USING SCRIP BENEFITS THE ENTIRE PARISH!

HOW DOES SCRIP WORK?
Scrip used gift certificates that St. Michael's purchases from Great Lakes Scrip at
a discounted rate.  For instance, $500 of Spartan Scrip (gift cards) will be purchased from
Great Lakes Scrip Co. for $490.00.  Several parishioners will purchase it from St. Michael's
or the face value of $500 and the extra $10 will be parish income.  50% of the income will be
applied to the General Fund and the remaining 50% can be applied to one of the following:
General Operating Fund, Building Fund, School Donation, Tuition, Tuition Assistance,
Endowment Fund, Mission Trip/World Youth Day or for Faith Formation Fees.

If these numbers seem small to you, think about if the whole parish purchased everything possible;
gas, clothing, food, veterinary services, restaurants, fast food, movies, home
improvement etc. through the SCRIP program.  We probably wouldn't need to tithe! 
The idea is the parishioners are spending the same money they would normally spend,
but by a little planning ahead, the church and their choice of account gets a percentage.

For more information on how scrip works, please contact the
Parish Office at 616-837-8158 or 
Brenda at 616-837-6363.

HOW DO I ORDER SCRIP?
Please click on the Scrip Order Forms below.  These two pages list all the merchants in
which SCRIP is available.  The bolded merchants are kept in stock and are available at the
church office during regular office hours or before and after weekend Masses (except for
Easter and Christmas)  The other merchants are available by ordering before Monday and
are received in the office and ready to go out at noon on Thursday of the following week.