Choices for your donation
Areas of Parkwood's ministry you can donate to include:
- - (A) Operating Budget
- - (B) Loan Repayment Fund
- - (C) Presbyterians Sharing
- - (D) PWS&D, general fund*
- - (E) Christian Education Fund
- - (F) Pastoral Care Fund
- - (G) Youth Leadership Fund
- - (H) Youth Group Fund
- - (I) Reserve for Capital Expenditures
- - (J) Memorial Fund
- - (K) Session Benevolent Fund
- - (L) Parkwood Refugee Fund
- - (M) Mission Team Special Appeal #4, 2024: Voice of the Martyrs
*PWS&D = Presbyterian World Service & Development
NOTE: donations under D above are meant to go to the general fund of PWS&D. From time to time the Mission Team makes a Special Appeal for donations for specific PWS&D initiatives. These will appear in category M above.
There are many ways you can donate to the ministry of Parkwood church. You can donate online by e-transfer of credit card/PayPal (through CanadaHelps). You can set up automatic deductions to be taken out of your bank account. You can send us a cheque in the mail. Those who wish to give regularly can get offering envelopes and have their tax receipt issued at the end of the year (one-time donations are receipted by mail soon after the donation is received). Detail on these methods are presented here:
Donations must be given to established funds. If the area of Parkwood's ministry you wish to donate to isn't listed here, please contact us at donate@parkwoodchurch.ca. If you wish to make a donation to an "outside" ministry that Parkwood has supported in the past (see list here). Unless it's a current Mission Team Special Appeal, please donate directly to the ministry.
Want offering envelopes?
During our worship services those in attendance have an opportunity to donate to the work of Parkwood and the wider church through the offering. You can request offering envelopes if you wish to donate regularly; Then you can put a donation, cash or cheque, in your envelope and, put it in the offering plate. What is the benefit to having offering envelopes? When you donate using an offering envelope, your donations are recorded by our Envelope Secretary and you get a tax receipt for the sum of your annual donations after the end of the year. If you would like offering envelopes, contact our Envelope Secretary, Betty Paul (contact info below).
RE-DONATING: there is an expense to donating through CanadaHelps, somewhere between 3.5 and 4 percent of the value of your donation. Your contribution in the offering plate, by PAR, e-transfer or cheque in the mail to Parkwood Presbyterian Church maximizes the value of your donation to us.
Have more questions?
We'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about donating, or areas of need. Contact either co-leader of our Finance Team, Dennis Featherstone, at dennis.f@rogers.com or Gord Walford, at gord.walford@rogers.com. Questions about offering envelopes or P.A.R. donations may be directed to our Envelope Secretary, Betty Paul at bettyjbrunswick@gmail.com.