Encouraging Safe Giving: Webinar Opportunities

To help us prepare for when our church buildings re-open, the Generous Giving Team are running a series of webinars to help us encourage safe giving.

Over the next few weeks, the team will be dedicating sessions on particular aspects of giving, allowing time to focus on best practice, getting the most out of mechanisms, and embedding a culture where generosity can flourish.

"The webinars we are offering in the coming weeks are all shaped to respond to the current need." comments Sammi Tooze, Generous Giving Adviser.

"Having led a successful webinar series in the summer, we have taken on board feedback we received from attendees, and have planned these sessions according to what those people said they'd find most helpful in future.

"We're so pleased that the upcoming session on Monday 1st February is being hosted by the Church of England nationally, exploring best practice on reviewing giving in our churches, including the most effective ways to lead giving programmes".

The preparations we make now to embed good giving practice will allow us all to better receive income and gifts which may have suffered in recent months, and will stand us in good stead for encouraging safe and accessible giving once we can safely welcome people into our buildings again.

If you would like to register for any of these webinars, please book your free place through the links below.

How to run a Giving Review - Monday 1st February 11.00am

The Church of England recommends that a PCC carries out an annual giving review. This enables the PCC to check that the parish is following good practice in giving as well as providing you with an action plan. This session is hosted by the Church of England, and includes York's Generous Giving Adviser Sammi as a speaker.

Sign up here.

Encouraging Safe Giving in Church Buildings - Thursday 11th February 3.00pm

As we move towards re-opening our churches, either for individual prayer or for public worship, it's important that we explore accessible and safe options to encourage giving in our church buildings. In this webinar, we we will be looking at various contactless units on offer which are suitable for churches, as well as QR codes and guidance on cash giving. We will also think about ways of encouraging safe giving, and creative ways of thanking our supporters.

Sign up here.

This is the Word: Teaching and Preaching about Generosity - Wednesday 24th February 2.00pm

This webinar will look at the theology of giving and generosity, and how we can weave that into our teaching and preaching. We will also explore different ways of teaching generosity out of the pulpit.

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Parish Giving Scheme: Getting Going - Tuesday 2nd March 10.00am

The Parish Giving Scheme is a a mechanism of planned giving. and its approach aims to offset one of the greatest threats to parish income which is static giving. This webinar is for parishes to find out more about the Scheme, how to register their parish to join, and best practice in promoting it to your communities.

Sign up here.

Giving and Mission: the Joy and the Challenge - Thursday 11th March 11am

Giving and mission are so closely linked in the culture of our churches - they strengthen one another, and both in turn enable us to be Christ in the world. This webinar will explore the relationship between giving and mission at a local level, and will offer creative ideas in responding to the challenges we face when thinking about generosity as communities.

Sign up here.