Give Online
How To Give:
- Click “Make A Gift” to Open Our Giving Portal
- Enter Amount & Frequency
- Click Next & Create a Secure Account/Log-in
- Choose Payment Method
- Select Fund (See Options Below)
- Review Your Offering
Questions about Giving Online? Find out more information here!
General Fund
Financial gifts that support the overall ministries of the church and allow us to maintain our ministry spaces and personnel.
Missions
Help provide direct services and relief to your neighbors and persons in need around the world.
Hope Rising
Support our newest ministry focusing on recovery from addictions, loss, grief, or mental illness.
Feed my Sheep
Help provide meals to our neighbors in the greater Eldersburg community three days per week in partnership with other local churches.
Food Pantry
Support our Food Pantry which distributes food once per month to anyone in need.
Memorials
Upon the request of a family in bereavement, donations can be made in memory of a departed loved one. This option is only available during bereavement periods.
Other Ways to Give
Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT)
With electronic fund transfer (EFT) you authorize the electronic transfer of funds from your checking or savings account to the church’s checking account. You can choose to have the withdrawal made weekly, monthly, or twice per month. To get started, click on the link below, fill out the electronic fund transfer form and turn it in to the church or finance office. If your financial situation changes, you are welcome to change your EFT donation at any time.
Cash or Check
If putting your gift in the offering plate each Sunday or mailing your gift to the church works for you, stick with that plan. Gifts can be mailed to WFUMC 961 Johnsville Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784.
Amazon Smile
- AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Wesley Freedom United Methodist Church every time you shop online, at no cost to you. Go to smile.amazon.com, select “Wesley Freedom Methodist” as your charitable organization before you begin shopping and every eligible purchase will result in a donation. You can use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. All proceeds will go toward our Christmas Eve Offering.
Why Do We Give?
- In generous response for all that God has given us
- As an act of faith, trusting God’s continued provision
- As an investment in God’s eternal purposes
- As an act of hope, anticipating that God is able to multiply our offerings into an abundance of lives transformed
Each Fall, we invite our members and regular attenders to make a “generosity pledge” of their giving for the upcoming year. These are useful to the finance committee when establishing the church budget. Because your pledge is an estimate you can adjust it at any time as your financial circumstances change.
Worship & Discipleship
Your generosity provides our children, youth and adults opportunities to grow in faith together through worship, small groups and gatherings. Together we support a dynamic team of pastors and ministry leaders who dedicate themselves fully to the work of the Lord on our behalf.
Hunger, health & Human Dignity
Your giving supports our ability to continue meeting the needs of many in our community through our Family Resource Center, Blessings Closet, South Carroll Food Pantry and Feed My Sheep Ministries.
Operations & Communications
Your faithfulness in giving allows us to continue to provide safe and accessible ministries. Facility repairs, mortgage payments, electricity and building maintenance are all part of the operating expenses we share. Office equipment, phones, paper, postage and other supplies are essential to keeping us connected.
To ensure the church’s financial responsibility and transparency a Finance Committee is elected annually by the Charge Conference. The committee compiles an annual budget which is submitted to the Church Council for approval. With the help of a group of counters, the Financial Secretary is responsible for counting and promptly depositing donations, and maintaining accurate donor records. The Treasurer disburses payments for expenses as named in the church budget, and prepares monthly financial statements which are submitted to the Church Council. All benevolent donations are submitted on a monthly basis to the conference treasurer or the respective designated charity.
2020 Celebration of Generosity & Report
United Methodist Committee on Relief
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United Methodist Church (UMC), a non-profit 501(c)3 organization operated under the auspices of the General Board of Global Ministries. UMCOR’s work can be categorized into three major areas – Humanitarian Relief / Disaster Response, Sustainable Development and Global Health (in collaboration with Global Ministries).
