Give

Giving back a tithe, or ten percent of your income, to God is all about having a grateful heart. Grateful in the sense that you know that you are one of His children…that you have first given God your heart by accepting Jesus, His Son, as your personal Savior and thus established a relationship with Him that will last through eternity. This is what God wants first from us, our heart. It’s also understanding and accepting that Jesus has paid the price and penalty for our sin and provided a way for us to have a relationship with God our Heavenly Father.

Once we understand our new relationship with the Lord, the desires of our heart causes us to want to honor the Lord with an offering as an act of gratitude for what He’s done for us. That gratitude is expressed by giving of our time, our talent, and our financial resources to help further the Lord’s work here on earth.

The Unfinished Initiative

The Unfinished Initiative Fund is where all of our giving goes for the next two years. Whether it's your regular tithes and giving, missions giving or new gifts, it all goes into ONE FUND. This means there is only one fund you need to give to. Instead of splitting your giving between tithes, missions and capital projects, you simply give to the Unfinished Initiative Fund. This initiative covers our ministry, missions and expansion project needs for the next two years.

Please review for details on giving deadlines for various giving methods.

Sunday, 12/29/2024--Cash/check in-person on all campuses. Please place in the black offering boxes as you exit the service.

Tuesday, 12/31/2024--Cash/check broughT to ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES BUILDING (not the Worship Center). Please deposit into slot located to the left of the front door. ** Please note, the church offices will be closed between Friday 12/20/2024 and New Year's Day. No Staff will be available on site to receive your in-person donation.**

Postmark no later than Tuesday, 12/31/2024--Cash/check via US Postal Service. Church mailing address: 13333 Southwest Fwy, Sugar Land, TX 77478

12/31/2024 until 11:59 PM--Online donations. Please use sugarcreek.net/give or The Sugar Creek App; click on GIVE at the bottom of the screen.

Stocks, bonds, and other asset transfers--Must be initiated no later than Friday, 12/27/2024 to insure receipt by the church on December 31, 2024. Please click sugarcreek.net/giving#stocks for further information and instructions.

For any questions regarding the above, please contact finance@sugarcreek.net

You can give online in a variety of ways.

1) You can make an offering to the church using the online bill payment service from your personal banking account.

2) Click here to give online by credit card, bank draft or as a business.

Make a check payable to “Sugar Creek Baptist Church” and place it in the offering plate on Sunday. If you’re a member, use the pre-printed offering envelopes you receive in the mail. Generic offering envelopes are available in the pew backs and in most of the brochure racks close to the Worship Center. You may drop off your contribution in the drop slot located on the second floor of Administration building near Suite 222. Contributions can also be mailed to:

Sugar Creek Baptist Church
Attn: Finance Department
13333 Southwest Freeway, Suite 200
Sugar Land, TX 77478

GIFTS OF STOCK

Gifts of appreciated stock offer you additional tax savings. You avoid capital gains tax and receive a tax deduction for the full value of the stock on the date of transfer. For these tax advantages, you must have owned the stock for at least one year. For additional information, please contact the Finance Department at finance@sugarcreek.net.

FROM YOUR IRA

For those individuals 70 ½ years and older, you can give any amount (up to a maximum of $100,000) per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity, including Sugar Creek Baptist Church, without having to pay income taxes on the money. This gift option is referred to as a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD for short.

Reasons for considering this gift option include:

• Your gift can satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution (RMD) beginning in the year you turn 72.
• You pay no income taxes on the gift. The QCD generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so you can benefit even if you do not itemize your deductions.
• Since the gift doesn’t count as income, it can reduce your annual income level. This may help lower your Medicare premiums and decrease the amount of Social Security that is subject to tax.

To make an IRA qualified charitable distribution to Sugar Creek Baptist Church, a donor should:

Instruct your IRA administrator to make the check payable to Sugar Creek Baptist Church (TIN 74-1823221) and the send the check addressed as follows:

Sugar Creek Baptist Church
13333 Southwest Frwy
Sugar Land, TX 77478

Notify the Finance Office by email at finance@sugarcreek.net that the distribution is being made. Include the donor’s name, mailing address, name of IRA administrator, exact amount contributed, and designation of the donation. This will help ensure that the donation is credited properly. The Finance Office will mail an acknowledgment letter or statement to the donor, at year end, using the physical address on file in their church membership record.

If you have questions, you should seek advice from your financial or legal advisor.