emtering ministry services

[ltmn]

I am entering information such as funerals, weddings, baptisms, etc for the past 9 years. A lot of funerals and weddings are done for people who are not members or even visitors. Is there an easier way to enter this information without having to create a new family profile and then a new personal profile just to enter the fact that their funeral was in our church or done by our Pastor? That is very time consuming.
Thanks

[NeilZ]

I am entering information such as funerals, weddings, baptisms, etc for the past 9 years. A lot of funerals and weddings are done for people who are not members or even visitors. Is there an easier way to enter this information without having to create a new family profile and then a new personal profile just to enter the fact that their funeral was in our church or done by our Pastor? That is very time consuming.
Thanks

Unfortunately, there is no other way around it. The system was designed to provide full membership data, this includes a master mailing list record for the family, and individual records under the master mailing list record.

Is it really necessary to move all the non-member data into Powerchurch ?? If these records are already kept elsewhere (paper file, system backup) is it necessary to have them readily available in a computer database ??

[ltmn]

I am transferring the info. from one older database, shepherd's staff, to powerchurch. We will need to and do make lists and reports a few times a year for this information, so I feel it is necessary to enter this into PCS as it was entered into the old database and I want the ability to make reports easily. We do not enter anything into books anymore; however, a hardcopy file is kept of baptisms, weddings, and funerals for each year. I want everything centralized, but maybe it would be easier to just do an Excell spreadsheet with these ministry services. Thanks for the info. and help.