Ways to Give
- Give Online via Zelle: We accept online donations, pledge payments and other financial gifts. Please make your contribution using Zelle through your financial institution, if possible. Use St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church as the recipient and office@standrewsirvine.org as the email address.
- Sunday morning offering plate: Financial gifts and pledges may always be placed in the offering plate during Sunday morning services.
- Mail: Donations may also be mailed to: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 4400 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604
Christmas Flowers for the Altar
If you wish to make a donation for Christmas flowers for the altar, you may place you offering in the plate using the Christmas Flower envelopes available in the sanctuary or simply write Christmas Flowers on the memo line of your check. Zelle and mailed donations may also be made.
United Thank Offering
Our ingathering of United Thanks Offering (UTO) boxes will take place at both services on December 8, when we bring our UTO boxes back to Saint Andrew’s, combine our donations, and bless our offerings. Envelopes will be provided in the pews that day, too, in case you forget your box or want to donate by check (make checks out to Saint Andrew’s Church with “UTO” on the memo line).
In addition to participating in the Ingathering, you can donate on-line or by text:
- Online at https://unitedthankoffering.com/give
- By texting INGATHERING to 41444.
UTO invites every Episcopalian to NOTICE the good things that happen each day, GIVE thanks to God for your blessings, MAKE an offering for each blessing by dropping a coin in a UTO box, and every penny you donate becomes BLESSINGS for others through UTO grants. These annual grants power innovative solutions to problems facing people in the US and the wider world throughout the Anglican Communion. For over 130 years, we have empowered community leaders to hold vaccine clinics, build preschools, establish community gardens in food deserts, minister to incarcerated people and so much more! Motivated by the Beatitudes to focus on the least among us (Matthew 25:36), the theme of this year’s grants will be “Welcoming the Stranger.”
Stewardship
Stewardship is our personal response to God’s generosity in the way we share our resources of time, talent, and money. It reflects our commitment to making God’s love known through our use of all that God has given us.
Each fall, St. Andrew’s asks members to make an annual financial pledge. Our budgets are prepared in light of the pledges received from the members. A pledge is a statement of intent, not a legal obligation. It can be changed at any time, if needed.
Pledge cards are sent to members in the mail and collected on “Gratitude Sunday” (usually mid-November). They are also available here:
St. Andrew’s is grateful for all pledges and gifts of time and talent! Together these make possible our weekly worship, education, fellowship, pastoral care, outreach to the community, and staff salaries.
Annual Fundraising Gala
In 2008, St. Andrew’s initiated a program to revive and restore our sanctuary. Each year since, a gala “Revive and Restore” or “Spice It Up” event is held in the fall featuring silent and live auctions. Funds raised have been used to upgrade areas of the church. With input from members, the Bishop’s Committee has identified one or more projects each year. We have dedicated 20% of the funds raised to charitable giving.
View our video of upgrades to the church since 2008 in this video: