Make a Pledge

 

Each year, members and friends of Third Church are invited to make a pledge to support the church’s annual operating needs. The pledge is a commitment to sharing some of your financial resources to enable ministry and further the work of the church. Please use the form below to indicate what you plan to give in 2026.

 

(Looking to support our Courageously Called Capital Campaign? You can do that here)

  • If this is a joint pledge

  • Yes! I commit to offering financial support for the mission and ministry of Third Church, in the amount of:

  • Please enter the total amount you intend to give for the full year. If, for example, you plan to give $200 per month, enter $2,400 ($200 times 12 months). If you plan to give $50 per week, enter $2,600 ($50 times 52 weeks).
  • Please enter the total amount you intend to give for the $38 per capita payments that Third Church makes to the Presbytery and larger denomination. Enter $38 if paying for one member, $76 if paying for two, $114 if paying for three, etc.

  • Additional Options

What Your Pledge Makes Possible

The Budget & Finance Committee estimates Third Church's operating expenses will be around $1.8 million in 2026—a 5.1% increase on last year’s budget. That’s what it will cost to carry out our ministries of worship, outreach, fellowship, and learning; maintain our physical spaces; and pay our hard-working staff. The chart at left shows how we allocate each of your pledged dollars across our six ministry pillars.

Pledged contributions comprise almost 60% of the money needed for annual operations—a much greater portion than any of our other revenue sources (including investment returns, event and rental fees, and special gifts and bequests). That’s why your pledge is so important; we can’t afford to be the church you know and love without it.

Benchmarking Against 2025

Especially if you have not done it before, determining the amount you will pledge can be daunting. We hope you will consider it carefully—and prayerfully. We hope that you will strive to be as generous as you are able. You may be surprised at how good generosity makes you feel!

If you are new to this process, you might find it helpful to know more about what other households pledge. While making an annual pledge is not a requirement of membership, it is certainly an expectation, as it enriches your spiritual growth while also providing for your church home.

265 Third Church households made pledges for 2025, totaling $924,000. The average pledge was $3,500. Note that 23% of the total dollars came from just 6 households, while the large group of households that pledged under $1,000 gave just 3% of the total.

The table and chart below have the same information, shown two different ways