Recurring gifts

A recurring gift is a simple way to give faithfully without thinking about it each time — it repeats on a schedule until you decide to change or stop it. You're always in full control.

One exception: if you set the gift up through a giving campaign, it stops by itself after the last gift shown before you confirm — there's nothing to cancel.

Setting one up

Start a gift the usual way (see Giving to your church), and when you choose how often, pick a repeating schedule instead of "once":

• Weekly
• Every two weeks
• Monthly

Pick your amount, fund, and payment method just like any gift, confirm, and you're set.

When gifts are charged

Recurring gifts follow a natural rhythm:

• Weekly gifts are charged on the upcoming Sunday, then every Sunday after.
• Every-two-weeks gifts start on the upcoming Sunday, then repeat every second Sunday.
• Monthly gifts are charged on the 1st of next month, then on the 1st each month after.

The give screen always shows you the date of your first scheduled gift before you confirm, so there are no surprises. Each time a recurring gift is charged, you get a receipt by email, exactly like a one-time gift. If a charge is ever missed — an expired card, say — Psalmly tells you and shows you how to put it right; see Emails and notices about your giving.

Managing a recurring gift

Find your recurring gifts on your Giving page — in the mobile app, tap Manage on the recurring card. On each gift you can:

• Pause it — temporarily stop the charges. Nothing is collected while it's paused, and your schedule simply waits for you.
• Resume it — pick back up where you left off whenever you're ready.
• Edit it — change the amount or switch the fund it gives to. Your new amount takes effect on the next scheduled gift. (If the gift is part of a giving campaign, its fund is set by that campaign — cancel it if you'd like to give somewhere else.)
• Change the card (or bank account) it's paid with — see below.
• Cancel it — stop it for good. Cancelling doesn't touch any gift already given; it just ends future ones.

Changes apply going forward, so you'll never be double-charged for making one.

Changing the card or bank account

You never have to cancel a recurring gift just to pay for it differently. On your Giving page, find the gift and tap Change card — or Change bank account, depending on how it's paid. In the mobile app, tap Manage on the recurring card first. Pick the method it should use from now on, and every gift from then on is charged to it.

Two things to know:

• It stays the same kind of method. A gift paid by card moves to another card, and a gift from your bank moves to another bank account. Card and bank cost your church different amounts to process, so switching between the two means setting up a new gift rather than changing this one.
• If you have no other card (or bank account) saved, you can add one right there, in the same step. A freshly linked bank account finishes verifying before a gift can use it.

If the gift's latest payment didn't go through, changing the method also charges that payment to the new one straight away — so the gift is caught up, not only fixed from here on. You'll see that said on the screen before you confirm.

To manage the cards and bank accounts available to you, see Your saved payment methods.

Want to change how often?

How often a gift repeats — weekly, every two weeks, or monthly — and your choice about covering fees stay fixed for that gift. To change either, cancel the existing one and set up a new recurring gift with the settings you want; it only takes a moment.