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Simply Giving to tithe.ly
In 1998 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans contracted with Vanco Services, LLC to make available to the Lutheran community a new Stewardship program. This program, an automated payment program, was called Simply Giving. It provided automatic bank to bank transfers of contributions using the ACH (Automated Clearing House) which had been established by the financial industry as an alternative to a paper check system. Initially Thrivent paid all fees as a gift to the Lutheran community.
Folks who wished to sign up would get an application form from the Financial Secretary. They would return the completed form and a voided check to the Fin Sec who would then go to a Vanco program and enter all the needed data. A church financial person was a necessary participant in the process.
Over the years, Thrivent gradually removed themselves from the program until all the charges had to be paid by the church. As the fees increased, we discovered that identical services were available through our bank, Fulton, at a fixed monthly rate of $20 at the volume of transactions we hadbeen experiencing. My guess is that we had roughly 16 to 18 families participating in this program several years ago, but it has dropped down to 10 families at this time.
Several years ago, in order to enhance services available to our congregation, we joined many other Lutheran congregations in using a service called “tithe.ly”. This service provides both ACH and credit card giving to our church from your cell phone or your computer with no fixed fees – we only pay when there is a transaction made. A link to tithe.ly is provided at our web site using the Giving tab. The ELCA church negotiated excellent rates for all Lutheran churches. The giver of the contribution is in complete control; single contributions can be made or recuring ones – your choice. During the pandemic, use of this service has grown steadily.
Farewell Simply Giving and welcome tithe.ly.
Dave Bartges for the Finance Team
In 1998 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans contracted with Vanco Services, LLC to make available to the Lutheran community a new Stewardship program. This program, an automated payment program, was called Simply Giving. It provided automatic bank to bank transfers of contributions using the ACH (Automated Clearing House) which had been established by the financial industry as an alternative to a paper check system. Initially Thrivent paid all fees as a gift to the Lutheran community.
Folks who wished to sign up would get an application form from the Financial Secretary. They would return the completed form and a voided check to the Fin Sec who would then go to a Vanco program and enter all the needed data. A church financial person was a necessary participant in the process.
Over the years, Thrivent gradually removed themselves from the program until all the charges had to be paid by the church. As the fees increased, we discovered that identical services were available through our bank, Fulton, at a fixed monthly rate of $20 at the volume of transactions we hadbeen experiencing. My guess is that we had roughly 16 to 18 families participating in this program several years ago, but it has dropped down to 10 families at this time.
Several years ago, in order to enhance services available to our congregation, we joined many other Lutheran congregations in using a service called “tithe.ly”. This service provides both ACH and credit card giving to our church from your cell phone or your computer with no fixed fees – we only pay when there is a transaction made. A link to tithe.ly is provided at our web site using the Giving tab. The ELCA church negotiated excellent rates for all Lutheran churches. The giver of the contribution is in complete control; single contributions can be made or recuring ones – your choice. During the pandemic, use of this service has grown steadily.
Farewell Simply Giving and welcome tithe.ly.
Dave Bartges for the Finance Team
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