ParishSOFT Offerings

Newsletter for Parish Users & Friends

November 2011 Issue 

6 Great Reads  

The Role of Your ParishSOFT Data in Stewardship (by ParishSOFT)  

Why Every Church Needs Accounting Standards and a REAL Accounting System (by ParishSOFT)  

Living Your Strengths (by Albert L. Winseman, D. Min., Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D., and
Curt Liesveld, M.Div.)

Bishops' Pastoral Letter, Stewardship: A Disciple's Response

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Next year's conference will be held October 8-10, 2012, in beautiful Southeast Michigan. 

Mark your calendars and join us for what we're sure will be the best conference you and your staff will attend all year. 

Here's a peek at what we're working on for 2012: 

• Inspiring keynotes
• Workshops and training for every staff or volunteer in your organization
• Daily masses and spiritual affirmation of how your day-to-day work impacts parishioners and ministries 
• Priests track with new classes
• Even greater access to ParishSOFT staff -- our office is nearby! 

Conference 2011 More Than Just Software. . .a Spiritual Retreat!

Last week, more than 200 of our parish and diocesan users, including 27 priests, gathered in Anaheim, California, for our fourth annual conference. Attendees told us they learned a ton in our workshops and training classes, and they loved that our conference is about so much more than the nuts and bolts of the software.  

"It felt like a spiritual retreat!" is the comment we heard time and again. With morning Mass and sessions focused on stewardship and engagement, it warms our hearts to know Church staff got far more out of our time together than they ever expected.  

There were lots of smiles at the 2011 ParishSOFT Conference in Anaheim!

Read more about Conference and see the pictures here.   

View the full 2011 Conference press release here.      

Pictured left to right:  David Morland, Randy Dunning, Aaron Stiehl, Sr. Rachel Benjamin, Jason Will, John Collman, Joe Nunham, Luke Loescher, and Matt Zmudcznyski. Not pictured (because they were booked during the photo shoot) are Cleveland Anderson, Angie Nagy, Tim Dockery, and Regan McCullough. Many of these new folks are members of our Ann Arbor-based support team, now 14 strong. And we're all here with a common mission: to help you accomplish the work of the Church!       

New ParishSOFT Staff

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End of Year Essentials (90 minutes)   

Take the stress out of year-end processing procedures with this teletraining course that covers your annual family census data audit, end of year checklist, IRS compliance rules, and contribution statements.  

Do you have new parish staff? Need a refresher course or training on a new product? Try our new bite-sized teletraining classes! These 60- and 90-minute sessions are designed to help you get the most out of your software without taking too much time out of your workday. View the schedule here, or contact us on training@parishsoft.com if you need help choosing the right classes.      

Easy as Pie: 1099 and W-2 Reporting

1099s and W-2s are as easy as pie when you plan ahead with these simple steps: 

1. Determine now who should receive a W-2 or 1099 now so you can anticipate your filing volume.  
2. Verify that you have a correct TIN and mailing address for each recipient. If not, gather that info now, before the year-end rush. For more on TINs, visit the the IRS website. 
3. Confirm that you've made all required tax deposits thus far to the IRS and state agencies. Make any missing deposits ASAP to reduce penalty and interest liabilities.

If you're using the ConnectNow Church Accounting, use the e-filing service built right into your software when you're ready to file. You can file all of your forms with the IRS and SSA and have recipient copies printed and mailed out for you. It's so easy that your filing requirements can be met before you would normally even be starting to think about them.   

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Complete the Puzzle and Save! 

Missing a piece of the ParishSOFT solution? There's never been a better time to complete your set of ParishSOFT tools!

Through the end of 2011, take advantage of our best offer of the year and greet 2012 with the product(s) you need to power your productivity and your ministries.    

For offer details, please give us a call at 866.930.4774 x1.   

Latest ParishSOFT Versions   

• Parish Suite v3.7.27 for non-sychronizing parishes (release notes).
• Parish Suite v3.7.23 for synchronizing parishes (release notes).   
• Online Giving v3.6, auto-updated on 11/15/11 (release notes). 
• ConnectNow Church Accounting, auto-updated Oct. 2011 (release notes).  

Have questions about the latest update?  Give ParishSOFT Support a call at 866.930.4774 x2.

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