My Giving :

A ministry for everyone – ‘each according to your means’
II Corinthians 8:11

Thank you for all that you give to St George’s: your time, your talents and your energy as well as your regular giving. They all play an important part in seeing lives changed through the ministry of our church. St George’s means a lot to each of us in different ways and we want to sustain that ministry and to develop our mission and life as we reach out to others.

My Church : St George's in all our hearts

We’re a really diverse group of people in the congregation of St. George’s, but we do have at least one thing in common: St. George’s is very important to us all.

St. George’s enriches the lives of each of us, in various ways. It’s our church, and we feel very fortunate to be members of it.

And we all want it to thrive and grow. We all want it to continue its very special kind of ministry and tradition, its very special style of worship and fellowship.

St. George’s is the focus week by week of a regular pattern of worship - daily offices and Eucharist, in French, Malagasy and English. For most people its the inspiring 10.30 Sung Eucharist with our marvellous choir, and the fellowship that follows - in normal times - at wine and cheese and our Parish Sunday Lunches, that forms the bedrock of our life at St George's.

St. George’s also devotes much clergy time to other important areas, including visiting the sick, the strong Malagasy community and our thriving ministry to young adults and students. In addition, St. George’s has a particular role to play in ecumenical affairs in France.

In 2022 the Chaplaincy Council appointed Fr Jeffrey John as our Associate Chaplain. His teaching ministry and priestly wisdom and facility in French are already a boon for us . After the Pandemic our life has grown online and our calendar includes a wide range of activities made possible by the work of paid and unpaid clergy who serve at St George's deepening of our faith, through study groups, retreats and individual spiritual guidance.

It costs about 235,000 € per year to run St. George’s, not counting exceptional items such as building work. 

Your Giving

When you join St George's we ask you to consider how much you can give in support of your worship and witness at St. George’s, and how you give it. And, of course, our faith inspires us to think of our giving in a particular way as a response to God’s love.

Stewardship: reminds us that all we possess comes from God in the first place and we are simply stewards of it.

All things come from you and of your own do we give you.
I Chronicles 29:14

Offering: our worship, which is at the heart of St George’s mission, is also about the offering of our whole lives.

All this abundance that we have provided for building you a house comes from your hand and is all your own. I Chronicles 29:16

Generosity: we want to be generous in response to God’s generosity to us, to provide for the needs of the people of God and be a blessing.

For God loves a cheerful giver and is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance. Romans 9:7-8

Tithing: a biblical practice of giving away the first tenth, reminding us to think in percentage terms, not a sum of money.

As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits and brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.  II Chronicles 31:5

Sacrifice: we are asked to give not from what is left over, but as a first gesture, and to think about how we use our money.

They all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living. Mark 12:44

 Ways of Giving to St George's

For some, deciding how much to give is as easy as calculating a percentage of one’s income. Others may want to take advantage of France’s generous income tax reductions* for those giving to churches and other charities.

Here are the  main ways in which you can give regularly:

1. By setting up a standing order or virement permanent SEPA from your bank directly into the St. George’s account.

66% INCOME TAX REDUCTION*

2. By using the Helloasso link at the top of this page.

​66% INCOME TAX REDUCTION*

3. By By writing a cheque.

66% INCOME TAX REDUCTION*

4. By using the online giving basket on Sunday morning.

​NO INCOME TAX REDUCTION

5. ​By putting cash into the collection on Sunday mornings.

NO INCOME TAX REDUCTION

*up to a limit for all your charitable giving of 20% of your taxable income

If you are already giving by cheque, we suggest you switch to a SEPA standing order. This will help us to budget our expenditure more effectively, as well as reducing office work. And there’s no risk of forgetting a payment!

Tax Relief on your giving

If you pay French income tax, and you give to St. George’s by identifiable means (SEPA standing order, old-style standing order or cheque), you may deduct 66% of your giving (up to a limit for all your charitable giving of 20% of your taxable income) from the amount of income tax you would otherwise have to pay. So every 100 euros you give in any year will only cost you 34 euros after the income tax reduction notified to you the following year. If you give this way, we will send you an official tax receipt.

SEPA standing orders

To set up a SEPA standing order (virement permanent) you should go to your bank’s internet banking site, or contact your branch. To set up St. George’s as a beneficiary, you will need to quote our bank details. These are on the Stewardship leaflet below.

It will probably take a day or two after setting up St. George’s as a beneficiary before your bank will let you request a payment.