GIVE
Monetary gifts are one way to express our generosity, values, and commitment.
We give to support the work of our church and to assist others through local and global ministries and missions.
Make a quick and easy Sunday offering on your phone with Venmo! Venmo is a secure mobile payment service owned by PayPal.
- Download the mobile app from the Apple Store or Google Play.
- Set up your account
- Type in @UUMCDonation.
- Choose the dollar amount.
For your convenience, we accept online contributions to the Operating, Mortgage, and current special offering funds via credit card, debit card, or ACH transfers.
The special offering funds are available as choices under the UUMC Giver Portal.
You may split any gift among the different funds. Fund choices under Tithes & Offerings include Operating (general church budget) and Mortgage (paying down building indebtedness) funds.
The UUMC Giver Portal is for members and friends of our UUMC community to set up one-time or recurring gifts or review giving history. Requires login.
For anyone to give a one-time, immediate gift to University United Methodist Church. You will be able to specify how your gift is distributed.
Make a Single Gift
Give Weekly and Special Offerings
An offering is received each week during the worship service. Many people make a weekly gift during this time.- An offering can be made by simply placing cash in the offering basket as it is passed among the congregation.
- Many people elect to use pre-printed custom envelopes for their offerings. These offering envelopes are numbered for each giver to ensure both confidentiality and accuracy in recording tax-deductible donations.
- Special offerings are received each year at Christmas and Easter. These are typically used for special ministries beyond the operating budget. In addition, special offerings for missions, disaster relief, and other projects also are received from time to time. Special envelopes may be provided in the bulletin or envelopes are available in the pews.
- A donation to a special project can be made by noting the name of the project on the envelope and/or on the check memo line.
Make an Annual Gift
Rather than giving weekly, or in addition to weekly giving, many choose to make annual gifts, often at the end of the year or on the anniversary of a special occasion. Many people make year-end gifts during the holiday season to benefit the church’s ministry and to receive tax credits before the end of the year.Make a Planned Gift to Support UUMC’s Future
The UUMC Endowment Fund is all about assuring there are resources to sustain our church mission and its ministries of care and service beyond each of our lives. Your interest in supporting the church through a planned gift can make a difference in UUMC’s ability to serve our church community and reach out and serve others on behalf of Christ. An Endowment Fund is meant to be sustained perpetually in its corpus amount and its original purchasing power. Such a fund may have any number of accounts within it. The money spent annually on church ministries and projects consists of a percentage of the investment earnings of the fund. A typical percentage spent is four percent of the value of each account within the fund. The primary purpose of endowed accounts for churches and other nonprofit organizations is to offer a means by which donors can make gifts and bequests that provide for permanent financial resources. When donors have special interests, such as youth education or the music program, or campus ministry, gifts can be earmarked to support such purposes. It is best to inquire about whether the Endowment Fund Committee will be able to accept a particular designation, however, most designations are permissible and welcomed. The proceeds of the Undesignated Account of the UUMC endowment fund are used at the discretion of the committee. It also is possible to create a Time-Limited account that will be managed by the committee as if it were an endowed account. For example, a contributor could provide a significant gift whose annual earnings only are expended for, say twenty years, and then the principal itself is to be expended.Ways to Make a Planned Gift
There are many ways to make a planned gift: a financial commitment now that will benefit UUMC’s mission and programs in the future.- Every adult needs a WILL, and yours should express your decisions about how your assets will be distributed to loved ones, your church, and other charities. Your will may state that your church is to receive a percentage of assets or a certain dollar amount you designate when the will is written. A TRUST may be used for the same purpose.
- A CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY is another way to make a future commitment. It is suitable for someone who wants annual income but doesn’t need all the assets that produce that income. The annual income percentage is guaranteed and it is attractive. Generous tax advantages make this a popular form of gift with senior citizens. To benefit the mission of UUMC through an annuity, you sign a simple document with the United Methodist Foundation of Michigan and simultaneously transfer money to create the annuity. The annuity then pays you a fixed percentage of the gift value each year during your remaining life. At your death, the money remaining in the annuity will be transferred into the endowment fund account you have identified in the document.
- You may have a whole life INSURANCE POLICY that has already served its purpose to protect you and your family members in their younger years. A policy can easily be donated to the church. The church becomes both its owner and its beneficiary and a continuing annual gift to the church is used to pay the premiums while you live. At your death, the Endowment Fund Committee assigns the money to the endowment account you have previously selected.