Up Your$

Introducing

Witherspoon Society's

A Campaign to Encourage Every
Presbyterian to Up Your Giving
to the Church

In light of the hard economic times our beloved Church suffers, Witherspoon Society challenges every congregation to increase your giving by $1.00 per member and every member to increase your giving by $100.00.

Some options for increased giving include:

General Mission

Designated Giving Opportunities:

Local Congregation

Washington Office

Women's Ministries

Peacemaking Program

Hunger Program

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

National Network of Presbyterian College Women (NNPCW)

Worldwide Ministries

Racial Ethnic Ministries

Your Favorite: _____________

If you're interested --

Send a note, tell us your questions, and we'll provide UpYour$ stickers and information sheets.

How to give

An update on "Up Your$" campaign to support our church

Prepared by Jill Acree, Witherspoon Secretary/Communicator

[10-7-02]

We're delighted people have noticed and asked about the "Up Your$" campaign - a low-key effort to encourage Presbyterians to increase their giving to the Church.

We have suggested a few denominational programs that we think merit our support, but they are just a small sample of the options for giving, from General Mission to specific programs. We have pointed to programs that represent some of the Witherspoon Society's areas of concern: peacemaking and international issues, social and economic justice, women's concerns, inclusivity in the church, and environmental stewardship.

We only regret that we have not been able to mention more possibilities, but we hope these will give you some idea of what you might do.

Individuals wishing to Up Your giving should mail checks to:

Presbyterian Church (USA)
Central Receiving Service
Section 300
Louisville, KY 40289

Congregations or sessions sending special "Up Your$" gifts should send them through their usual receiving site.

Be sure to state the project number and name (if any) on the memo line of the check.

If you have questions about a project, or need other information, call the Extra Commitment Opportunities office at 1-888-728-7228, ext. 5650.

To support the General Mission of the church, make your check payable to PC(USA) and indicate "General Mission" on the memo line.

To support your local congregation, just add your check to the offering on Sunday -- and perhaps mention the reason for your extra support. They'll be happy to see it.

	To support the Presbyterian Washington Office (Public Policy Advocacy), specify #865714 on the memo line.
	To support Women's Ministries, specific "Women's Ministries" on the memo line; there's no numerical designation.
	To support the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, specify #352103 on the memo line.
	To support Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, specify #9-2000148 on the memo line.
	To support the National Network of Presbyterian College Women, specify #049991 on the memo line.
	To support WorldWide Ministries, specify #153000 on the memo line.
	To support Racial/Ethnic Ministries, specify #154000 on the memo line.

Additional information on most of these programs is available through the PC(USA) web site.

On behalf of our whole church, and the world we serve in Christ's name, we thank you!

For a full listing of current Extra Commitment Opportunities, you can order a free catalog from

Presbyterian Distribution Service
Presbyterian Church (USA)
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1396

or call

1-800-524-2612

Request PDS #68-700-02-085

Why the "Up Your$" campaign?

By Trina Zelle
[6-20-02]

The "Up Your$" campaign (or in the KJV, the "Up Thine" campaign) spontaneously emerged from April's Witherspoon Board meeting as a way of encouraging individual Presbyterians and congregations to increase their giving to the denomination.

We were looking for constructive ways to respond to the regrettable practice of withholding funds from the whole church body as a form of dissent. Such activity exacerbates the ongoing financial crisis in the PCUSA, one result of which is the diminishment of our ability to do the mission Jesus has called us to do. This includes a cutback in personnel. The loss of thirty-four missionaries is a logical outcome of such withholding, and certainly does not show any lessening of commitment on the part of national staff.

This leads the Witherspoon Board to suggest that the rest of us do our best to compensate for this loss. After all, that's what families do in times of crisis: leap into the breach and do whatever it takes to repair the damage.

That's what the Witherspoon Society is saying: "Up Your$."