Help on Entering Donations

Submitting donations to the church is a simple process, very similar to using a shopping cart on the web.  You will select the fund you want to donate to, the amount of your donation and the details on what your donations is offered for.  Once you submit the donation, you can either enter more donations, or "checkout" to complete the submission of your donation.  Here are the various steps to submitting your donation.

Entering donation information

1. Select Church Fund - click on the button next to the church fund you would like to donate to.
2. Amount of Donation - enter the amount of your donation towards this fund.  You can enter the number as an amount with or without the decimal point.  Please do not put in a dollar sign ($) or a comma(,).  The minimum donation amount you can enter is $5.00
3. Donation Offering Info - enter exactly how you want your donation to be worded  It should include for whom or for what the donation is offered for, as well as who the donation is from.  For example:  For the continued good health of John Doe by his children Mary and Ken  or  In memory of our mother, Susan Smith, by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith.
4. Add this Donation - When you are ready to add the donation to the "Donations Cart", click the Add this Donation button and you will be taken to the "Donations Cart" Page. (If you want to clear all the information on this form and start over, click the Clear all information)

Donations Cart Page

From this page you can do several things:

1. Verify information / delete donation - Here, you can verify that the the information you entered is correct (Church Fund, Amount of Donation, and Offered For).  The quantity field should not be changed.  However, if you want to delete a donation from the cart, you should change the quantity to 0 (zero), then click on the Recalculate button.  This will delete the donation.
2. Enter more donations - If you wish to enter more donations, click on the Enter more donations button.  You will be taken back to the Donations page where you can enter another donation.  You can enter as many donations as you wish.  Your previous donations will remain in the Donations Cart, so you will not lose them.
3. Checkout - When you have finished entering all your donations, You are now ready to checkout.  Before checking out, if you want to give the church office any special instructions or comments about your donations, be sure to enter them in the Additional Comments box.  When you are ready, click on the Checkout button to begin processing your donation.

Checkout process

1. When you clicked on the Checkout button above, you are now ready to submit your donation.  At this stage, you will enter information about you.  This is in the section called Billing Information.  Even though you will not be billed, this is information that is needed.  The fields that are in bold are required.  Please make sure you enter this information correctly, especially your e-mail address, as a receipt of your donation will be mailed to the e-mail address you enter here.
2. As a bonus, the shopping cart can store this information you've entered here so that the next time you give a donation to the church, you won't have to re-enter it.  If you want to store this information, be sure to click the box next to "Store your details for future purchases".
3. When you are done entering the information, click on the Continue Donation button.
4. Now you will be presented with a final review of all the information you entered.  You may want to print out this page for your record.  If the information is not correct, you can use the Back button in your browser to go back to previous pages to correct or delete a donation.
5. If all the information is correct, you can now click the Submit Donation button.  Please note:  Your donation will not be submitted until you press the Submit Donation button.  At that point, your donation will be sent to the church office.  You will be given an order number and will receive an e-mail receipt of your donation.