Birthdays & Anniversaries with Tel. No.

[UMCSOFinSec]

The Birthdays & Anniversaries reports for Next Week and Next Month are exactly what we need for our church bulletin and newsletter, but our pastor would like a version of the reports that includes telephone numbers so she can call the people. The Selected Names, Addresses, Phones works for Birthdays (although I wish it had Next Week and Next Month as options so we don't need to enter the dates each time), but using it with the Marriage Date field to get an Anniversaries report doesn't combine the spouses the way the Birthdays & Anniversaries report does. I've looked to see if I could generate the equivalent with a Custom Report, but I don't see how to just specify Month and Day but not year in the query, and I'm not sure I could combine the spouses in any case. Is there a way of generating a Birthdays & Anniversaries report with telephone numbers other than what I've gotten with the Selected Names, Addresses, Phones report?

Cliff Cullum

[NeilZ]

The Birthdays & Anniversaries reports for Next Week and Next Month are exactly what we need for our church bulletin and newsletter, but our pastor would like a version of the reports that includes telephone numbers so she can call the people. The Selected Names, Addresses, Phones works for Birthdays (although I wish it had Next Week and Next Month as options so we don't need to enter the dates each time), but using it with the Marriage Date field to get an Anniversaries report doesn't combine the spouses the way the Birthdays & Anniversaries report does. I've looked to see if I could generate the equivalent with a Custom Report, but I don't see how to just specify Month and Day but not year in the query, and I'm not sure I could combine the spouses in any case. Is there a way of generating a Birthdays & Anniversaries report with telephone numbers other than what I've gotten with the Selected Names, Addresses, Phones report?

Cliff Cullum

That report is a standard report and cannot be customized by the user. However, you can send your request to "wishlist@powerchurch.com"; include the reasons why you want to see this information added to the report, why it would save you time and/or money, and it may show up in the future.

However, for the time being, perhaps giving the pastor a copy of the church directory along with the report would help

[UMCSOFinSec]

That report is a standard report and cannot be customized by the user. However, you can send your request to "wishlist@powerchurch.com"; include the reasons why you want to see this information added to the report, why it would save you time and/or money, and it may show up in the future.

However, for the time being, perhaps giving the pastor a copy of the church directory along with the report would help

Thanks Neil, I'll do that. For now the Selected Names, Addresses, Telephones reports will work. It's just that the anniversary report is a little funny looking because the husband and wife are listed as separate entries. But the telephone numbers and email addresses are there, so I won't have to deal with the look I'll get if I tell my pastor to learn how to use the church directory.