How to give to Cornerstone
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Giving a One-Off Gift to Cornerstone
To financially support the work of Cornerstone by making a one-off gift by credit/debit card, please click on the button below: 
Giving from the USA : Friends of Cornerstone If you live in the USA and would like to give to the work of Cornerstone you can do so by clicking on this link. 
Giving Regularly to Cornerstone If you would like to financially support the work of Cornerstone by setting up a regular standing order, please set up a giving account with Stewardship (this is very straightforward) and select Cornerstone as the chosen recipient. This can be done either:
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Questions about Giving?
If you have any questions about giving to Cornerstone or setting up a Stewardship giving account, please don't hesitate to contact our treasurer Sylvia Roberts at sylvia@cornerstonestandrews.org. Our Charity Status Cornerstone St Andrews is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Scottish Charity Number: SC045194). |
How We Steward God's Money
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Our Budget Priorities
Our belief that the people of God are collectively His means of carrying out His mission to the world dictates our financial priorities. All money given to the church will be stewarded in a way that reflects the priority of mission. Our Budget Principles We wish to be transparent and accountable about how we steward all money given to the church. We seek to practice the following principles:
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Who looks after our finances?
Our Treasurer is Sylvia Roberts. if you have any questions about Cornerstone's budget, income or expenditure, please don't hesitate to contact Sylvia at sylvia@cornerstonestandrews.org. The Treasurer is a member of the Cornerstone Leadership Team. After our Sunday Gathering, the offering is counted and recorded by two people and deposited into our bank account. The signatories on the Cornerstone bank account are:
Our Charity Status Cornerstone St Andrews is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Scottish Charity Number: SC045194). |
Financial Partnerships
Cornerstone commits to giving a minimum of 10% of the received offering to non-Cornerstone led Christian mission work. This paper aims to explain something of the vision for these financial partnerships.
Aims of Financial Partnering
Cornerstone believes that it is important that our giving would not only serve to imitate the generosity of God, but would also serve to enhance our congregations understanding of the true nature and scope of biblical mission. This would include the reality that Gods mission is to all things and all people in all places. Gods mission is to the whole of creation; it’s Jesus making all things new.
Although we cant give to all things in every place our partnerships do aim to demonstrate something of the diverse nature of mission, and so we see in our partners a broad representation of various types of mission work in various places all over the world.
Our current partners/arrangements are:
(i) Release International: Supporting persecuted Christians around the world.
(ii) Tearfund: A major player in relief and development around the world.
(iii) Parish Nursing: A local outreach to the elderly in this area.
(iv) K2: Taking the Gospel to local school children.
(v) Laura Simmonds: part of a church planting mission in Descartes, France.
(vi) Short Term Programme Fund: for individuals engaging in short term mission.
(vii) Other Mission Support Fund: for other mission organisations/initiatives seeking assistance.
Partnerships are more than financial
We recognise that true partnership is more than a financial transaction. Our partnerships are selected partly on the potential for these relationships to develop. We want to know how our partners are getting on and what they are doing; we want to pray for them; to learn about mission from them; to know about opportunities to serve with them on the front line and to find other ways to support them.
Partnership Champions
For each partnership we aim to have a ‘Champion’ who would serve as a messenger between Cornerstone and the individual partner. Their role includes:
The Champions are:Release International - Jen Newland
Engaging and Encouraging the Cornerstone Community
The main way in which we would look to engage our community would be through short presentations during the Sunday gathering. These have the following aims:
Financial Partnerships Team
Stu Newland, Becky Stojanovic, Graham McLean
Aims of Financial Partnering
Cornerstone believes that it is important that our giving would not only serve to imitate the generosity of God, but would also serve to enhance our congregations understanding of the true nature and scope of biblical mission. This would include the reality that Gods mission is to all things and all people in all places. Gods mission is to the whole of creation; it’s Jesus making all things new.
Although we cant give to all things in every place our partnerships do aim to demonstrate something of the diverse nature of mission, and so we see in our partners a broad representation of various types of mission work in various places all over the world.
Our current partners/arrangements are:
(i) Release International: Supporting persecuted Christians around the world.
(ii) Tearfund: A major player in relief and development around the world.
(iii) Parish Nursing: A local outreach to the elderly in this area.
(iv) K2: Taking the Gospel to local school children.
(v) Laura Simmonds: part of a church planting mission in Descartes, France.
(vi) Short Term Programme Fund: for individuals engaging in short term mission.
(vii) Other Mission Support Fund: for other mission organisations/initiatives seeking assistance.
Partnerships are more than financial
We recognise that true partnership is more than a financial transaction. Our partnerships are selected partly on the potential for these relationships to develop. We want to know how our partners are getting on and what they are doing; we want to pray for them; to learn about mission from them; to know about opportunities to serve with them on the front line and to find other ways to support them.
Partnership Champions
For each partnership we aim to have a ‘Champion’ who would serve as a messenger between Cornerstone and the individual partner. Their role includes:
- Informing the church leadership of the wellbeing and needs of the partner.
- Passing on our partners prayer requests.
- Taking a lead role in developing the relationship.
- Communicating on behalf of the partner to the Cornerstone congregation.
- Inviting individuals to further engagement.
The Champions are:Release International - Jen Newland
- Tearfund - Becky Stojanovic
- Parish Nursing - Graham McLean
- K2 - Abby Cant
- Laura Simmonds - Stu Newland
Engaging and Encouraging the Cornerstone Community
The main way in which we would look to engage our community would be through short presentations during the Sunday gathering. These have the following aims:
- To emphasise something of the true nature of biblical mission.
- To inform about an individual partnership.
- To provide an update about the partners work and needs.
- To invite individuals to further participation including prayer, practical action, further giving etc.
- To encourage our community through highlighting the fact that when individuals make a financial offering they are partnering with the Global body of Christ, partnering in the Gospel, and partnering in Gods mission to the world.
Financial Partnerships Team
Stu Newland, Becky Stojanovic, Graham McLean
Finances
Financial Update - 2019
The Cornerstone Leadership Team is committed to transparent accountability in financial matters. Below you can see the financial report and accounts for our last financial year (ending 31st October 2019).
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2018
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2017
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2016
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2015
The Cornerstone Leadership Team is committed to transparent accountability in financial matters. We aim to present a quarterly update on the finances to the congregation. We are still a young church - just under 2 years old as of May 2015 - and there is much about which to be encouraged.
The presentation (download here) details first of all the monthly income as a spreadsheet and then as a chart showing how much is given in the Sunday offerings and how much is given by direct transfer.
The Cornerstone Leadership Team is committed to transparent accountability in financial matters. Below you can see the financial report and accounts for our last financial year (ending 31st October 2019).
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2018
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2017
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2016
You can find our financial report in full here.
Financial Update - 2015
The Cornerstone Leadership Team is committed to transparent accountability in financial matters. We aim to present a quarterly update on the finances to the congregation. We are still a young church - just under 2 years old as of May 2015 - and there is much about which to be encouraged.
The presentation (download here) details first of all the monthly income as a spreadsheet and then as a chart showing how much is given in the Sunday offerings and how much is given by direct transfer.
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