The "GIVE NOW" button will send you to a secure website where you may give to God through First Presbyterian from your checking account or credit card.  You may specify a one-time or recurring gift.  Thank you for your support of First Presbyterian ministries and mission on behalf of God's kingdom on earth.

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Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  2 Corinthians 9:7

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A few thoughts on the stewardship of God's resources...

• Everything belongs to God; we are stewards (managers) of what is God's
• The right motivations for giving are joy and thankfulness
• Giving is a response to God's astounding grace, not an obligation
• Even so, giving should also be sacrificial: it should cost us something, as the cross was costly for Christ
• Giving to God should be from the "first fruits" of God's resources, not the leftovers
• The Biblical model for giving is proportional: proportional to expected income (God's trust to us); furthermore, the tithe (10%) is the Biblical gold standard
• Faithful stewardship of God's resources is one of many spiritual disciplines, such as worship, prayer, study of Scripture, service to others, and witnessing to Christ
• Generous giving to God is a demonstration that worldly wealth is not our idol, that God takes precedence over security and accumulated assets
• Faithful giving to God is an expression of trust in God, that God will provide all that we need
• We give to God through the church, as the ancient Hebrews gave to God through the temple, and as faithful ones have done in all the generations since
• Pledging generously to God in advance, for the coming year, is a commitment to many of these principles: an acknowledgment that everything belongs to God; an expression of the giving of "first fruits;" a spiritual discipline; a statement of trust in God's providence