Electronic Fund Transfer
Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) Direct Giving is now available…
To help make things more convenient for you to financially support the parish, we have added an Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) payment option for Sunday contributions. This offers you the opportunity to make automatic financial contribution transfers from your bank account to the parish. Electronic banking costs you nothing and provides many advantages to both you and your parish:
Your Benefits
- Makes giving more convenient by automatically transferring your Sunday offering directly from your checking or savings account to the parish.
- Eliminates the need for you to write checks or have cash on hand.
- You can change your contribution amount or date of transfer at any time.
- It’s secure and free.
Parish Benefits
- Saves hours of administrative time spent processing payments.
- Stabilizes the parish budget with your scheduled contributions, no missed offerings.
- Promotes the parish mission through additional resources.
If you would like to take advantage of this new time-saving opportunity, you may pick up a Payment Authorization Form which provides your account information from either the narthex of church, the parish website or by stopping by the parish office. You specify the contribution amount and select either the fifth or twentieth of each month when funds will be transferred from your account. Return your completed form to the parish office or enclose your form in an envelope and drop it in the Sunday Collection Basket. Please mark on the outside of this envelope” EFT.
Answers to frequently asked questions, detailed instructions, and a sample authorization form are are below. We thank you for your generous and continued support as we work in service to Christ and our community.
Download PDF File (Acrobat Reader needed to view file): EFT Giving Form/Instructions
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
What is EFT or Direct Giving?
Who can participate in EFT?
How often will the transfers be made?
What if I want to change my amount or stop using EFT?
I like to make donations for special or extra collections throughout the year. How will I do that?
I would like to be able to put something in the offering basket each week when I come to church.
How do I sign up? When can I get started?
How secure is the process? I don’t want someone else to be able to get any of my personal information!
What is EFT or Direct Giving?
The EFT process is the Electronic Fund Transfer of money from one account to another. By using secured software in coordination with Fifth Third Bank we can transfer funds from your account to meet your sacrificial giving needs. When amounts are withdrawn for a parishioner’s sacrificial giving, that is called Direct Giving.
Who can participate in EFT?
EFT can be used by any member of the Parish, you DO NOT need to be a Fifth Third Bank customer. EFT’s can come from a checking or savings account and from any bank.
How often will the transfers be made?
EFT’s will be made twice each month, the fifth or the twentieth of each month. If the 5th. or 20th. falls on a weekend or a holiday, the funds will be transferred on the next banking day. EFT’s will be transferred EVERY month of the year.
What if I want to change my amount or stop using EFT?
The Payment Authorization Form, which is used at the time of sign up, can be re-submitted at any time to change the amount of giving, bank or bank account, or even discontinue EFT. Please note that 30 days prior written notice is required for changes to or termination of EFT.
I like to make donations for special or extra collections throughout the year. How will I do that?
You will still continue to receive your envelopes which are mailed directly to you. That way, you will get all of the special envelopes that come up throughout the year.
I would like to be able to put something in the offering basket each week when I come to church.
As stated above, you will continue receiving your envelopes. If you are an EFT contributor, we encourage you to check the EFT box on the front of your envelope and place your empty envelope in the offering basket as usual.
How do I sign up? When can I get started?
You can sign up for EFT starting today. Authorization forms are available in the narthex of church, on the parish website or you may stop by the parish office building and pick one up. After filling out the authorization form and signing it, you may mail your completed form to the parish, drop it off at the parish office or you may choose to drop it in the Sunday offering basket. Regardless of how you choose to get it back to us, please seal your envelope and mark EFT on the outside. Remember, you have personal account information on the form. Direct Giving will begin in January.
How secure is the process? I don’t want someone else to be able to get any of my personal information!
We will securely keep all account information provided by individuals. None of the information will be given out to anyone without prior written or verbal consent from the individual. All passwords and security features for the software will be kept in a secure location. Anyone calling to check on their own transaction information will need to provide proof of identity to facilitate the security of this information. The manner in which the software works is extremely safe and tamper-proof. By using secure servers, access cannot be gained to your personal information by an outside source.