ParishSOFT News: Customer Spotlight, EOY Resources, and More

ParishSOFT Offerings: Newsletter for ParishSOFT Users & Friends

December 2013 Issue

IN THIS ISSUE

Customer Spotlight:
St. Patrick, Portland, MI

Technology News:

The Suite is Complete

Family Suite Video

Year-End Related:

End-of-Year Resources

'Tis the Season for Online Giving

Users' Conference Update:

Conference 2014 in Salt Lake City

ConnectNow Family Suite Customer Spotlight:

St. Patrick Parish

Portland, Michigan | Diocese of Grand Rapids

In our first customer story featuring the ConnectNow Family Suite, Amy Smith and Mike Johnson tell us how browser-based church management and accounting tools are serving the parish's $1.25 million Restore & Renew capital campaign, as well as powering ministries through better census data for the parish's 1,500 families.

Read the full story >>

The Suite is Complete!

All four modules of the ConnectNow Family Suite are up and running on version 4.2.2 (see release notes).

The Family Suite is like the desktop suite--only better! Built on the web-based ConnectNow platform (like our time-tested ConnectNow Accounting), the Family Suite is a secure and convenient tool for managing your parish. Plus, we've improved the user interface and added features and new functionality.

Want to learn more? Attend a webinar, or contact us!

Watch the ConnectNow Family Suite Video

click image to watch

Looking for End-of-Year Resources?

We've got you covered!

ParishSOFT Desktop Offering

EOY Contribution Statements Checklist
11 Video Tutorials will walk your through the EOY steps.
EOY Training - register for a class to go through EOY steps with an instructor.

ConnectNow Offering

Look for EOY statements under "Reports" in ConnectNow Offering.
We're working on your EOY checklist and help video and will be emailing you soon.

ConnectNow Accounting

3 Video Tutorials: Print EOY Reports | Process EOY | W-2s & EOY Processing
2014 tax table updates will be in the system as soon as we have the information from the IRS. We'll notify you when that happens.

EOY Training for Desktop
Offering & Pledges

ConnectNow Accounting Training
(for new staff)

If you've reviewed the end-of-year resources and still have questions, just contact the support team. Hit the big, green "Get Support!" button to fill out a form, and we'll get your request right away!

https://parishsoft.wufoo.com/forms/get-support-from-parishsoft/

During this season of generosity and year-end giving, easily accept donations through Online Giving by ParishSOFT.

Online Giving encourages planned giving, lightens staff workload, and makes giving convenient for members, even when they can't make it to Mass.

Learn more about how Online Giving can serve your church at a webinar or by reading "5 Ways to Get More Online Donors," a set of easy tips to grow your Online Giving program.

Click to view pdf.

Attend a 1-Hour Webinar to Learn
More about Online Giving

Tue. December 17, 10 AM

(See upcoming dates/times in 2014.)

Users' Conference 2014

Nov. 3-5 | Salt Lake City

Please put us on your calendar! November 3-5 we'll be gathering in Salt Lake City, Utah for our 7th annual ParishSOFT Users' Conference.

We'd love to see you, your fellow staff, and your priest at the conference. Users' Conference is a great place to collaborate with other Catholics, learn about technology and your own software, and gain motivation for your work and ministry.

To receive email updates about Users' Conference, just hit the yellow "subscribe" button and join our email list!

"The spiritual aspect of the conference was so unexpected and so uplifting. Thank you. I came to learn about software and left with a renewed zeal for my faith."

- Conference 2013 Attendee, Cheryl Ellsworth

ParishSOFT: 866.930.4774

ParishSOFT serves 8,500 parishes and 84 dioceses

with a mission to listen to the needs of churches and dioceses

and provide relevant technology that supports your ministries, today and in the future!