefits Presbyterian ministries to combat hunger, assistance after disaster strikes, and to work with sustainable community development.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is funded through OGHS donations and direct PDA donations. PDA cares for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic events.
Christmas Joy
Christmas Joy offerings assist current and retired church workers, and their families, in their time of need. It also develops our future leaders at Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color.
World Communion Offering
Cultivating reconciliation by supporting racial and gender justice, peacemaking efforts, global witness and nurturing ecumenical and interfaith relations.
Gifts From Your Retirement Assets
Donors can explore giving “Qualified Charitable Contributions” (QCDs) directly to the church from their IRAs. This can be used to satisfy your Required Mandatory Distribution (RMD) if you are age 73 or older. The distribution is excluded from your taxable income, potentially lowering your tax liability. Be sure to verify tax information with your accountant or financial advisor.
Stock donations made directly to the church can avoid capital gains taxes if done correctly. Contact the church office or treasurer to get a copy of the information your stockbroker or financial advisor will need to transfer shares to the church.
To make a lasting gift to help ensure the future of the church, talk to your financial advisor about legacy giving in your estate plan.