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We're grateful for your financial support to our common life! 

We are our own CRA registered charity as of early 2024 (BN 118787142RR0063) and we issue charitable receipts.

The AbbeyChurch and the Emmaus Community have a single budget. Much of our expenses are around running The AbbeyChurch.

The easiest way to give monthly is through PAR - a trustworthy system operated by The United Church of Canada - where money is withdrawn each month from your bank account and credited to us. To register for that, please fill out this form (a fillable PDF).

Once it's ready, just attach a blank/voided cheque - and hand it to our treasurer - currently Lynn Mills - or email a scan of the form and voided cheque to treasurer@emmauscommunity.ca.   PAR is withdrawn on the 20th of each month.   

NEW! We now accept e-transfers to treasurer@emmauscommunity.ca for charitable donations.  If you'd like a charitable receipt, please email your contact information to that same address or fill out this form so we can send you a receipt at tax time.

You can also give to the AbbeyChurch / Emmaus Community by donating online here through CanadaHelps.    You can select a one-time (immediate) or re-occurring donation.  This option is more convenient than PAR, but it takes a 2.6% cut.

You can also send cheques made out to "The Emmaus Community" - please mail cheques to The AbbeyChurch - 932 Balmoral Rd. Victoria BC V8T 1A8.

We can also accept donations after worship on Sundays by credit or debit card (debit preferred) and ususally have the machine set up during worship (chat with one of our clergy after worship if you'd like assistance with our "Square" POS machine)

We're deeply grateful for any support for The Abbey Church and The Emmaus Community.

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We are grateful, over the years for support from the following:

CURRENT:

- The Anglican Diocese of BC 

- The United Church of Canada Leadershift Church Planting Project (Pacific Mountain Regional Council)

- The mission funds of various United Church congregations and Anglican parishes.

 

HISTORIC:

- The United Church of Canada ProVision Fund

- The United Church of Canada Foundation New Ministries Fund

- The Anglican Foundation of Canada

- The United Church of Canada Foundation

 

Financal Transparency:

The total budget for the Emmaus Community and the AbbeyChurch is $80-$90,000 each year - which rents our space, covers office supplies and licensing, pays a part-time clergy  (22 hours a week each), pays our childrens' ministry leader (4 hours a week), and youth minister (10 hours per week) and occasional pulpit supply. 

We think it's a pretty good use of money - and we're always striving to be good caretakers of the abundance God provides!  We're open to suggestions.   

We currenty receive generous grants  from The Anglican Diocese of BC and from the Pacific Mountain Regional Council (Church Planting Grant) of The United Church each year - and these are set to end in 2025.  It's thus our goal to raise our monthly / committed givings an additional $30-35,000 in the next two years in donations so that we can be sustainable.

The bulk of of our income - currently about $40-50,000 per year comes from 'grassroots' givings - mostly through monthly committments, as well as some 'mission' donations from other parishes / congregations. 

We're also aware that AbbeyChurch happens due to the sacrificial volunteer labour of many, including our unpaid volunteer honorary clergy, who work elsewhere, as well as very reasonable rent from our landlords at The Pacific Mountain Regional Council's Property Development Council - who operate the site that once was First Met United Church and is now the United Commons.  

If you'd like a copy of our budget or have other questions about our finances, please contact Lynn at treasurer@emmauscommunity.ca.