Month: April 2021

Regular Giving towards your Annual Pledge to SOV. While we are not gathering in person, you are encouraged to give online. 

Our website has details for setting up an account. https://get.tithe.ly/

“What is a pledge?”  A pledge is a commitment of giving.  Generally, people either promise a regular giving amount (for example, $100 per month) or a total annual amount they plan to give.  This is not a binding contract or a requirement of membership, it is just a statement of your intention to give to the church.  You can also pledge your time and talents as well as your finances.  A good example of this would be offering to volunteer once a week to teach Sunday school or help in the office

“Why should I pledge?”  Many people say that they will give but don’t want to write a specific amount on a pledge card for various reasons.  We welcome all gifts, whether or not they are pledges, but pledging really helps the Church Council to plan for the coming year.  Knowing what people intend to give makes budgeting and financial planning much more accurate and is very helpful!

You can use Tithe.ly for ongoing or one-time donations. You can also mail checks to the church and they will be processed.

As of the end of March we are a bit behind on estimated giving through your pledges.

Thank you!

When we study the Bible, and begin to understand it and live by its teachings, we are becoming obedient to God and fulfilling His purpose for us in our lives on earth. The Bible is also one of the longest books in print, and made up of 66 separate books, written over a period of 1500 years. It has been translated from the original Hebrew and Greek into English.

The Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, narrates the history of the people of Israel over about a millennium, beginning with God’s creation of the world and humankind, and contains the stories, laws and moral lessons that form the basis of religious life for both Jews and Christians. For at least 1,000 years, both Jewish and Christian tradition held that a single author wrote the first five books of the Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy—which together are known as the Torah (Hebrew for “instruction”) and the Pentateuch (Greek for “five scrolls”). That single author was believed to be Moses, the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt and guided them across the Red Sea toward the Promised Land.

The New Testament records Jesus’s life, from his birth and teachings to his death and later resurrection, a narrative that forms the fundamental basis of Christianity. Beginning around 70 A.D., about four decades after Jesus’s crucifixion (according to the Bible), four anonymously written chronicles of his life emerged that would become central documents in the Christian faith. Named for Jesus’s most devoted earthly disciples, or apostles—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—which tells of Jesus’s life, death and resurrection.