SLIDE 1 1.4 p.s. – It’s ParishSOFT Continued!
April 2017 PACE
CHAD CARTER
SLIDE 2 Latest 4.3.9 release as of March/April
- See release notes/video from main screen prior to logging in
- This update is primarily fixes to bugs, functionality issues
- Updated with latest US Postal Codes; quarterly updates to now
include latest Postal codes
- Zip codes with leading zeros are now exported with zeroes intact
- My Own Church – new user registration can be done from mobile
devices
- Advanced Filter Registration Date now includes entire month
SLIDE 3 Latest 4.3.9 release as of March/April
- Edits to parent’s names now carried through to linked child records
- Sponsor field uses current last name and not maiden name
- 1st Eucharist Mail Merge template now includes Parent Name Fields
SLIDE 4 Latest 4.3.9 release as of March/April
- Offering
- On contribution summary, it now includes non-tax deductible funds
(not on year end statement)
- Quick Entry Posting now allows apostrophe in last name
- Member names now show in Quick Entry Batch report
- Deleted check numbers and deleted memo text now stay deleted
- Offsetting transactions no longer appear on contribution statement
- Contribution statement label filters now work correctly
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Office Processes
*What should you be doing on a weekly, monthly, yearly basis????
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Birthdays
*Birthday report (quick reports) only shows birthdays for people who have info entered *How do you find out people with no birthdate info in the system?
SLIDE 7 Filter Member list; Show age then sort on age column
SLIDE 8 Birthdays
*What about individuals who may have died that you don’t know about?
- Verify members who are 100+
- Acknowledge/celebrate those who
have achieved this milestone
SLIDE 9 Envelope Users
*How often does your envelope company
send out envelopes? *What is the flow of information between you and the envelope company when a new parishioner requests envelopes? *How often do you review who is/is not using envelopes?
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Envelope Users – list for Vendor
SLIDE 11 Envelope Users
*Offering/Reports/Contributions/Summary
*Select Funds, set filters to include $0 and non-givers *Export to EXCEL, sort by total given (small to large); filter data and select all envelope #’s expect blanks
SLIDE 12 Envelope Users
*So now you know who has an envelope
number but is not giving $$ in envelope
- r by check – what do you do? Should
you keep sending them envelopes as reminder?
SLIDE 13 ActOther Status *ActOther status intended for spouse of an Active Catholic
- check is someone has ActOther status
but is listed with religion as Catholic
- check ActOther against sacramental
registers/RCIA lists
SLIDE 14 Checking your Sacramental Reports from ParishSOFT against entries in Sacramental Registers
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Other processes that we should be doing to clean up data, to make the office run more efficiently…????
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Group Sacrament Entry & Mail Merge for Certificates *How many of you have used the Group Sacrament Entry via age range or from Religious Ed. Module?
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Quick Entry Posting *How many of you have switched to using the Quick Entry posting for contributions?
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Other issues to discuss? Questions?
