Office worker turnover
We have done pretty well with keeping good office help for extended periods of time. One thing we started doing about three years ago was hiring two part-time office workers instead of one full-time office worker.
Why? Flexibility. Shared worked load. Less burnout. We sometime have two full-time office workers, when the work load demands it. Sometimes we have about 1 1/2 workers. The two office workers average 35 hours per week each, but can flex less, if the work flow is low (which it never is), or if they need time off (which we have to insist they take).
Having two workers has helped us maintain stability. Very rarely do both workers leave at one time. We are losing one of our workers next week. She has been with us for a long time. She will be greatly missed. The other worker has been there equally as long, and can help train the new replacement and lend stability during the transition period.
Consider two office workers instead of one. It has really been a key move at our church.
Training going on today by Patterson Accounting
It is good to note that your church can receive the training it needs on PowerChurch from many sources. Besides the power from the owner’s own seminars, some churches send their bookkeepers and staff to other training sites. Today, there is a two-part seminar on PowerChurch from Patterson Accounting. The first seminar covers the Contributions module, and the second one covers Fund Accounting.
The PowerChurch website training classes offers the following instruction on PowerChurch modules:
1) Events
This class covers the Events module which is a new module that was added in PowerChurch Plus Version 10. It will cover the relation of the Events module to other areas of the program. The class will also cover adding rooms, tasks and equipment to schedule with events in addition to creating events, saving and printing event calendars and editing events.
2) Accounts Payable
This class covers the Accounts Payable section of the Accounting module. It will cover adding vendors, entering invoices and manual checks, defining repeating entries and printing checks. The class will also cover posting and voiding checks as well as generating 1099-MISC forms, reassigning vendor IDs, deleting old data and generating reports.
3) Membership
This class will cover the Membership module, including how to add families, individuals, visitations and ministry services records. It will also cover locating existing records, defining codes, importing pictures, tagging records, moving profiles, running reports and deleting data.
4) Activities and Skills
This class is on the Activities & Skills and Attendance sections of the Membership module. It will cover defining activities, adding people to activities, maintaining offices served along with entering and tracking attendance. It will also cover running reports and graphs to see attendance trends and absences.
5) Contributions
This class will cover the Contributions module, including maintaining contribution funds, entering and tracking contributions and pledges along with posting and correcting contributions. It will also cover running reports and graphs, reassigning fund and envelope numbers and deleting old data.
6) Fund Accounting
This class is the first of two classes covering the Fund Accounting module. It will focus on setting up the module and will cover using the Accounting Setup Assistant, creating a new accounting fund and defining a donor restriction. It will also cover account types, categories and levels along with adding, changing and moving accounts.
Please note that this class does not cover accounting concepts and it is assumed that you have at least a general knowledge of accounting. To get the most benefit from this class, you should have a basic understanding of debits and credits, accounting funds and reporting.
7) Payroll
This class covers the Payroll section of the Accounting module. It will focus on setting up payroll, including items, tax tables and employees as well as processing, posting and voiding payroll checks. The class will also cover generating accounts payable entries for payroll tax payments, reporting and the time off calendar.
PLEASE NOTE: The Payroll module was completely redesigned in PowerChurch Plus Version 11. Users of prior versions should not schedule this class, as it deals specifically with Payroll features only available in Version 11.
PowerChurch offers training at their website: http://powerchurch.com/training_classes
Online training classes are approximately an hour and a half long, including time allotted for questions and answers. For more information, visit the FAQ.
Introduction to PowerChurch
This class is a basic introduction to PowerChurch. It will cover entering families, defining activities, entering attendance, setting up accounting and entering events.
This class is specifically designed to help new users get started using PowerChurch, but new employees might also benefit from this overview, even if the church is a longtime user of the software.
Introduction to PowerChurch Class Schedule
Date Time (Eastern) Open Seats Duration Price Select
09/09/2010 10:00 AM 13 90 min $ 29.95
09/21/2010 03:00 PM 13 90 min $ 29.95
What’s new in PowerChurch training?
Many courses are offered by experienced trainers in PowerChurch Plus accounting software.
We’ll try to keep a list of the current offerings here.
BooksinOrder offers a two-day seminar. Details on their website.
