{"id":3425,"date":"2020-10-17T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2020-11-10T12:08:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T10:08:44","slug":"ways-to-continue-your-financial-support-for-christ-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/10\/ways-to-continue-your-financial-support-for-christ-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to continue your financial support for Christ Church"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the coronavirus emergency, our church, like many organisations today, is suffering severely from a lack of funds. <\/p>\n

Our finance team is working hard to implement cost savings whilst still allowing us to maintain a clear and effective presence in the community. We are especially grateful to our many regular givers, either as members of the Parish Giving Scheme or as donors via regular standing order for their continued support. <\/p>\n

Like everyone, we are exploring new ways to connect with our congregation and friends. These include a new Pastoral contact scheme called Keep in Touch (K.i.T.). This will be administered by volunteers from our Community and is aimed at ensuring that everyone is regularly contacted and, if required, practical help or reassurance can be provided. We are recording our Sunday services and these can be found on our website. You can find out more about both these on www.christchurchswindon.co.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Inevitably though, income from plate collections, the community centre, church events, weddings and funerals has dried up, leaving us in an increasingly difficult financial position. Fortunately, we do have some contingency reserves and our cost savings and government cost mitigation schemes will help. Unfortunately, this will not last for very long.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

How can you help?<\/p>\n

By Regular Planned Giving<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Regular giving enables us to plan our work and helps reduce administration time and effort as well as improving our cashflow.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n