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Giving 

Here at Burton Elim Church, we are “One Church in Two Locations” and our congregations share the same heart to see people encountering and being transformed by Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.  Giving to the work of God is an important part of this, and we are so grateful to everyone who does this as we could not do half of what we do as a church without the generous offering of your time, talents and finance.  Thank you.

Giving raises many questions of the heart, and as we grow in our faith learning to live lives that are surrendered to God is part of growing in maturity.  As a church, we believe that giving financially in the form of tithes and offerings is the normal responsibility of every believer, and that it is a healthy biblical principle to give the first 10% of what we receive to God.  But why is this?

Listen to the story of one of our older church family members, who looks back here on God's faithfulness over his life

Giving as an act of worship

As followers of Jesus, we believe it is part of our worship to bring our tithes and offerings to God as the firstfruits of our “harvest”, after all what we have is because of His goodness and grace towards us, not to mention that we owe our very eternity to His complete sacrifice for us!  The Bible encourages us:

“Honour the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops.” Proverbs 3:9

Giving as an act of faith

As followers of Jesus, we believe we are called to “go and make disciples” and investing into the Kingdom of God by giving to the ministry of the church is an act of faith, like planting a seed and watching it grow. The Bible encourages us:

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” Malachi 3:10

Giving as an act of discipleship

As followers of Jesus, we believe it is part of our commitment as disciples to give to the work of God, willingly, generously and with joy, as we do “reap what we sow!”  The Bible encourages us:

“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

Gift Aid

Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give we get an extra 25 pence from the Inland Revenue, helping your donation go further.  So £100 can be turned into £125 so long as donations are made through Gift Aid. The benefits of Gift Aid are:

  • No extra cost to you—yet your giving increases significantly
  • No need for separate forms—by signing the standard “Enduring Declaration” for multiple donations you can avoid the need to complete a new form each time you give, but you have the option to restrict to a single donation if you need to.

What if my circumstances change? If you cease paying UK Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax let us know and we will cancel your declaration from the date of receipt of your instructions. Please also notify us in the event of a change of name or address.

How Can I Give to the work of Burton Elim Church?

You can give in many different ways...

1) On Sundays. When the offering trays are passed around.

2) Direct Banking. You can easily set-up your own direct debit / standing order with us. 

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Account No: 18537731

2)  Giving online.  Click here to be taken to our Online Giving page to make a one off gift with a card.

3)  Givt. A new app for you to easily give anonymously through your mobile phone. More details on Givt can be found here.


For more information, please get in touch with us on our Contact page or pick up a form from the back of either congregation.

 

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Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

New to Church?

Welcome! Whether you've just moved to the area, or have lived here all your life, we hope our website helps you to find out everything you want to know about our Church.

Key information about the church...

   

Where & when does the church meet?

We are "One Church in Two Locations" and  meet every Sunday at 10:30am at both of our buildings.

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Moor Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3SU and Princess Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2NR

We have limited parking at Moor Street and sadly there is no dedicated parking at Princess Street, you will need to find street parking nearby, but there is usually parking not too far away and we would encourage you to plan to arrive in time to find a space.

More details can be found on our locations page

 

What should I expect when I visit?

You will receive a very warm welcome at both of our locations, and our Welcome Teams will be happy help and answer your questions.  

Each week our services
have a time of sung worship, communion and a Bible based message relevant to today.  We encourage our congrgeation to participate and so there is usually opportunity to pray, be prayed for, and share words of encouragement.

Refreshments
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served before the morning service at Princess Street and after the service at Moor Street. Both venues offer plenty of time to meet new people and ask more questions.

   

What happens to the kids at church?

Children stay with their parents at the start of the service in both congregations so we can worship together, before going out to their own age related activities.  We do ask that for safeguarding reasons, children are pre-registered when you arrive.

Moor Street

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We have a fantastic Sunday based Church for Kids programme that runs in our community centre building (The Corner) across the road from the main building.  We ask parents to accompany their children across the road, and also to pick them up once the service has finished.  Every Sunday we offer:

  • Creche (0 months to 3 years) in our small family room at the rear of the main church building
  • Little Stars (3-5 years - Pre-School age)
  • Shooting Stars (5-7 years - Infant School age)
  • Comets (8-11 years - Junior School age)
     

Princess Street

Our children's work runs in a room behind the main worship area in the same building as the main congregation, and every Sunday we offer a single 5-11 year olds group

Is there anything for Youth?

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Our Youth Work, Limitless, runs at our Moor Street congregation, and is for 11-16's.  As with Kids Church the youth join with the main congregation to begin with before leaving part way through the service to their own age related activity.

Their programme varies week to week; usually they meet in the room behind the platform in the main building, apart from on the second Sundays when they join with the Church for Kids in The Corner building, and on fourth Sundays they saty in the main congregation adn are encouraged to get involved.

Is there a dress code?

No! Please just be yourself and come dressed in your 'normal' clothes.

Will I have to join in?

Not at all! You are free to simply observe or participate as much as feels comfortable for you.

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I have more questions, how can I get in touch and ask them.

Please feel free to contact us.


If you want to know who is who at the church office, check out our Staff and Leadership page.