Where does the money come from?

Regular giving by those subscribing to the church represents a commitment to the parish and its work and establishes intentional, regular planned giving focused on Sunday worship. This can be done anonymously if desired. Tax refunds from donations made under Gift Aid are an important source of funding and people remembering the work of Kinawley & Holy Trinity in their wills i.e. bequests have been a great blessing to the church.

The Rector of the parish receives a stipend directly from the central body of the Church of Ireland (Representative Body) based in Dublin. The parish – through the diocese – sends this overall amount in 4 quarterly instalments. This payment made by the parish is called ‘Sustentation’.

What is it spent on?

Our highest expenditure is for the services of full-time ministry. We also support mission locally and internationally and other parish activities. The maintenance of a rectory and church building make up the balance of what we spend. Our money gets spent across the range of ministries in ways and amounts which are monitored and controlled by the elected representatives of the church—the Select Vestry (SV). This constant review, as well as the presentation and publication of accounts once per year ensures we do our best to honour God with the way in which our resources are spent. A copy of our Accounts for 2019 can be downloaded by following this link [opens in seperate tab].

As a Parish we are keen to serve you and would appreciate ideas from you as to how we can do this. From the autumn we plan to have several events that we would encourage you to get involved with.