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Thanks !!

Thanks Neil -

I'd say with our volume, we'll just keep handling manually. Also - we do have that situation re: bank issued checks on several donations. The reader would probably cause us more confusion then what it would be worth..

Thanks again for your thoughts....

Greg

Just looking at the features that are available with Powerchurch. I've got some mild interest in the check reader feature. Would anyone care to share their experiences using Powerchurch with a check reader, and provide some feedback on it (good or bad)? We are a small church and probably have 50 - 6...

Thanks again, Neil. Very helpful --- will try to clean this up as we continue adding new entries......

We do a records review early each year (right now) to clean up records for deaths in prior years. Will copy your post into my "Powerchurch Maintenance Manual" book for future reference.

Greg

Background - Our church started using the Membership module several years ago. With that approach, the church secretary entered names via the integrated family screens. We recently started using Powerchurch for contributions and accounting purposes. When we did that, we used a combination of the exi...

Thanks again. This approach looks great. Will do it...

Greg

Our pastor wants to set up a book sales program for church members. The intent will be for the church to buy several bibles, reference books, etc and offer them for sale to the membership at cost, with no donor credit for revenues received. Are there any ideas / suggestions on how to set up income /...

Thanks all. Appreciate the help. Will give each recommendation a go...!

Is there some sort of Powerchurch pop up reminder that will alert you to "release" when using restricted funds? Seems like I saw that somewhere in my set up / reading but now I cannot find how to turn that on. Anyone out there know how to do that, if that feature is available? I keep forgetting to h...

Neil, A twist on this topic.... The poinsettia bill came in lower than expected by around $40.00. So...We actually collected more funds for the poinsettias than we needed. I applied the collections against a pass thru contribution account, which established a liability for money collected... Thinkin...

Neil, Exactly as I did it today... Thx again for the advice. I've written these nuggets down in my "PowerChurch Maintenance Manual" for follow up. I seem to forget the details behind some of these transactions as they are so infrequent. Appreciate your help, and that of all the forum members with th...

Neil, You mentioned an expense account for the poinsettias... Do you mean that my expense posting is really against the liability account for the poinsettias? Assume the following: Received $84 for poinsettias, and eventually will receive a florist bill for $84.00.... Post $84.00 to Contribution fun...

Neil,

Thanks again. I'll look at your suggestion and give that a go.... !

Thx again for the help.

Thanks for your help!
I didn't realize that a contribution fund could be set up without giving donor credit. I'll look at that and fold that into the solution.
Really appreciate your help.

Thx!

Greg

Our church sells poinsettias each year at Christmas for members to purchase in honor of / memory of loved ones. After they are displayed in the sanctuary, they are then taken home by those who purchased them. Based on that approach, we do not give donor credit for the income received. My question --...