Stewardship isn’t something we just do when we place our offering in the offering plate. Stewardship is a way of life! We are challenging you to think about ways you can be engaged in stewardship every day through your prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness!
Offering your gifts is an act of worship. By giving, we enter into and participate in the grace of Christ. We worship. By giving in concert with our brothers and sisters in Christ’s body, we jointly worship him, moved by each other’s example and mutual participation. You may participate by placing your offering in the plate. You may also bring your offering to the church office, mail it in, or give online. Regardless of how you give, you can do so in the spirit of worship in concert with your church family. We provide cards, found on the back of the pews, that you may drop in the plate if you wish to acknowledge your online gifts.
Service. During the Sunday service we have a moment to worshipfully offer our tithes and offerings as the plates are passed. You may also give during the Sunday School hour. If you place your check or cash in an envelope, please take a moment to print your name, write the amount of the enclosed donation, and note how you wish to direct your gift (default is the general fund).
Your bank. Most banks provide online banking as a no-cost service to you or to the recipient. The bank will mail a check to the church on your behalf and your gift will be added to the following Sunday offering. To set up an offering via online banking, add Bellevue UMC as a company on the bill-pay page as:
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- Bellevue United Methodist Church
7501 Old Harding Pike
Nashville, TN 37221 - Use account number 0000 (or any other number as this is not used)
- Choose one-time payment or recurring payments
- Bellevue United Methodist Church
It is recommended to use online banking for weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly offerings and use one of the methods below for other non-recurring gifts, if you choose to give these electronically.
Online. Follow the steps below. You’ll receive email confirmation of your gift.
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- Click the Give online to BUMC icon at the top of this page or https://onrealm.org/BellevueUnitedM/-/give/now
- You may also scan the QR code image found in your Sunday bulletin using your phone’s Quick Response (QR) code reader!
- Enter your gift amount.
- Give to the fund preselected for you or choose a different fund from the drop-down menu.
- Enter your email address.
- Select a frequency.
- Click Give.
- Choose your account type. Either way incurs a small fee.
- Credit/Debit Card
- Checking Account
- Enter your payment information.
- Click Give to complete your donation.
- Click the Give online to BUMC icon at the top of this page or https://onrealm.org/BellevueUnitedM/-/give/now
To get the mobile app, start by searching for Connect – Our Church Community in the app store. This mobile app enables you to have Realm at your fingertips and stay connected to our church.
To give from the app:
- Download the free app and sign in. Don’t have a Realm account? Click the option to sign up, and enter bellevueunitedm as the church’s invite code.
- Tap the icon with the three horizontal lines at the top left, tap Giving and follow the prompts to give. You can also check your giving history by tapping the History Tab.
- This incurs a small fee.
Text. Send bvue 50 (or any amount) to the phone number 73256. You’ll receive a text message in response with your next steps. After you give one time, your payment method is saved, so you can quickly give again from your phone (a small fee will incur). This donation will by default apply to the general fund (operating budget). You may also give to the communion fund by sending bvue communion 50 (or any amount) to 73256. The communion fund is collected the first Sunday of each month however donations are always accepted at any time.