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Budgeting with Purpose
Author: Jeff Pospisil
Annual Conference Memories – 2017
With Annual Conference being postponed, I thought it’d be fun to post some videos from Annual Conference past. This is one from 2017. The great part of this one is that I somehow got all the data for all the US Conferences for 2006-15. It made some awesome graphs. Useful Links Annual Conference 2017: https://www.dakotasumc.org/annual-conference/archives/2017-annual-conference
Why Church Treasurers HATE Church Budgets
It’s sad when, what should be a great joy to a treasurer, turns out to be a burden. Treasurers usually love numbers. Numbers provide comfort and something solid in the squishy spiritual world of the church. When churches make financial decisions based on how much money is the bank, why bother with a budget? Since…
Annual Conference Memories – 2015
With Annual Conference being postponed, I thought it’d be fun to post some videos from Annual Conference past. This is one from 2015. I reused my “Keep your eye on ROI” slide which is a classic. There were some great moments where we learn Jesus can do math and see my ability to make church…
How does my church apply for PPP Loan forgiveness?
A big concern for me with the Paycheck Protection Program loans was how churches would actually receive forgiveness. Churches accepted these loans without knowing what strings would be attached. The good news is that forgiveness is surprisingly simple! If you applied for the loan, watch this now because it will give you ideas on maximizing…
Annual Conference Memories – 2014
With Annual Conference being postponed, I thought it’d be fun to post some videos from Annual Conference past. This is one from 2014. The neat thing about this one is that I’m reporting on the transition to the tithing apportionment formula. There’s a great story relating to Howard Beach UMC. Useful Links Annual Conference 2014:…
Merging Vendors in QuickBooks Online
I just ran across one of my pet peeves…the duplicate vendor. Whenever I run across one, it makes me feel like I’m being careless and sloppy. How could this happen. Just accept it that duplicate vendors happen and now let’s fix it. I’m sure other church software systems have their own way of fixing this.…