Generous Giving
Though we are a small church, we are generous in many ways. Whether it is giving money, or service, or supporting ministries through prayer, our desire is to be faithful givers. What each person or couple or family gives is between them and God. Our gifts are given to the church anonymously. Though a record of what you gave to the church during the year is available at years end, that is for tax purposes only, not to track what people give. All donations to the church are collected together and become income which can be used for expenses or outreach without regard to who gave it. We are the church giving together as a community. That is how our regular offering works.
Extra Giving
In 2025, we also plan to put a spotlight on many of the ministries within and outside the church that are meeting needs locally and around the world. If after learning about one of these ministries, you desire to give an extra donation to it from the church, you need to designate that donation by doing the following.
1) Make a check out to ‘Olympic View Community Church’, but designate on the “for” line what it is it is to be used for (for example: Thanksgiving baskets; Northaven; Camp Koinonia; BVS, etc.).
2) If you give a cash donation, put in in an envelope and note on the inside or outside of the envelope what it is to be used for.
A list of ministries and organizations we encourage supporting in 2025, is below. You can choose to give to any of them at any time, or you can choose to wait until we put the spotlight on one of during the year. Some of these ministries offer opportunities to get involved or to give service. Some in the congregation have served in the past, or are doing so now.
God calls us all to serve, support, pray and give generously.
Roger Edmark
Moderator
A) Church of the Brethren Denominational Ministries – “One Great Hour of Sharing” is collected for these ministries
Core Ministries
· Brethren Volunteer Services – BVS (1)
· Discipleship Ministries
· Global Mission
· Messenger and Communication
· Ministry Assistance
· Peace Building and Policy
Emergency Disaster Fund/Brethren Disaster Ministries
· Children’s Disaster Services – CDS (2)
· Global Response
· Earthquake Response
· Hurricane Response
· Nigeria Crisis Fund
· Rebuilding Program
B) Pacific Northwest District
· Congregational Support (Already in 2025 budget)
· District Disaster Ministries (3)
· Camp Koinonia – (4)
· Camp Myrtlewood
C) Other Brethren Agencies and Brethren Aligned Organizations
· On Earth Peace – OEP (5)
· Eder Financial
· Bethany
· Community Peacemaker Teams – CPT (6)
· Heifer International
· New Community Project – NCP (7)
D) Local Organizations and Ministries
· Northaven – (8) (Already in 2025 budget)
· Daycare at the Nook at Northaven (ReWA)
· North Helpline – (9)
· CROP Walk – (10)
· Thanksgiving Baskets – (11)
· Service Ministry with the Northaven Community – (12)