It is our privilege to give to the mission of the church for the glory of God! There are numerous ways to give to St John’s, whether it is financial or with your time and talents. Please review the following opportunities to give where you can. Thank you!
Simply Giving Program – ACH Withdrawals
Simply Giving is an easy, electronic way to give to St. John’s. Your offering is deducted automatically from your bank account. You can make weekly, monthly or semi-monthly offerings to the church. To start using the Simply Giving program, download our Authorization Form Simply Giving form 2023pdf
Giving Online
St. John’s uses the Vanco Payments program for online giving. To donate to St. John’s online use the following link: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZJBA
Giving via PayPal or Venmo
Venmo and PayPal are also available for you to use.
Venmo: @StJohnPds – St Johns Ev Lutheran Church https://venmo.com/u/StJohnsPds
PayPal: St John’s PayPal
Giving By Text
Do you want to give an offering to St. John’s using your cell phone? If so, simply send a text to 608-709-0944 with the amount you would like to contribute. Make sure to include the dollar sign before the amount. Example: $25. If this is your first time, within a few minutes, you’ll be sent a text with a link to register. Click on the link and enter your cardholder name and credit or debit card information. Once your registration is complete, you will receive a text verification and a receipt via email. For future giving, simply send a text with the amount you wish to give, and it will process automatically!
The default setting for giving is our General Fund. If you wish to contribute to another fund, add the name of the fund after your giving amount. Example: $25 Building. Other funds we have are: Benevolence, Water, Thankoffering and World Hunger. The Water fund is helping build a well through the ELCA World Hunger program. The Thankoffering fund is helping support ministries through the Women of the ELCA.
Fees for texting are:
$.50 one time set up fee per account
$.38 per transaction cost
Credit card expense of 2.65% charge per transaction for most credit cards OR 3.5% charge if card is American Express.
Lutheran World Relief Parish Projects
Groups in our congregation have a number of ongoing projects for Lutheran World Relief. You may be interested in contributing to one of them. For example, St. John’s collects items for hospice, newborn, personal care kits. See the bins in the fellowship hall for the items needed. You may place donated items in the plastic bin in the cloakroom. Click here for more information about LWR Parish Projects.
Food Pantry
We also collect non-perishable food items, paper products and cleaning supplies for the Sauk Prairie Food Pantry. Items donated are taken to the food pantry once each month for their distribution in the community. Items can be dropped off at the church during any open hours. https://spfoodpantry.org/
Meal Help
On each Wednesday when there is confirmation class, we are lucky enough to gather for a fellowship meal. To offer this wonderful opportunity, we need help! Please consider signing-up for Set-Up or Clean-Up at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/
