St Lawrence Church, Seal Chart
St Lawrence Parish Church serves all who come to us, and the St Lawrence ward of Seal Parish Council within the District of Sevenoaks in Kent, UK.
Church Road, Stone Street, Sevenoaks TN15 0LN
St Lawrence Annual Report & Accounts 2023
Please click here for the annual report and accounts for St Lawrence church.
REGULAR GIVING
Our church is dependent on donations from parishioners and supporters and we are hugely grateful for every contribution we receive. We are responsible for funding everything at St Lawrence Church, the fabric and buildings and ministry here.
Please click here for a copy of our 2022 Annual appeal letter.
We use Standing Orders as a preferred mechanism for enabling regular giving and encourage all regular donors to use this approach if possible. We see a number of benefits on both sides:
For the donor, the obvious advantage is that one no longer needs to remember to bring cash with them to each service, nor does one need to fill in a Gift Aid envelope (if appropriate) during each service.
For the church, the advantage lies in a streamlined process of collections (and Gift Aid reclaims), but also easier and more accurate income forecasting and budgeting, since we have far greater visibility into what our income for the year will be. This helps us plan additional fundraising campaigns well ahead of time to ensure we are able to meet our financial commitments, both in terms of church upkeep and also charitable outgoings.
If you would like to consider setting up a Standing Order, the process would work as follows:
Contact the Church treasurer, Andy Rowell andy.rowell@me.com or the Vicar Rev Serena Willoughby, to provide you with the Church’s bank account number and sort code.
You decide what amount you would like to donate, and what the frequency would be. We have donors who contribute monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually, so it’s really a matter of what’s most convenient for you.
Once you have made the decision, you can contact your bank to set up the standing order (or do so yourselves via online banking). If you could include your names as a reference on the payments, that would help us be able to thank you for your generosity.
Regarding Gift Aid, if you are a tax payer and your donations are thus eligible for Gift Aid top-up payments, we’d ask if you could kindly complete a declaration which will allow us to claim an additional 25% over and above your donation. You can download the declaration form here and hand it to one of the Wardens next time you’re in church.
