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Manage your giving online Mt Bethel Church is excited to announce that you can now manage your giving online! Giving online is easy and allows you to set up automatic recurring contributions and view your complete online giving history from anywhere you have access to the Internet. Simply follow these easy steps:
1. Click on the Give Now button on our homepage or Click Here, then 2. Click on the Create Profile button, then 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to create an online profile and to schedule your recurring contributions. Mobile Giving - Donate from your smart device Mt Bethel Church now offers a mobile version of our online giving page to make it easy for you to give anytime from your smart phone. Simply scan the QR image you see on the weekly bulletin using your phone’s QR code reader or go to our website MtBethelChurchIGH.org and click on the button Give Now. Text Giving Now you can text your offerings! In less time than it takes to write a check, you can now make your contribution to Mt Bethel Church with a quick text message. To get started, visit the church website at MtBethelChurchIGH.org and click on the button Give Now. Create a profile if you haven’t already—be sure to opt in to send text donations. You will receive a confirmation text and email with instructions on how to text donations. Electronic/Online Giving FAQ's
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Weekly Giving envelopes
COVID-19 Pandemic Pause Safe at Home giving - Mail your generous offering to Mt Bethel UM Church, 3239 70th Street E., Inver Grove Hts, MN 55076 Please mark in the Memo line where you desire generous offering applied (General ministry or Mortgage reduction or Special giving). If no notation, offering is directed to General Ministry account. Thank you to the people of the USPS who 'usher' our generous offering to Mt Bethel Church secure mailbox. Mt Bethel Church can track your non-cash giving if you choose. Submit receipts or copies of receipts for item/s donated. Ie. Food shelf, School supplies Backpack Bash, Operation Christmas Child Shoebox, etc. A non-cash giving Balance will show on your quarterly/yearly giving statement as a tax deductible contribution. Time & Talents In addition to your financial gifts, your time and talents make an enormous difference in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Watch for Serving Opportunities on this website, in our weekly worship bulletin and weekly e-newsletters to see some of the many ways you can become directly involved in God’s work. Endowments Mt Bethel Church established an endowment fund to invest in the future of Mount Bethel United Methodist Church. A donation at the present time or a designation in your will of a dollar amount or percentage of your estate, would help to ensure the future of our church making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Contributions designated for placement into the Mt Bethel Endowment Fund are invested in secure assets to help to build the fund. |
Qualified Charitable Distributions From Retirement Accounts
Beginning at age 70 ½, people with a tax deferred Individual Retirement Account (IRA, 401k, 403b, 457 plans, etc.) are required to withdraw a minimum amount from their account each year. This is known as the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). The RMD is taxed as income. People who do not need the income or who wish to reduce their tax liability can meet the RMD by transferring the amount of RMD funds from their IRA to a charity/church annually. This way of giving is called a Qualified Charitable Distribution. Qualified Charitable Distributions gifts must meet the following requirements:
Beginning at age 70 ½, people with a tax deferred Individual Retirement Account (IRA, 401k, 403b, 457 plans, etc.) are required to withdraw a minimum amount from their account each year. This is known as the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). The RMD is taxed as income. People who do not need the income or who wish to reduce their tax liability can meet the RMD by transferring the amount of RMD funds from their IRA to a charity/church annually. This way of giving is called a Qualified Charitable Distribution. Qualified Charitable Distributions gifts must meet the following requirements:
- Donors must be age 70 ½ or older
- Funds must come from a tax deferred retirement account, i.e. traditional IRA, 401k, 403b, 457 plans. Roth IRA’s are not eligible.
- Your gift must go directly to the charity. You cannot receive the cash first.
- The maximum contribution is $100,000.
- The Qualified Charitable Distribution can be activated year around and can be deactivated by the donor if circumstances change.
