Why give online?

It saves money...

• Besides the recent problems with the envelope company, even when things are running well, the parish pays to have envelopes printed and mailed out. Online givers can cancel the envelopes service and we all save money.

Your don't need your checkbook or need to get cash...

• Getting ready to come to church got easier. If you already set up giving online, you don't need to find your envelopes, checkbook or cash. It might feel odd at first when the basket comes around and you're not looking for your donation envelope -- you can just smile at Barbara or Liz or one of our fine ushers and continue praying. They'll smile back knowing that so many parishioners are now giving regularly online.

If you're sick, stay home...

You can still watch Mass online without sharing your germs. (And thank you for that!)

But your donation still gets to us and we get to do great things with it -- like pay utility bills, make sure the staff can feed their families, and do so much of the work that our parish is known for -- from educating our children, to celebrating wonderful liturgies, to ministering to the sick, the bereaved, and people and families in need.

You can travel...

Whether you're taking the kids to an away travel team tournament, or if you're off to see the grandkids, or just taking a vacation, you can feel better knowing that your regular online contribution is still supporting the valuable work of our parish and -- we don't really need to say this -- the bills NEVER take vacations!n

Get cash back or miles...

Speaking of vacations, when your nosey cousin asks, ""How did you afford that lovely vacation?" say, "I got miles (or cash back) from donating to Saint John the Baptist Parish ONLINE using my credit card. Yes, the saying is true: "God helps those who help their church...." (Or something like that.)

Okay already! How do I go about giving online?

Welcome to ParishSoft

We used to use a service called Faith Direct but that company became "ParishSoft."

(Is it hard to use? Of course not....it's "soft!" LOL)
At the bottom of this page you'll see the link to the Saint John the Baptist online giving page.
Click on it, and you're on your way to setting up regular donations to our parish.
Of course you can also make individual one-time contributions for special collections or if you win the lottery.

FAST FACT... if people gave what they spend on lottery tickets to their church, that would be a bigger "win" than what most folks take home when playing the lottery,

Register

If you've never given through Parish Soft (or Faith Direct) you can now register for your own account.

It's safe and secure. 
Enter the basic information -- just like you would when signing up for anything else online.

Then you're "in"!

Step Two: Choose how to make your donation

  1. In My Account, navigate to the Payment Methods tab.
  2. You’ll see your current saved cards or bank accounts.
  3. To add a new one, click Add Payment Method.

You can choose from:

  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • ACH (Bank Account)
  • Google Pay
  • Apple Pay (on iPhone)
  • PayPal
  • Venmo

Then fill in:

  • Name on the card/account
  • Billing address
  • Expiration date or account/routing number
  • Optional: Mark as Default Payment Method

Click Save to complete.

Step three: To make regular contributions look for the "recurring gift" tab...

Then you can choose how often you want your donation to reach us (e.g. weekly, twice a month, monthly, etc.) and how much you wish to give to support the work of the parish and support a particular collection.

You can change the amount or frequency any time.
And of course you can make one time contributions as well.

OK.... let's go!

Click on the button below and be sure to go to the Sign in tab to get started.

It's easy.
And we are SO grateful that you're taking this step in supporting our special and active parish.

Go to: Saint John the Baptist Online Giving Page