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Posted on October 25, 2011, 3:07 pm
Topics: Caring
This website has a calculator to help people receiving public disability benefits determine how their income, benefits, and health coverage could be affected if they go to work.
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Posted on September 1, 2011, 8:43 am | 1 comment
Topics: Financial Management
Today you are paying bills for the church. You have the statement from an organization that shows seven orders but you only have four different invoices from members to back up the statement. Where are the other three? Who ordered the material? Sunday School? Deacons? Youth Group? Missions? Coffee Break?
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Posted on August 10, 2011, 2:23 pm | 11 comments
Topics: Classis Structure
The denominational structure is a drama queen that too often distracts Synod from where its focus should be. Let's trying thinking outside the box. What if we got Synod out of the agency management business? Could shifting resources from the denominational to the classical level better serve the church by reinvesting in local ministry? Would local ministry flourish if your classical budget were two to three times its current size?
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Posted on August 8, 2011, 4:23 pm | 10 comments
Topics: Personnel
How do we best get local compensation data for church secretaries, administrative assistants, youth directors, custodians, Kids Hope directors, music directors, and a variety of other very important staff positions at our churches?
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Posted on July 25, 2011, 2:55 pm
Topics: Financial Management
We've talked before about some churches who use PayPal as a method for people to give to church. Usually the church sets up the account so the payer will pay the service fee. Do you know anything about an entity built on PayPal called Pay It Square?
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Posted on July 18, 2011, 4:35 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Financial Management
Christianity Today recently posted a story of the hacking of computers and loss of $680,000 from St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines last month. You likely don't have that much money in your church account, but are your bookkeepers and treasurers careful enough so that something like this doesn't happen to your church?
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Posted on May 23, 2011, 3:35 pm
Topics: Financial Management
Ministers' Pension Plan church assessments are likely to increase approximately 15% starting July 1 if approved by synod. I immediately thought of what this would do to a mid-year church budget. How is your church planning to handle this proposed increase mid-year?
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Posted on January 3, 2011, 11:52 am | 9 comments
Topics: Financial Management
Did you know that each adult church member in the CRC is asked to contribute a base amount of $316.76 in 2011 for denominational ministries? This is done through our churches in a system called "Ministry Shares." Do you wonder how your gifts are supporting these ministries in 2011?
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Posted on November 8, 2010, 5:20 pm | 4 comments
Topics: Financial Management
Last week someone requested information on how a church puts together a "package" when calling a minister. I knew I had used a form from the denomination previously and went on a quest to find it. The "Letter of Call" is available on theCRC website...
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Posted on November 8, 2010, 9:56 am | 1 comment
Topics: Organization
Christianity Today lists and gives a brief overview of several software system options for churches.
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Posted on October 26, 2010, 8:59 am
Topics: Financial Management
Many of you are thick in budget matters right now. Are you interested in a budget template used by one church to look at various scenarios as you try to balance the budget? Check out the Church Finance and Administration Resources and select "Budget Template" under the "Financial Management" section.
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Posted on September 13, 2010, 8:34 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Getting Started, How-To
More and more software programs are becoming available online or 'in the cloud'. Currently, there are several popular services like Google Docs or now Microsoft Office Web Apps that make working in the cloud advantageous. Recently, Intuit unveiled Quickbooks Online which allows an organization to manage their books, run reports and more online. Now those who keep track of the church's finances and books can do so in the cloud.
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Posted on May 12, 2010, 3:36 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Personnel
You really need some extra help with cleaning your church facilities. Why not just hire a teen to vacuum a few hours a week and pay them per hour? Then you could avoid the paperwork (I-9, social security and income tax withholding, unemployment compensation etc.).
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Posted on May 5, 2010, 4:05 pm
Topics: Financial Management
Pastor Gray attended a conference two months ago and today you received a handwritten note from him itemizing his expenses without any receipts. What are you to do?
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Posted on March 24, 2010, 4:29 pm | 4 comments
Topics: Organization
Today I had an administrator ask me if a record retention schedule was available to help churches. The answer is YES! This record retention schedule will assist you with financial record storage requirements and also with minutes and administrative record retention.
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