Parish Share

After a conversation with a few church members (from various places) I realised that they viewed parish share as something which the diocese had no right to ask. "Why should we be expected to pay?" was the general question.

To attempt a remedy to this situation I tried an experiment and posted this on our church noticeboards to see what conversations it brought about:

PARISH SHARE

The Parish

(That's us and the other three churches)

Pays almost £100,000 to the Diocese 

OUR SHARE OF THIS IS £17,000

Every £1 you give is split up like this:

62p – Pays for the Clergy (Stipends and Pensions)

  8p – Pays for the Clergy Housing

12p – Pays to train new Clergy

   3p – Goes to the Church of England

   8p – Pays for Missioners and other specialist Clergy

   7p – Pays the legal and Administration costs

ONCE WE’VE PAID THE £17,000, WE NEED TO PAY FOR:  MISSION GIVING, ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, TEA, COFFEE, SUGAR, BISCUITS, PAPER, COMMUNION WINE AND BREAD, CLEANING MATERIALS, GENERAL UPKEEP and of course . . . TOILET ROLL.

WE PAY THIS THROUGH

OFFERINGS and DONATIONS!

I'll keep you posted on the response to this :)