North Shore Church is a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency. This allows us to issue a charitable tax receipt to most gifts. This status adds a level of security and assurance that our finances are being taken care of in a responsible manner. Our charitable number is 108068651RR0001.
If there are any questions about your giving, you can email giving@theNorthShore.Church and our finance team can respond appropriately.
Thank you for your generosity!
Complete giving information and credit/debit card details. Once complete, the information is securely saved for future gifts.
For any future donations, you can simply give at any time by texting a dollar amount (ex. 250) and hitting send! The gift will automatically be given from your account using the information you previously saved.
Give through Interact's e-transfer feature and send us money directly from your bank account. No password required.
The email address is Giving@theNorthshore.church
All funds received through e-transfer will be directed to the general fund unless otherwise designated in the message/memo box of the e-transfer.
We have an offering plate located at the back of our auditorium. There are envelopes available to place cheques or cash. By putting your name and address on the envelope, you will be able to receive a tax receipt.
Please write your cheques to "North Shore Church".
You are able to designate your gift to our General Fund, Missions Fund, or the "Other" category toward a special project.
We give our Time, Talent, and Treasure. Not to the pastor, not to the church, but to God. We do this because He first loved us and He was the first to give. He gave us life. He gave us Himself, and He gave us New Life. He gave everything for us.
God does not need your money, but money is the key to understanding where we stand with God. Jesus gave everything for the sake of salvation. And He asks us to follow Him.
In the Old Testament
A tithe was brought to the temple. It was ten percent of whatever the harvest was. This was the minimum requirement for giving.
Malachi 3:10 says, "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."
Tithing was an act of faith in God to believe He would provide a great harvest. If you continue reading, God said he would protect the crops and the world would see the blessing on God's people.
We don't give to get, rather we give as a sign of Faith in God. We give because we rely on God as he is our provider for all things seen and unseen.
In the New Testament
Paul gives instructions for giving and generosity.
2 Corinthians 9:6-15 says, "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written:
'They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.'
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!"
While tithing is not mentioned as a requirement, if you have given your life to Jesus and committed to following Him, we follow His example and we give generously. God is not asking you to sell everything and live on the streets. God is also not asking you to keep everything to yourself.
Paul is saying, start with the ten percent, start with something and trust God will take care of the rest. As you see God meet your needs, allow the Holy Spirit to prompt you to give when you see a need and watch God bless your giving.
When we give generously, we live in the expectancy that God will do something incredible and lives will be changed.
If there are any questions about your giving, you can email giving@theNorthShore.Church and our finance team can respond appropriately.
Thank you for your generosity!