Our Life as a Church During the past two years, restrictions on our way of life have had an enormous effect on many things - including our church finances. And now, just as things are beginning to return to something like pre-pandemic normality, we are all faced with significant price increases across the board and particularly for gas and electricity. Just as for our own homes, the costs of keeping our church homes open are also significantly increasing, including for heating and lighting, building maintenance, insurance and ministry. Whilst all of us will be experiencing these financial pressures, if at all possible please consider how you might be able to support our common life as a community at this time. It’s vital that we all do what we can to support one another – please don’t leave it up to others. A massive thank you those of you who have already stepped up in this way – we are all hugely grateful. Online Banking If you use online banking, you can set up a standing order that way. Please also fill in a Pledge Form and send it to The Stewardship Recorder, 22 Hillside Crescent, Enfield, EN2 0HR, so that we can claim Gift Aid (worth an extra 25% to the church), and keep track of our projected income. The church’s details are as follows: Bank: Metro Bank plc: Bank Account Name: PCC of St John and St Luke Clay Hill Sort Code: 23-05-80 Account Number: 31851777 Setting up a Standing Order You can download and fill in a Banker’s Form, to send directly to your bank, and a Pledge Form, to be sent to The Stewardship Recorder, 22 Hillside Crescent, Enfield, EN2 0HR. Cheque You can make payments by cheque, made payable to ‘The PCC of St John & St Luke ClayHill.’ These can be sent to: c/o The Treasurer, 92 Browning Road, Enfield, EN2 0HG. Again, please fill out a Pledge Form (downloadable below) and send it to The Stewardship Recorder, 22 Hillside Crescent, Enfield, EN2 0HR, so that we can claim Gift Aid (worth an extra 25% to the church), and keep track of our projected income. EASYFUNDRAISING – DONATIONS FOR OUR PARISH Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for our Parish of Clay Hill? There are over 7,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, Tesco, Etsy, Booking.com and M&S. Our parish has registered with Easyfundraising so that online purchases made through their portal will earn our Parish a small donation from retailers registered with the schemes of between 0.5% and 4% of the value of eligible purchases. In all cases, it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds. So what do you need to do to ensure your online purchases generate donations to our parish? The parish ‘s easyfundraising account is called: St John & St Luke Parish Clayhill Enfield All you need to do is: 1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/paris hofstjohn/?utm_campaign=raise-more and join by creating your account for free. 2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping. 3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to our parish at no extra cost to you whatsoever! There are no catches or hidden charges and our PCC will be really grateful for your donations. Please share this with your family and friends and encourage them to support our parish through their purchases. Thank you for your support.

One-off donation To make a one-off donation to the church online, simply

Financially Supporting the Family of Faith