By Gina Calvert

The Impact of Putting Imagery on Your Giving Form

You know a picture is worth a thousand words, which is why every sermon starts with a picture or a story. It’s why you use giving images on your website and announcement screens. But not every giving solution allows you to easily embed images and fund details right in your giving form and acknowledgments.

Only Vision2 giving solution does! We understand that today’s givers don’t give out of obligation any more. They give where they have passion or empathy and can know the impact of their gifts. That’s why we created “Give Stories” in our giving pages. You have to see them to see how they can seriously impact generosity. Especially for new givers who don’t know your church well.

See Vision2 “Give Stories” here and here.

At the first link above, you can see a dynamic, media-rich giving opportunity (that keeps givers on your site), including compelling image, the story behind the fund, progress bar, and impact statement (what the giver’s gift amount provides). The second link provides a gallery of Give Stories to inspire your givers. No other giving solution for churches offers this level of engagement.

Reach out to Vision2 to learn how easy it is to bring your ministries to life on your giving form. And to get YOU inspired…

 

BONUS: 70+ Free Giving Images for Your Giving Messages

When you need images for your screens, website and app, finding the right ones can be incredibly time-consuming.

You’re in luck! Below you’ll find 70 free curated tithes and offering images suitable for web pages, screens and messages, organized in categories. They’re totally free for you to use anywhere you need a high-quality picture or video. (Of course, for your Give Stories, you may want to use your own original imagery.)

[Note that while all of the images below are free, some free image sites may require you to create an account, set a monthly limit, or intersperse paid stock images with the complimentary ones.]

ONLINE GIVING

• Male hands tithing with credit card on computer
• Wooden table with laptop, notebook and coffee cup
• Male giving on a tablet (outdoors)
• Male hands giving on smartphone
• Male hands giving on smartphone (plaid shirt)
• Male giving on phone
• Male reviewing his offering on tablet
• Mature businessman giving on phone 
• Indian male giving on phone (Grayscale)
• Smiling female on couch giving on a table
• Female hands giving on computer 
• Female giving on phone by window (Grayscale)
• Female giving on phone (Grayscale)
• Female giving on phone outside cafe
• Female hands tithing on computer, holding credit card

BACKGROUNDS

Banish boring backgrounds! Instead of specific tithes and offering images, try using a compelling backdrop for your custom giving messages … or any other theme.

• Nature
  • Meadow flowers
  • Hydrangeas forming a wreath on a wooden table 
  • Wheatfield at sunrise 
  • Silhouetted mountain with sunrise 
  • Green background, pink lotus flower 

• Online Giving
  • Woman giving online, gray background 
  • Female giving on phone with pastel bokeh background

• Seasonal Frames
  • Pink heart on white and pink background 
  • Wooden table with red felt hearts
  • Easter (see Crosses below)
  • Bright Easter eggs in a row on black background
  • Spring tulips frame pink background 
  • Bright green grass, wooden boardwalk, bokeh focus
  • Summer forest leaves frame
  • Autumn leaves frame (teal background)
  • Autumn leaves bokeh focus
  • Autumn leaves on wooden slats 
  • Wooden table with Christmas elements
  • Wooden table with winter garland
  • Blue background, blue polka-dotted gift
  • White wooden table, red mittened hands holding cocoa mug

• Solid and Textured Backgrounds
  • Bright gold bokeh background 
  • Soft gold bokeh background
  • Soft green bokeh background
  • Wooden wall 
  • Pink watercolor background 
  • Blue misty background
  • Gray concrete wall
  • Gold cement wall 
  • Dimensional brown background
  • Gray marble wall

• Table Tops
  • Wooden table with gift 
  • Wooden table with laptop
  • Textured table with phone and laptop
  • Wooden table, Hello on blackboard, female hands holding phone 

BIBLE, PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY

• Many hands united overlaid with “Faith”
• Wooden table with Bible (vintage)
• Female praying (Grayscale)
• Wooden table, male hands folded on red Bible
• Praying in multicultural Bible study around table
• Mature females hands clasped in prayer
• Young person’s hand on older female’s shoulder 
• “God” typed into search engine
• Open Bible with miniature crown of thorns
• Bible open to Psalm 118 Give Thanks

CROSSES

• 3 crosses at sunset (banner header)
• 3 crosses with red sky (banner header)
• Cross made of water 
• 3 crosses, green sky with sunburst

GENEROSITY CONCEPTS

• Female hands forming heart 
• Water pouring over female hand
• Empty hands held out 
• 4 multicultural hands holding up colorful GIVE letters
• 4 kinds of rice
• Male hands holding a miniature world globe 
• Multicultural hands raised to volunteer

For more great options for your tithes and offering images, check out these free photo sites:

1. Gratisography
2. Morguefile
3. Pexels
4. Picjumbo
5. Pikwizard
6. Pixabay
7. Rawpixel
8. Reshot
9. Stockvault
10. Unsplash

Spice up your website, screens and your Vision2 Give Stories page and customized gift confirmation emails with free video clips.