{"id":1985,"date":"2019-08-12T12:31:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T11:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/?page_id=1985"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:33:16","slug":"giving-to-christ-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/giving-to-christ-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving To Christ Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1985\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-1985-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-1985-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-1985-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;background_image_size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_image_opacity&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;border_thickness&quot;:&quot;1px&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\">Giving To Christ Church<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3474\" src=\"http:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-14.17.43-300x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-14.17.43-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-14.17.43-1024x273.png 1024w, https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-14.17.43-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-14.17.43-1536x409.png 1536w, https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-14.17.43.png 1734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Did you know that last year it cost over <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a395,680<\/span> to keep Christ Church running?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>That\u2019s <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a38,000<\/span> per month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This money goes towards paying for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The upkeep of our church and our community centre, all repairs and maintenance, fire protection, cleaning, heating, lighting, water, and administration: website, telephones and broadband, posters, stationery, licences.<\/li>\n<li>Items required for services and events, for example: communion wine, candles, newsletter, orders of service, resources for children\u2019s activities, projectors, screen, computers, tea and coffee, organists, flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Our giving to the diocese to pay for our clergy, their training, housing, pensions, and to help churches in areas less well off than ourselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although we get some income from hall bookings, fees etc., 75% of our income comes from our members, either via standing orders, free will offering envelopes or collections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As Christ Church members, what can you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Regular Giving:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t currently contribute, please think about doing so. Standing Orders are the best way, especially if you can gift-aid it. Download the Standing Order form.\u00a0 Please also fill out the Gift Aid forms so that the church can benefit from gift aid tax refunds. <a href=\"http:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCSN-Standing-Order-and-Gift-Aid-forms-January-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Standing Order and Gift Aid forms (PDF file)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Legacy Givin<\/strong><strong>g<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/span> Consider creating a legacy for Christ Church in your will.\u00a0 See the Legacy Leaflet for more information &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Legacy-will-doc-2024-LJA-low-res2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legacy Leaflet Link (PDF file)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Inflation increase:<\/strong><\/span> If you do contribute, but haven&#8217;t increased the amount recently to allow for inflation, please consider whether you might increase your giving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more details, have a word with our Treasurer Liz Jenkins (<a href=\"mailto:&#x74;&#x72;&#x65;&#x61;&#x73;&#x75;&#x72;&#x65;&#x72;&#x40;&#x63;&#x63;&#x2d;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x74;&#x66;&#x69;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;\">&#x74;&#x72;&#x65;&#x61;&#x73;&#x75;&#x72;&#x65;&#x72;&#x40;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x63;&#x63;&#x2d;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x74;&#x66;&#x69;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;<\/a>) or Revd Len Abrams (<a href=\"mailto:&#x72;&#x65;&#x76;&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x40;&#x63;&#x63;&#x2d;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x74;&#x66;&#x69;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;\">&#x72;&#x65;&#x76;&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x40;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x63;&#x63;&#x2d;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x74;&#x66;&#x69;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d rather, you could give via our GiveALittle page:<\/p>\n<div data-index=\"12\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/givealittle.co\/c\/2rYguM0R7nKxkECkzIl4kW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3729 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Web-site-invitation-to-give-box-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Web-site-invitation-to-give-box-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Web-site-invitation-to-give-box.png 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1992 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gift-aid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gift-aid.jpg 384w, https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gift-aid-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving To Christ Church Did you know that last year it cost over \u00a395,680 to keep Christ Church running? That\u2019s \u00a38,000 per month. This money goes towards paying for: The upkeep of our church and our community centre, all repairs and maintenance, fire protection, cleaning, heating, lighting, water, and administration: website, telephones and broadband, posters,Continue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1985","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-thumb"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3789,"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1985\/revisions\/3789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc-nutfield.org.uk\/index.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}