PowerChurch Software Newsletter - Spring 2018

Welcome to the Spring 2018 edition of the PowerChurch Software newsletter. In this issue, we say farewell to an old friend, say hello to a new friend, and shine a light on a well-hidden and super useful feature.

Version 11/11.1 End of Maintenance

With the release of PowerChurch Plus Version 12 in November, the time has come for Version 11 to begin its well-deserved retirement. We issued the final Maintenance Release for Version 11 last month. Version 11 was originally released in November 2009, making it by far the longest we have ever kept a single version under maintenance.

As always, we will continue to support Version 11 users, there just won't be any new bug fixes, updates of the tax forms, or other things normally distributed via Maintenance Release.

To see a list of what has been added or changed over the years in newer versions of PowerChurch Plus, visit https://www.powerchurch.com/changes.

Update Personal Status Codes All at Once

This article has been moved to Version 12 - Update Personal Status Codes

Email Templates and Editing HTML

This article has been moved to Email Templates and Editing HTML

Forum Q&A

The Support Forum on our website is a very active online community of our users and Tech Support staff members. There you can browse through thousands of questions and answers, or post your own.

From General:
Q. I placed an order for PowerChurch checks from Dynamic Systems. I was told by the Dynamic Systems representative that check numbers will appear twice - the number that is already preprinted on the checks and the check number from the software. Is this information correct?
A. That is correct. The check numbers should be preprinted on the check stock you purchase from Dynamic Systems. When you print checks from PowerChurch, it prints the check number on there as well, so you can see that the checks were loaded in the right order and the numbers PowerChurch assigned match the preprinted numbers on the checks.

From Accounting:
Q. For some reason I can't grasp when or why I should be voiding a check or reversing the transaction or does it matter? I am in Version 12, have something coded to the incorrect account in a long list of accounts on one check. Do I void the check and enter a transaction or reverse the transaction and re-enter?
A. To maintain the audit trail, I always void the original check, and enter a manual check using the same check number. Reversing it in Fund Accounting always displays a warning saying the transaction came from another module. If you reverse and reenter it in Fund Accounting, then the Accounts Payable reports for that check will be different.

From Contributions:
Q. I need to create a statistical report that will group yearly contribution summaries by age group. Is this possible to do in PowerChurch?
A. Version 12 has a report called Contributor Age Ranges that breaks down the count/percentage and amount given/percentage of contributors by age range.