Online Donations

Thank you for Giving to St. Paul's

Click the link or scroll down the page to find:

  • Secure Online Giving. Regular, one-time, or recurring giving to established church budget and pledge areas including our General Fund.
  • Additional Contribution Options: Donate to miscellaneous causes, special projects, or seasonal activities outside the "regular menu" of offerings. You'll enter the designation in the form, just like you would write on the memo line of a check.
  • Designated UMC Special Sundays: More info about special offerings made in connection with UMC churches across the globe to support UMC programs like Human Relations Day, Student Sunday scholarships, Native American ministries, social justice programs, or other initiatives.
  • UMC Special Sunday: UMCOR: Through this connectional offering, United Methodist churches throughout the world cover the administrative costs of running the United Methodist Committee on Relief so that 100% of disaster relief giving can go directly to relief efforts.
  • UMCOR Disaster Relief: Give through this St. Paul's portal and 100% of your UMCOR donation goes to disaster relief and recovery, providing emergency relief when war or natural disaster decimates a community in the US or around the world.
  • The Pledge Form: Share how you can support St. Paul's with faithful giving in the coming year. You can also find the printer-friendly version of the "40 Days of Prayer" card.
  • Offering Envelopes: You can receive offering envelopes in the mail, or to ask us to stop sending them.

For questions, please contact Erin Bone Steele, Director of Communications & Administration: stpaulsunited@stpaulsk.org.

St. Paul's UMC

Online giving options

Please click the button to go to our secure credit-card processing site for regular giving options.


Regular Giving Options


You will be able to make a one-time or recurring donation to one of these funds:

  • General Fund - The core of St. Paul's budget, covering a myriad of needs for the life and work of the church, providing for worship, study and education, faith formation, justice & compassion projects, and the day-to-day utility bills, salaries, and supplies. These things make it possible to engage in vital ministries throughout the life of our church and beyond.
  • Building Improvement Fund - The Improvement Fund keeps our building comfortable and safe, covering such things as emergency repairs for broken heating or air conditioning systems, fixing leaky pipes, replacing worn or damaged carpet, and unexpected but essential building-related expenses. 
  • Technology Advancement Fund - These dedicated funds will allow the church to make significant investments in technology, software, and equipment to continue offering online worship and educational activities, and to keep our network and church data secure. Long-term goals include creating comprehensive, reliable, and secure wifi coverage throughout our building.
  • Hunger Ministry- Support our ongoing efforts to feed families in the 20895 ZIP code with this signature community service project! Every month, we provide hungry neighbors with shelf-stable pantry staples, a takeout meal, and grocery store cards that enable recipients to select the fresh produce, meat, and dairy that we can't stock, and to choose personal hygiene items with dignity. Visit our Hunger Ministry page for more information. 


If you need to adjust your online giving level or frequency, please log in and make changes to your account. Pledge records are kept separately; banking and credit card systems are not connected to church pledge records. If you wish to update your pledge, contact Erin Steele, Director of Communication and Administration, at stpaulsunited@stpaulsk.org.



One-Time and Special Donations

To make a one-time special donation, support a special fund, or donate to a ministry area not included above, please click this button for our easy one-time donation form. You will be able to tell us how to direct your contribution, just as you would make a note in the "memo" section of a check.


Miscellaneous One-Time Donations




These "regular fund" donations are processed securely through Vanco, a preferred banking partner of the UMC. One-time and special fund donations and purchases are processed securely by MinistryWorks-Amplify/CloverGive. If you have questions, please contact the church office at stpaulsunited@stpaulsk.org. 

Additional Options: 

Miscelleaneous Contributions

There are many reasons you might want to make a contribution to St. Paul's beyond those offerings that appear above in the "regular menu" of giving or scheduled designated Special Sundays offerings. 


This is where you might make a contribution to Memorials, the Music Fund, school supplies drive, Educational Award Scholarships, flowers, or another cause. Click the button here to go to our secure form for Miscellaneous Contributions, and let us know the fund or cause to which we may direct your contribution.


Make Your Contribution Here



If you prefer, donations and offerings by check are always welcome and should be mailed to St. Paul's UMC, Attn: Treasurer, 10401 Armory Ave., Kensington MD 20895, or dropped off at the office. Please make all checks payable to St. Paul's UMC and be sure to note the cause or fund in the Memo line.


All "special funds" donations or online sales are processed through the secure credit-card processor CloverGive/Amplify. For questions, please contact Erin Steele, Director of Communications & Administration.

UMC "Special Sundays" Offerings

UMC "Special Sundays" are designated by the global United Methodist Church and enable congregations throughout our whole denomination to celebrate, commemorate, and contribute connectionally to support important causes. By combining our Special Sunday offerings with those of other UMC congregations, the UMC is able to do more work, together, to support growth and change for all God's people.


For our Special Sunday offerings, half the funds collected on a Special Sunday stay within the Baltimore-Washington Conference and are administered by the conference's finance office to serve conference-level needs and initiatives. The other half go the the UMC's general conference board of finance for supporting UMC projects worldwide.


The United Methodist Church calendar includes recommended dates for celebrating each Special Sunday, while allowing individual congregations to celebrate Special Sundays and welcome offerings on any Sunday that is convenient and appropriate.  


Special Sundays and the month they are usually celebrated:

Human Relations Day (January)

UMCOR Sunday (March)

Native American Ministries (April)

Peace with Justice (May)

World Communion (October)

United Methodist Student Day (November)


Please scroll down for St. Paul's online giving options for the curent Special Sunday giving opportunity. We also provide Special Sunday offering envelopes on designated dates during worship.

UMC Special Sundays: UMCOR

Click the button to make a secure donation to UMCOR Special Sunday

UMCOR Special Sunday


This year, UMC congregations are celebrating UMCOR Special Sunday on March 30, 2024.


UMCOR (The United Methodist Committee on Relief) provides humanitarian relief when war, conflict, or natural disaster disrupts life to such an extent that communities cannot recover on their own. UMCOR makes long-term commitments to local partners working on recovery and reconstruction far beyond the initial crisis response. 


When individuals and churches donate to UMCOR relief efforts, 100% of donations go toward aid. How, then, does UMCOR manage to stay strong behind the scenes and execute essential administrative tasks? 


UMCOR’s day-to-day operations, including managing logistics and training emergency responders, is covered by the UMCOR Special Sunday offerings. Because we join our church’s offerings with those of United Methodist congregations around the world, UMCOR remains strong in its day-to-day operations. When the need is great, UMCOR can respond quickly and efficiently with signs of extravagant grace and expert assistance. 


Since 1940, when UMCOR’s forerunner was established to meet the needs of those suffering at the onset of World War II, UMCOR has continued to respond to those in desperate need. Today UMCOR is organized into areas focused on U.S and international disaster response and recovery, sustainable development, and human migration. UMCOR works in the United States and more than 80 countries worldwide.


Please use the link above to make a secure online donation to support UMCOR: Special Sunday. You may also use Special Sunday offering envelopes found in the worship bulletin for March 30, or mail offerings to St. Paul's UMC, 10401 Armory Ave., Kensington MD 20895. Please make checks payable to St. Paul's UMC and note "Special Sunday: UMCOR" in the memo line.


Please note: You may give to UMCOR relief work and disaster response efforts at any time by using the Miscellaneous Giving option and putting "UMCOR Greatest Need" in the memo line. Please do not use Special Sunday offering envelopes for this purpose.

Frequent Focus: UMCOR RElief

When war, natural disaster, or other crises damage a community beyond what they are able to sustain on their own, the United Methodist Committee on Relief is there. 


UMCOR provides immediate emergency aid through their network of partners in the US and over 80 countries worldwide. Unlike many other emergency responders, however, UMCOR also makes a commitment to long-term stabilization and rebuilding efforts.


Whether it's flooding in the US, wildfires in Australia, hurricanes in Puerto Rico, hunger in Africa, or war in Ukraine, UMCOR bring hope and resources to people in their hour of greatest need. Donations made here will be directed to UMCOR's "Where Most Needed" category (UMC Advance #999895), allowing UMCOR maximum flexibility to provide aid in emergencies today, and to respond rapidly to those that may happen tomorrow.


Because the UMC covers UMCOR's administrative costs, 100% of your relief donations go to relief efforts directly supporting communities in crisis around the globe.


UMCOR Disaster Relief Donations


Stewardship:

Pledging Support for 2025

Your faithful giving makes it possible for St. Paul's UMC to do everything we do, and your pledge makes it possible for the church to plan a financially sustainable year engaged in worship, ministry, and work in the community. Thank you for your commitment to the work and ministry of St. Paul's.


As we embark on our 2025 stewardship campaign, we invite you to join in a season of intentional prayer. For the next 40 days, we will focus each day on a specific area that makes St. Paul’s a place of growth, faith, and service. Through daily prayer as a church community, we not only seek God’s blessings, but we also strengthen our spiritual connection with the mission of our church. Let us ask God for guidance, wisdom, and the continued blessing of our shared journey. Together, through prayer and commitment, we are truly blessing our future. "Forty Days of Prayer" cards are available in the Narthex or by clicking the button to download the file as a *pdf.

40 Days of Prayer



To make a pledge for 2025, click the button below to go to our secure online pledge form. 

Pledge for 2025


The online pledge form shows all of the St. Paul's funds that currently accept pledges: General Fund, Improvement Fund, Hunger Ministry, and Technology Advancement Fund. Please fill in only those that apply to your designated giving plans. If you prefer to use a paper form, these are available in the Narthex and church office.


For pledge questions or to make changes to your pledge amounts, please contact Erin Steele, Director of Communications & Administration, at stpaulsunited@stpaulsk.org.


We will celebrate pledges this year on Stewardship Sunday, November 15, but we gratefully receive pledges year-round!


If you are unable to pledge, we thank you for supporting St. Paul’s whenever and however you are able.

Offering Envelopes Available

Members and friends of St. Paul's who give their general offering to St. Paul's using check or cash may choose to receive customized paper offering envelopes. These come from a printing service and arrive at donors' homes, ready to use and pre-printed with the donors' name, address, envelope number, and Sunday dates (although you can use them any time).


If you would normally place checks or cash in the offering plate and now wish to mail it to St. Paul's, these customized paper envelopes might be useful to you. Email Erin Steele (stpaulsunited@stpaulsk.org) and she will add you to the list.


Alternatively, if you receive envelopes but shifted to online giving and no longer need printed envelopes, please let us know. This can help keep clutter out of your mailbox and save the church a little money on printing and postage costs. Please email Erin (stpaulsunited@stpaulsk.org) with your request.


One last note:  Thank you for your patience! Due to the printers' timetable, there may be a two-month (or more) delay between your request and a change in your paper envelope status.