Cash Contributions - "Loose Plate Offering"

[CDomingue]

I am new to PowerChurch and have not been able to locate how to enter cash contributions that are not identified by donor. We call it loose plate offerings. I can only see contributions entry by envelope numbers. I need to have the cash contributions entered in order to be able to print a deposit slip for that Sunday. I've looked everywhere and done a search of the forum and nothing shows up. What am I overlooking? Thanks so much.

[NeilZ]

I am new to PowerChurch and have not been able to locate how to enter cash contributions that are not identified by donor. We call it loose plate offerings. I can only see contributions entry by envelope numbers. I need to have the cash contributions entered in order to be able to print a deposit slip for that Sunday. I've looked everywhere and done a search of the forum and nothing shows up. What am I overlooking? Thanks so much.

Here is a link to an article that can assist:

http://www.powerchurch.com/tech2/tech2_ ... issue_id=9

Look under the heading Pennies from Heaven

[pbumc]

The link to the "Pennies from Heaven" article, dated August 2000, has changed:

https://www.powerchurch.com/support/kb. ... d=9&type=2

In case it changes again, here's the text:

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

Sometimes I'm asked what to do about money that's found on the floor or at the bottom of the collection plate when you have no idea who it's from. Certainly, you can't just stick it in your pocket (yes, I'm talking to you now). You've got to enter it into Contributions. But, what envelope number do you give credit to?

What many churches do is set up a non-existent person (in a non-existent family) with an easy to remember envelope number and they give that person credit for the contribution.

You can call the person anything you want, but some of my favorites include Johnny or Lucy Cash. (Get it? Lucy Cash. Loose Cash. That still makes me laugh.)

As a side note here, you might choose to give them an envelope number outside of the range of numbers you've given your members so that you can exclude them from reports or when you print statements. (Of course, you might want them on reports. I don't know. It's up to you.) Either way, you might give them the church's address in case you accidentally send out a statement or print a label for them. You might also want to exclude them from mailouts and Membership reports, but again, that's up to you.

[NeilZ]

Well, considering that when this topic was opened in 2008, the website was still on the old platform, and only moved to the database linkage system around 2010 or so, its not unusual that old topics will have broken links.

It happens

[Zorak]

Thank you for pointing out the broken link. I have updated the page to forward properly to the new Knowledge Base layout.

[wms7328]

You will need to assign the loose plate offering an envelope number. Just define it as an individual with name of Loose Offering or something you want and assign it an envelope number. I use a number that is well outside our regular numbers and everyone knows this is for funds received that can not be attributed to an individual.