Automatic Contribution Program:

A New Way to Give

Our Lady of the Woods is embracing a giving option that may be more convenient for many of our parishioners – electronic giving through our Automatic Contribution Program.  This new giving option will work in the same manner as mortgages, loan payments, or insurance premiums that are automatically withdrawn from your checking or savings account.  This program has been fully reviewed and is supported by the OLOW Finance Committee.

To sign up for this new giving option and have your donations transferred electronically to the church on a regular basis, please fill out an authorization form (pdf version below) and return it to the church office.  You choose the donation frequency and the amount you wish to give.  If you include your email address on the authorization form, we will send you a notice of when your first donation will be deducted from your account.

Important Benefits of Electronic Giving

Electronic giving through the Automatic Contribution Program makes life easier for you and yields very significant benefits for OLOW.

Benefits for You:
·         The satisfaction of giving to God first
·         Easier to fulfill stewardship commitments
·         Strengthens participation and support in the church
·         Allows you to contribute even when you’re away
·         Easier personal budgeting
·         More secure than bringing cash or checks to church

Benefits for our Church:
·         Promotes consistent giving
·         More predictable cash flow for better planning
·         Less work for office staff
·         Secure and easy cash maintenance

Traditional Choices Remain
All registered parishioners will continue to receive envelopes, including envelopes for special collections.  Parish collections will be taken each week as usual.  Participants in the Automatic Contribution Program can mark their envelopes “ACP”, or download electronic giving cards from the OLOW website, and place them in the collection basket.

If you do not currently use envelopes, please consider participating in either our envelope program or our Automatic Contribution Program.  Our parish needs your consistent support.

ACP Documents