PowerChurch Online Tutorials
Welcome to our newest support feature. Here, you can watch short movies called "viewlets" to show you how to perform specific actions in PowerChurch Plus. If you are unable to view the movies, you need to have the Flash Player installed. Click here to get the plugin.
Select one from the list below:
Change Working Month
Instead of closing an accounting month, you can now just change your working month. This allows you to have multiple accounting months open at once.
Closing the Accounting Month
When you close an accounting month in v9 or 10, it's CLOSED. You can't post into it again. This is a big change from previous versions.
Create New Accounts
How to add new accounts to your Chart of Accounts in versions 9 and 10.
E-mail Reports
You now have the ability to e-mail reports as attachments right from the screen preview window. You can send to one or multiple recipients!
E-mail Contribution Statements
You can now send your Contribution Statements via email as a PDF attachment. You can also opt to print statements for those contributors with no email address.
Entering Transactions
An overview of the Enter Transactions screen in versions 9 and 10 in Fund Accounting.
Move or Combine Accounts
You can now move or combine accounts - including accounts with activity in them. PowerChurch Plus will automatically update your entire history with the changes to that account.
Backup and Restore Data
A detailed explanation of how to backup your data files as well as how to restore them. It is important to make frequent backups to prevent data loss.
Group E-mail Setup
Explains how to set up PowerChurch Plus to send Group Emails in versions 9 and 10.
Budget Setup
This tutorial walks you through setting up a budget in Fund Accounting in versions 9 and 10.
Activities and Skills Setup
In addition to tracking Activities and Skills of individuals, you can now group Activities by Type and by Department. You can also assign Roles within an Activity to get yet another layer of detail.
Post Fund Accounting Transactions
Fund Accounting is the hub of all your financial record keeping in PowerChurch Plus. This tutorial explains how to post (finalize) your transactions.
Mass Add or Update Activities and Skills
You don't have to enter members of an Activity one by one. You can add whole groups of people. This tutorial explains some of the mass add/update features in Activities and Skills.
Maintain Tax Tables in Payroll
PowerChurch Plus allows you to maintain the tax tables in Payroll any time there is a change from the government. This tutorial walks through the process of editing your tax tables.
Void a Payroll Check
Voiding a Payroll check is now much, much easier. This video explains how.
View Posted Transactions
You can now access and manipulate posted transaction data without creating a new journal entry directly. View this tutorial to find out more.
Password Maintenance
There are a lot of new options for setting up passwords in v9. This tutorial explains some of the finer points of password maintenance.
Quick Menus
Now, quick menus remember where they were from one PowerChurch Plus session to the next!
Recalling Repeating Transactions
Fund Accounting now has the ability to store Repeating Transactions. This tutorial demonstrates how to use them.
Enter New Repeating Transactions
This tutorial explains how to enter NEW Repeating Transactions into Fund Accounting.
Reconcile Bank Accounts
The bank reconciliation process in PowerChurch got a massive overhaul for v9. This tutorial demonstrates the process.