When discerning how to designate your tithes and offerings, give to the Operating Fund in a way that reflects what the Church means to you. Add an additional annual pledge to the Benevolence Fund and then to Communications Fund.
This year, please shift 75% of your Communications Fund giving to the Operating Fund. Because the Communication Fund will now cover only non-recurring and new/experimental communication-related ministry expenses (i.e. new equipment purchases, targeted single time advertising/outreach). Moving forward, we estimate it will require about $12,000 per year instead of twice that amount as in previous years.
You can adjust your pledge at any time during the year by contacting the main office.
Operating Fund (required)
Active membership status requires an annual pledge to the operating fund. This is the Fund that makes everything else possible. We ask that this be your primary financial commitment in covenant with Mayflower. The Operating Fund ensures that the missions and ministries of Mayflower have a home base--a gathering place from which the Beloved Community goes out to do good in the world. It doesn’t just provide a worship space. It puts a roof over our mission work, sheltering multiple support, grief, and recovery groups. It means that Early Foundations and the Oklahoma Autism Center pays below market rate for space to nurture children on the spectrum. It provides a place for Meals on Wheels and 363 to store food and supplies. Finally, the Operating Fund is the financial foundation for all of our church boards.
Benevolence Fund
Mayflower is unique in the design and operation of its Benevolence giving. Most churches put all their funds in one account, and then spend what is left over for missions after all the bills are paid. We give our members the opportunity to give money for benevolence purposes that cannot be spent for any other purpose. Our ultimate goal is to spend as much helping others as we spend keeping house.
Communications Fund
Support given to the Communications Fund covers non-recurring communication-related ministry expenses. This year, please shift 75% of your Communications Fund giving to the Operating Fund. Because the Communication Fund will now cover only non-recurring and new/experimental communication-related ministry expenses (i.e. new equipment purchases, targeted single time advertising/outreach) moving forward, we estimate it will require about $12,000 per year instead of twice that amount as in previous years..
