GIVE
We all have something to offer
Giving is a response to God’s gifts, and empowers God’s mission. It’s an act of gratitude and community. Your donations of any size help grow our mission of love, community, and transformation in the Upper West Side, and beyond.
Give Online
Give your offering with a credit card, debit card, or direct deposit from a checking account.
Setting up automatic recurring giving a great way to make sure Advent receives your offering every month. It’s peace of mind for you, and it helps Advent.
Trying to access our old giving platform?
Why give?
Like prayer, scripture reading, fasting, and dedication to service, the practice of giving regularly and intentionally helps us grow in faith and mature spiritually. It serves as a continual reminder of God’s claim on our lives. It requires us to put our own needs and wants into proper perspective, to set aside our own interests for the sake of God and others. Generosity is a tool God uses to shape our hearts. And through the spiritual discipline of giving, our hearts become one with God’s heart and our faith grows.
Where do my donations go?
Annual giving is the regular practice of returning to God a portion of all that God has given us. It involves teaching ourselves how to create a life built upon the notion that all that we have is a gift from God.
When you invest your God-given gifts at Advent, you are investing in love, community and transformation. Your gifts support worship, small groups, children, youth and family ministries, faith formation, music ministry (ex: Chorale), Hunger Ministry (ex: Pantry & Community Lunch), Comunidad del Camino/Community on the Way, Progressive Campus Ministry (ex: LaMP), interns and field education students, prayer ministry, advocacy and community building, relationship building, preservation and use of our holy footprint (93rd & Broadway), and the day to day operations of AdventNYC.
Can I designate my donation? (ex: Food Ministry)
Yes! While donations to the general operating budget is most helpful - so it can go where it is most swiftly needed - but you can also make a designated gift. When you click on the giving tab, you are given the option of giving to General Operating Budget, Food Programs (Pantry or Community Lunch or Both), Music Mondays, Pueblo de Dios, or other.
How else can I donate? (recurring, check, etc)
Online | You can safely and securely set up a recurring or one-time gift on Vanco, our online giving platform.
In Worship | Make giving a part of your worship experience by placing your contribution in the offering plate. Use a giving envelope found in the pew racks to ensure you receive giving credit for cash donations.
Direct from Bank/In the Mail | Mail your gift to our Advent Lutheran Church, 2504 Broadway, NY, NY 10025. Or set up a reoccurring donation through your bank. This option is no cost to you or to Advent.
Stock | For more information, our treasurer, Linda Kelly, can be reached at treasurer@adventnyc.org.
RMD or Charitable Trust | You can give your Required Minimum Distribution from a retirement account to take advantage of the tax benefit. You can also give through your charitable trust. Talk to your account’s broker for more information.
Will you track my giving for taxes?
Yes. All giving is tracked and tax-deductible. You will receive a giving statement in the beginning of the next calendar year. Advent Lutheran Church is a 501(c)3 organization.