GIVE VIA APP: We are truly grateful for your donation and hope the convenience and simplicity of giving using your mobile. We use an application called Givt for our giving. Click the GIVE WITH GIVT button to give online now (after clicking the link you will be redirected to a page that will allow you to input the amount you want to give, after giving your email address you will be able to download the app) or download the Givt APP and scan the QR code below using your phone.
TEXT TO GIVE: Giving is as easy as sending a text! To try it out, text CS035 to 64647 from any Smartphone. Learn more about how to give any time from anywhere with a single text. THIS WILL ONLY WORK ON SMARTPHONES.
GIVE VIA BANK: If you would like to give directly or set up regular giving, you can do this through your bank. The bank details to give directly are:
ACCOUNT NAME: Oasis Community Church
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 18526187
SORT CODE: 60 05 16
GIVE AT A GATHERING: If you prefer, you can still give during our Gatherings by filling out the envelope located on one of the seats or at our Connect point and placing it in one of the offering containers. You can use this envelope to give by cash or check and also Gift Aid your donation.
Gift Aid is a scheme enabling registered charities to reclaim tax on a donation made by a UK taxpayer, effectively increasing the amount of the donation. If you are a UK Taxpayer then you can opt for us to claim 25p on every £1 you give. For more information about how to Gift Aid please do get in touch and email us at admin@occ-stratford.org.uk.
Want to join us in our mission of reaching people with the life-giving message of Jesus? Your generosity enables us to help more and more people experience a life-changing relationship with Him. We are truly grateful for your donation and hope the convenience and simplicity of online giving will be helpful to you.
Finances are spoken of quite a bit in Scripture. 2 Corinthians 9:1-7 is one where the Apostle Paul is giving clear instructions about what is means to be a Christian. Paul has been encouraged by the Corinthians church and their desire to give financially. He proceeds to give directions about the acceptable way to give: generously, deliberately, and freely.
We give generously. Paul has been boasting to the people of Macedonia about the Corinthian Church (v1), these must have been a generous people to initiate boasting from Paul. Let me boast about the church I get the privilege of serving as Pastor. OCC is a generous church. Our members and attenders give so generously and we are so grateful to them. We also give away increasing amounts to ministries and churches across the globe – we give generously.
We give deliberately. 2 Corinthians 9:7a says: You must each decide in your heart how much to give.” I love this because it suggests that we should be deciding before we give, just how much we are going to give. This is not a case of turning up and opening up the wallet hoping something respectable falls out. This is intentional giving. At every service we give our offerings. Every year in the month of June we have a month of generosity where we give away every penny we receive. Knowing this means we can give deliberately and intentionally asking the Lord what we would want us to sow into His Kingdom.
We also give freely. Verse 7b says: And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” If you feel pressure or you are giving reluctantly then feel free to put your wallet away. We give because God has first given to us. We give because our lives have been so transformed by the Kingdom of God we want to sow into that very Kingdom to see more lives transformed. It is God’s money that He has given to us to steward and so we give joyfully knowing there is no better return on our investment than an investment into the Kingdom of God.
