Stewarding Our Congregation - FirstU's Annual Pledge Campaign
Our annual Pledge Campaign is the most important source of revenue for our FirstU congregation and helps us in our budgeting. The money we raise during our annual Pledge Campaign is used to fund our mission events and activities, operate our church, pay our staff, and maintain our building. This year’s campaign will recognize your intended financial commitment throughout 2023 to support FirstU’s operations, resources and programs.
We are in interesting and challenging times, still somewhat physically isolated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and separated from what we’re previously been able to do. This reality has caused us each to change both our habits as well as our perspective on life`s matters, reminding us of both life’s fragility and its resilience.
The FirstU community shows its generosity in many ways: with our time, with our compassion, with our ideas, and with our spirits. We also need to follow through with financial generosity. Proper funding allows FirstU to achieve its many goals: liberal religious exploration, social justice action, refugee support, and community building. There are many ways to support your church - monthly donations, legacy giving, one-time donations, and more.
Have Questions? Call our Finance Manager Michelle Jackson at 343-987-8560 or email fm@firstunitarianottawa.ca.
Being Generously Grateful
We are in interesting and challenging times, still somewhat physically isolated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and separated from what we’re previously been able to do. This reality has caused us each to change both our habits as well as our perspective on life`s matters, reminding us of both life’s fragility and its resilience.
The FirstU community shows its generosity in many ways: with our time, with our compassion, with our ideas, and with our spirits. We also need to follow through with financial generosity. Proper funding allows FirstU to achieve its many goals: liberal religious exploration, social justice action, refugee support, and community building. There are many ways to support your church - monthly donations, legacy giving, one-time donations, and more.
Have Questions? Call our Finance Manager Michelle Jackson at 343-987-8560 or email fm@firstunitarianottawa.ca.
Being Generously Grateful
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Our Annual Pledge Campaign begins October 2nd - How will you support your church in 2023?
Your pledges nurture and support our community, and allow us to plan our programming year with any eye to what resources are available. Click here to see examples of what your generosity supports. This year’s campaign - held through October and into mid-December 2023 - will secure financial support for FirstU throughout 2023, for all our resources and programs. How much to give depends very much on your personal situation. Click here for guidelines on giving. "I give so there is a place for truth and hope to grow."
~ C.T. (FirstU member since 2001) |
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Why We Pledge - Words from Our Members on Stewarding Our Church
You may be wondering why people give financially and how they determine an amount that is right for them. Listen to some of our members share their feelings and experiences about the Congregation and their annual giving experience. |
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Making Your Commitment to Give
There are various ways to participate in the Annual Pledge Campaign, as outlined in the Pledge Campaign Brochure and our Guidelines for Giving. |
other ways to Support Our Mission
One-Time Donations
Perhaps you'd like to make a donation in memory of a loved one, or to support a particular cause we are championing. Thank you. Visit our Donations page, call the office at 613-725-1066, or email our Finance Manager, for details.
Tax receipts are issued for amounts over $25.
Perhaps you'd like to make a donation in memory of a loved one, or to support a particular cause we are championing. Thank you. Visit our Donations page, call the office at 613-725-1066, or email our Finance Manager, for details.
Tax receipts are issued for amounts over $25.
Funding Programs
Annual giving is supplemented by other ways of supporting the church, including Planned Giving, also known as Legacy Giving, and the Endowment Fund. If you would like to know more about Legacy Giving and bequests read about Legacy Giving here, or call the church office.
