Category: St Michael’s Church

Gift Day May 2026

Posted on by Laura Thomas

Gift Day May 2026

Our historic Church building has held more than bricks and mortar — it has held us. But buildings don’t stand still. They either fade, or they’re renewed.

The Heart of the Community Project has been more than a building project. It has been a fourfold vision:

  • Build the St Michael’s Church Centre
  • Give 10% away beyond ourselves
  • Restore our historic church
  • Renew our existing buildings

Last year, you helped achieve so much through your generosity: The historic Church building has been fully renewed and refreshed. The vestry relocated to the old tower room. New practical facilities have been created, including toilets and a kitchen

We are now just £20,000 away from having all the funds needed to complete the church refurbishment

Pledge your gift

We aim to raise a total of £50,000 for:

Church refurbishment completion (£20,000 remaining)

Coffee Shop renewal (Flooring, Décor, Windows)

Lower Hall Upgrades (Flooring, Velux windows)

This Gift Day, please:

Pray. Consider. Give generously.

Every gift helps create welcoming, life-giving spaces for our community. Your gift has made a difference. And it will again

Can you give a one-off gift ?

Pledge your gift

Please pledge your amount on this form and then make your gift using one of the methods below

Give online by card payment

👉 Click here to give by card payment

Alternative ways to give:

Give online by internet banking

Please use the following details: Account name: Stoke Gifford PCC St Michael’s, Sort code 30–16–11, Account Number 01814843. Please make sure you quote the reference as: “Gift Day“.

Give cash or cheque

Please fill in the paper form (you can download it here) and hand in to the office together with your donation.

Cheques should be made payable to Stoke Gifford PCC St Michael’s.

Don’t forget to fill in the Gift Aid declaration on the back of the form if you pay tax, as it means we can claim extra on your donation.

Thank you for your gift

Our PCC

Our PCC

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) at St Michael’s works in partnership with the clergy to support the mission and ministry of the church. PCC members are trustees of St Michael’s and share responsibility for prayerfully discerning the direction of the church, ensuring that its life and work reflect our Christian faith and serve the whole community.

The PCC has a key role in overseeing the spiritual, pastoral, financial and practical affairs of the parish. This includes caring for the church buildings, managing finances responsibly, complying with charity and safeguarding requirements, and encouraging the church’s involvement in worship, outreach and community life.

PCC members are elected from the congregation and are committed to serving with integrity, openness and teamwork, seeking God’s guidance as they support St Michael’s in growing and learning together, serving together and sharing Jesus together. 

The PCC meets each month and receives reports from different ministry areas. Below are some of the reports received over the past year. They are a great way to celebrate all that God has been doing through our various ministries.

Children’s Ministry Report_2024-25Download
Youth Ministry ReportDownload
Student and Young Adults ReportDownload
Over 65s Report March 2026Download

Rule of Life

Rule of Life

One of our objectives for 2024-2027 is:

To continue to build a Rule of Life following the Practicing the Way Resources.

By adopting not just the teaching, but the practices, from Jesus’ life, we open ourselves up to God and allow him to transform us.

The nine core Practices work together to form a Rule of Life for the modern era.

So far we have had sermon series on Sabbath, Fasting, Prayer, Solitude, Generosity and Community.

Each sermon series can be seen on a YouTube playlist. The links are below:

Sabbath Sermon Series
Fasting Sermon Series
Prayer Sermon Series
Solitude Sermon Series
Generosity Sermon Series
Community Sermon Series

You can also read more about Fasting here

And you can read more about the Solitude practice here

Our Current series is on Service and runs each Sunday from 19 April to 10 May.

On Sunday 12 April, we reviewed the previous practices – view the talk here

The teaching is from the Practicing the Way resources, which can be found online here

We also recommend the Practicing the Way book by John Mark Comer

“Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Live as he did: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did” by John Mark Comer (Available from all good book stores ISBN  0281086672 and on Amazon ))

There is also a podcast specifically on the book – listen on spotify here.

The Rule of Life podcast is also recommended

#financialquestions

Why do we have two gift days a year?

St Michael’s is made up of two charities and we hold a Gift Day for each:

1: St Michael’s Church Centre (SMCC) – Gift Day for Buildings and Resources

2: St Michael’s Parochial Church Council (PCC) – Gift Day for Mission and Ministry

Click here for info on how to give

Don’t we get any money from the Church of England?

All ministry at St Michael’s is resourced by us.

We have amazing buildings, don’t we have lots of money?

The short answer is no. We still have daily running costs on our buildings, and we have loans which still need to be repaid.

Why is there a gap in our finances?

Expenditure is always tightly monitored. But there is a gap in our finances, because only 50% of those who worship here give financially to the Church.

Click here for info on how to give