05/20/2015 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 05/20/2015 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 http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
The following new features were added in this release:
Fund Accounting
- Reconcile Bank Accounts now allows credit card reconciliation
- Account Dependencies report now includes extra dependencies (Repeating Transactions in Accounts Receivable, Unposted Transactions in Payroll, Unposted Transactions and Repeating Transactions in Fund Accounting)
- Delete Account validation has been expanded to look through the additional dependencies listed above
General
- The Maintain Custom Codes screens in Family Mailing List and Personal Profiles now have links to the Setup Options screens where you can change the names of the fields.
- "Send e-mail as a test" option on the Send e-mail message to a group screens allows you to send bulk e-mails to "dummy" e-mail addresses. Your members will not receive the e-mails. This is useful in troubleshooting problems with your mail server
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Fund Accounting
- Next/Previous button navigation when adding a new account into multiple funds is inconsistent
- The View Posted Transactions screen when sorted by Transaction Description uses case sensitive sorting (A-Z, a-z)
- When saving Balance Sheet to an Excel file, a "Warning: Data may be lost" message is shown in Office 2010 & 2013
Accounts Receivable
- The Maintain Open Payments screen does not warn when the accounts used will be out of balance across funds
- The Maintain Open Invoices screen does not warn when using accounts in multiple funds
Payroll
- Invalid characters in employee name will cause error in W2 e-file
- After adding new time off, the selected time off type resets to the first in the list
General
- "Cheque" spelling is not used on the Bank Reconciliation and Account Dependencies reports.
- Export to Access MDB errors when Regional & Language options are set to use comma for decimal point rather than a period
- Can only print checks with up to six digit check number
- Print Preview of custom check layout screen should use 9's rather than 1's due to variable width fonts
- PowerChurch Online: Saving a report to file can error and crash the IDS Client for Mac
05/18/2015 - Check In Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release for the PowerChurch Check In system has been published, dated 05/18/2015.
There are no longer separate installers for kiosk and server components. The kiosks will update automatically after connecting to the server the first time.
Visit http://www.powerchurch.com/mr to download and install this release.
PowerChurch Online users will be updated automatically and do not need to install Maintenance Release updates.
This release adds the following new features:
- You can now look up parent phones for a selected child on the Class Roster screen
- New option to enable or disable IPV6 on Server
This release fixes the following issues:
- Add new family from kiosk not tracked in Membership Audit Log in PowerChurch Plus
- With "Print separate parent tags" option set, cannot use Express Check Out to check out children separately
- Web check in themes don't work when only one activity is set to be included
- Kiosk updater will error if another instance of the kiosk is running when it tries to update
- Date/Time wraps to a second line on Kiosk reports
03/23/2015 - Version 11 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 03/23/2015 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.
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 http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Accounts Payable
- State tax ID needs to allow up to 17 characters on 1099-MISC and e-file
- Corrected 1099-MISC form not properly reporting 0.00 amounts
Payroll
- Last line of tax table with 9999999 amount does not update the % plus amount
- State tax ID needs to allow up to 17 characters on W2/W3 and e-file
- Update941 form and e-file process for 2015
- Time Off Type fields missing the "Add New Code" option
Constant Contact sync
- Constant Contact authorization process redesigned
- Report does not properly show contact list name change
Events
- Rooms list does not always refresh after adding a room to an event
- Google Calendar sync tool should include necessary update of runtime components
03/17/2015 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 03/17/2015 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 http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Constant Contact
- Sync process fails when handling more than 50 contacts
- Sync log file is stored in an inaccessible location for PowerChurch Online users
03/11/2015 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 03/11/2015 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 http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Constant Contact
- Redesigned sync process authorization process
Family Mailing List
- Move profile to a new family does not record Date Registered
Contributions
- Active Pledges report now optionally shows contribution detail
Accounting
- Various screens don't respect the "Equity term" setting
- Open Items report field sizes increased
- Open Items report change dividing lines to boxes
- 1099-MISC forms do not print 0.00 amounts on corrected forms
- Account Statement errors when note has more than 255 characters
- Updated 941 form for 2015
- <Add New Code> option missing from Time Off Type field
Events
- Google Calendar sync tool now has better error reporting
General
- Date picker/calendar dialog redesigned
- Protect My Ministry background check now supports address and e-mail
01/14/2015 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 01/14/2015 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 http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Accounts Payable
- Long state tax IDs can be cut off on printed forms and e-filing
Payroll
- Last line of tax table does not show calculation on screen
- Long state tax IDs can be cut off on printed forms and e-filing
01/05/2015 - Quarterly Newsletter
The 2014 Year End issue of the PowerChurch Software quarterly newsletter was published today. If you aren't on the list, visit www.powerchurch.com/email to sign up now!
www.powerchurch.com/support/439/5/powerchurch-software-newsletter-year-end-2014
View the archive here: www.powerchurch.com/newsletter
01/05/2015 - Version 11 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 01/05/2015 has been released for PowerChurch Plus Version 11.
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 http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Payroll
- Arkansas state tax table updated with new calculation process
01/05/2015 - Version 11.5 Maintenance Release
A new Maintenance Release dated 01/05/2015 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 http://www.powerchurch.com/mr in your web browser.
PowerChurch Online servers will be updated automatically overnight, so PowerChurch Online users need not take any action to receive this update.
This Maintenance Release resolves the following issues:
Contributions
- Maintain Pledges should sort by date descending
Accounts Payable
- Open Items Report overlapping descriptions
- Open Items Report account detail not grouping/subtotaling properly
Accounts Receivable
- Error message when running Selected Items report
Payroll
- Arkansas state tax table updated with new calculation process
01/03/2015 - PowerChurch Online Outage
PowerChurch Online users are currently experiencing an outage. We have contacted the data center, they have an engineer on site, and are saying that everything should be back up within a few minutes. It is now 1/3/2015 1:05 pm Eastern.
2:15pm - No resolution from the data center yet.
2:30pm - PCO and all associated services are back online.