12/21/2018 - Quarterly Newsletter
The first of two Year-End 2018 issues of the PowerChurch Software newsletter was published today. If you aren't on the list, visit www.powerchurch.com/email to sign up now!
www.powerchurch.com/support/475/5/powerchurch-software-newsletter-year-end-2018-part-one
View the archive here: www.powerchurch.com/newsletter
12/20/2018 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 12/20/2018 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.5.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting https://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Accounts Payable
- Open Unposted Items report - border width around account distribution is too thin to print on some printers
- 1099-MISC form update for 2018
Payroll
- Ohio state tax table missing the deduction multiplier field
- Prompt for OR Transit Tax if in Oregon
- Utah state tax calculation has changed (Pre-May 2018 and Post-May 2018)
- W2/W3 form update for 2018
12/20/2018 - Version 12 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 12/20/2018 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 12.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting https://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight. No further action needs to be taken.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Contributions
- Pledge Statements ignore the "Only print statements for past due pledges" setting
Accounts Payable
- Adjust 1096 form alignment
- Payment Details report should not show transaction detail header on computer checks
Payroll
- Ohio state tax table missing the deduction multiplier field
- Oregon state transit tax wages not calculated for partial year 2018
- Utah state tax calculation has changed (Pre-May 2018 and Post-May 2018)
12/05/2018 - Version 12 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 12/04/2018 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 12.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting https://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight. No further action needs to be taken.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Membership
- Quick Add Family assistant can error
- View Pledges button in Personal Profiles doesn't link to the person's envelope
Contributions
- Check Reader screen can error
- Pledge Statement list of names isn't sortable
Fund Accounting
- Detail Changes in Equity report can error
- Posting months aren't updating correctly in the demo
- Unposted Transactions report is spaced differently when printed
Accounts Payable
- 1099/1096/e-file update for 2018
- 1099 e-file should prompt for IA BEN in Iowa
- Quick Check - clear the form and the written out dollar amount label doesn't clear
Accounts Receivable
- Account and Payment Statements by e-mail error with slash in name
- E-mail Sent Status report doesn't show the e-mail address
Payroll
- W2/W3/e-file update for 2018
- W2 Box 14 text can be cut off on plain paper form
- Prompt for OR Transit Tax if in Oregon
- Maintain List of Employees can error if calendar controls not installed
Reports
- Crystal Reports viewer errors when you have more than five reports open at a time
- Export a custom report to a text file is blank in PowerChurch Online
10/10/2018 - Version 12 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 10/10/2018 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 12.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting https://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight. No further action needs to be taken.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Activities & Skills
- Class Family Directory report cuts off last digits of birthdays
Attendance
- Visitor Report should show "No records selected" message if everyone is excluded by Personal Status selection
Contributions
- New Pledge Range report
- Error when saving report settings on Pledge Statement
Fund Accounting
- Accounting Audit Log should record an event when user changes default account number ranges
- Sub-account Report - Budget comparisons don't follow the updated logic from Income & Expense Statement
Accounts Payable
- Open Unposted Items report - border width around account distribution is too thin to print on some printers
Accounts Receivable
- New Invoice Aging report
- New Maintain Credit Memos screen
- Add/Edit Payment - change "Balance" label to "To balance" for consistency and clarity.
- Apply a credit memo doesn't properly handle invoices with negative amount
General
- Constant Contact sync doesn't remove people from lists where they no longer match selections made
- E-mailing reports - a slash in the calculated file name will cause errors in the file attachment
09/24/2018 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 09/24/2018 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.5.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting https://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Membership
- Add Family Assistant can become unresponsive
Contributions
- Enter Contributions should not leave Designation selected in between contributors
Accounting
- Income & Expense by Year can show blanks in some situations
General
- Constant Contact sync doesn't remove people from lists where they no longer match selections made
- oSettings error on external reindex utility
- Backslash is not a valid character in e-mail addresses
09/12/2018 - Version 12 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 09/12/2018 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 12.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting https://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight. No further action needs to be taken.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Accounts Receivable
- New report - Open Items - Displays a list of unpaid invoices and unapplied credit memos for each customer.
- Deleting a customer can potentially delete repeating invoices
- Payments with invalid dates won't post
Membership
- Alternate phone is not included with all family phones selections on reports
General
- E-mail Sent Status reports have incorrect titles from various areas of the software
08/29/2018 - Version 12 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 08/29/2018 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 12.
The program will automatically download and install this update by going to Help > Download Maintenance Release, or you can manually download and install the Maintenance Release installer by visiting https://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight. No further action needs to be taken.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Activities & Skills
- When adding new members to an activity, default the checkboxes to unchecked to avoid accidentally adding everyone
Contributions
- New setup option to include title in Envelope Name formula (John Smith vs Mr John Smith)
- Unposted Contributions report can error in specific scenario
Fund Accounting
- Income & Expense by Year report can show blanks in certain scenarios
Accounts Payable
- Open (Unposted) Items report - Widen transaction detail to show full account name and line description
Accounts Receivable
- Duplicate customer IDs causes error in upgrade from prior versions
- Import Customers can assign invalid customer IDs in certain scenarios
General
- External backup utility creates a backup labeled as Version 11.5
- ISBN Lookup errors when no results were found
08/08/2018 - PowerChurch Online Outage
We are experiencing an outage of some PowerChurch Online services. We have a technician onsite at the data center where our servers are housed, who is working to get service restored as quickly as possible.
08/02/2018 - Quarterly Newsletter
The Summer 2018 issue of the PowerChurch Software newsletter was published today. If you aren't on the list, visit www.powerchurch.com/email to sign up now!
www.powerchurch.com/support/474/5/powerchurch-software-newsletter-summer-2018
View the archive here: www.powerchurch.com/newsletter