Your Support
St. Francis Episcopal Church welcomes your gift, large or small, to support the worship and work of our parish. Whether it is through an annual pledge, a periodic donation, or a planned gift (stock, insurance, bequest), your gift will be used carefully to do God’s work here in Potomac and beyond.
If you have any questions or need assistance with your donation records, please contact us here.
Electronically
Payment will be processed through Realm, our secure third-party system.
We encourage you to set up recurring payments to easily fulfill your annual pledge or to sustain our digital ministry.
If you choose to pay by credit card, please consider adding 3% to cover processing costs.
Text to Give
Text the word: StFrancis to 73256
Then select the fund associated with your gift (e.g, pledge, flowers, memorial, outreach, etc).
This number will never send unsolicited texts to you. To cancel further messages, text STOP.
If you need assistance with text giving, text HELP. Standard text message and data rates may apply.
Send Check
Prefer to give by mail instead? Please make checks to St. Francis Episcopal Church and send all donations to:
St. Francis Episcopal Church
10033 River Rd
Potomac, MD 20854
Our mailbox is locked to secure all check donations. Please note any designations on the memo line (e.g., pledge, flowers, music, lenten appeal, memorial, etc.) so your gift is properly applied.
YOUR GENEROSITY MATTERS
Ways to Support our Mission
Your generosity makes the ministry and mission of our church possible. Through our financial gifts, you help sustain worship, outreach, formation, pastoral care, and the many ways we serve our community and share God’s love.
Click an accordion item below to see more information about each way to give.
Pledging is a commitment to give a specified amount to the church over a year, usually on a weekly basis.
We hold an annual stewardship campaign each fall during which parishioners make a pledge for the following year.
We encourage you to prayerfully ask God to help you discern your self-offering to Him, and invite you to respond generously so we can do God’s work here in Potomac and beyond.
You can pledge online, by text, or by check.
We have many parishioners and friends who worship and grow with us from their homes. Our digital ministry currently includes livestream services and zoom classes.
We are in the process of expanding this ministry to include digital content for spiritual development, thought provoking vlogs and discussions, scripture based messages, and more.
We welcome your support of this developing ministry – it takes a lot of time and talent to bring you these productions, classes, and offerings.
To support our digital ministry, click here or text: StFrancis digital to 73256 to give using your mobile device.
Several parishioners and friends prefer to make periodic financial gifts to the church. Some make these gifts as they prepare their taxes, while others make a gift associated with a specific event, such as a wedding, anniversary, birth, or death.
Similarly, parishioners and friends often donate flowers to commemorate a birth, death, anniversary, or other event.
The Annual Lenten Appeal, which is the sole source of funding for the parish’s Outreach grants and activities, begins Ash Wednesday and continues through Easter Sunday. One hundred percent (100%) of funds raised is donated to charitable organizations locally and across the world.
Our financial support of these outreach partners is essential, now more than ever, in the midst of dealing with the economic and health impact of COVID. To make a donation to our outreach partners, click here or text: StFrancis blessothers to 73256 to give using your mobile device.
Planned Giving is a way for you to leave a lasting legacy at St. Francis Episcopal Church. Giving some of your assets to St. Francis will help ensure that future generations will be loved and nourished by their St. Francis family, and your legacy will grow the faith of generations to come. There are a variety of ways to make a planned gift to the church’s Legacy Fund. The most common are bequests or gifts of special assets such as insurance policies or stocks. If you would like more information about planned giving, please contact Father Mark Michael.
To make a gift to the Legacy Fund, click here or text StFrancis legacy to 73256 to give using your mobile device.
Planned gifts to St. Francis Episcopal Church may provide tax benefits for donors. Depending on the type of gift and how it is given, donors may benefit from reductions in taxable income, reductions in estate, gift, and inheritance taxes, tax deductions, or reductions in capital gains taxes. St. Francis Episcopal Church recommends that you seek appropriate professional legal, tax, and financial advice before finalizing any planned gift. All gifts to St. Francis are subject to review under the gift acceptance policy.
Occasionally, the church undertakes a capital campaign to raise funds dedicated to a specific activity. Usually, these are for facility repairs or expansions, or large items such as a new organ. We hope that you will participate in these campaigns in addition to your annual pledging.