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.…
Annual Conference Memories – 2013
With Annual Conference being postponed, I thought it’d be fun to post some videos from Annual Conference past. This is one from 2013…Bishop Ough’s first year back in the Dakotas. This one is just the highlights. Useful Links Annual Conference 2013: https://www.dakotasumc.org/annual-conference/archives/2013-annual-conference
Accepting Gifts of Stock
The first stock gift I ever received as a church treasurer was several shares of Coca-Cola Company stock from a wonderful member named Char. Char wasn’t a multi-millionaire. She was just like so many ordinary people that happen to own stocks, bonds, or shares of a mutual fund. You don’t need to have a Bill…
Closing a month or year in QuickBooks Online
One of the things I take pride in is keeping accurate accounting records and reporting anything that’s out of the ordinary. Something that undermines this is when I accidentally post something to a past period that I’ve already reported on. Unexplained transactions posted in the past makes you look like you’re playing fast and loose…
Top 3 CARES Act Benefits for the Individual
Normally I aim for helping church finance committees, pastors, and other leadership. With this pandemic, a lot of energy has gone towards helping the church as a small business, but what about the church as a group of individuals? If you go to long without considering the well-being of the individual, the church is going…
Tracking Expenses for Government Grants
Many churches recently applied for the Paycheck Protection Program through the Small Business Administration (SBA). It’s all well and good to receive those funds, but will you receive forgiveness from the SBA? The forgiveness will depend on your churches ability to properly track expenses related to this program. I used to be an auditor for…
Scammer-Topia is upon us
A lot of businesses are struggling during the COVID-19 crisis. Many people are staying home…either out of work or working remotely? This is a perfect opportunity for one business to flourish…the Email Scammer. Think about it. How many more emails are we sending to the people we work with? How many us are used to…