Scrip at St. Paul
What Is Scrip?
Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. You can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, you earn revenue for our church.
The Great Lakes Scrip Center acts on behalf of the churches to purchase large amounts of scrip from grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers. Because the scrip is purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount. The church buys the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount, and re-sells the certificates to people for full face value. The discount ‑ from two to fifteen percent or more – is our church’s revenue. This money is then given to designated missions.
Scrip is “shopping cart fundraising”
Scrip is a popular fundraiser because families don’t have to sell anything. Church members produce revenue by making regular household purchases they would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with scrip.
We have a limited supply of all the cards listed below. If you need greater quantities of any card, please contact the Church Office and place a pre-order. The selection is subject to change at any time.
Thanks for using Scrip!