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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We have used Shepherd’s Staff software for many years and it
does a great job of tracking these types of giving. I think you would be
extremely happy with it for your church. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Don Horne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Trinity UMC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Jacksonville, NC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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lcfinance-bounces@listserv.nccumc.org [mailto:lcfinance-bounces@listserv.nccumc.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>XPDunn@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> cwstan@earthlink.net<br>
<b>Cc:</b> lcfinance@listserv.nccumc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LCFinance] FW: Non Contributions to the church<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brenda,<br>
<br>
We keep normal plate offering and special plate offerings separate from
fundraisers by using a large Excel speed sheet. We have used this for the
last several years. We are now in the process of moving to Shepherd's
Staff software as our church accounting package. Our goal for Shepherd's
Staff is to be able to account for theses categories of offering income vs.
fundraising income, separately.<br>
<br>
Our rationale for keeping these categories separate was that we found that our
fundraisers generated large contributions but happened only 2 or 3 times a
years and could not be held more often. These fundraisers caused average
monthly income to swing higher during the month of the fundraiser and gave a
different financial trend than during other non-fundraising months. The
regular, non-fundraising months are what we use to base our initial budget on. <br>
<br>
The fundraiser income gives us the extra income for large projects or
unexpected expenses. We add the fundraiser income to the first past of
the budget based on our projection as to how often we will be able to do this
fundraiser in the next year and what we project to raise from the fundraiser
next year.<br>
<br>
We, likewise, believe it is important to track these two categories
separately (regular income vs. fundraising income) even if you combined them in
the end.<br>
<br>
Patrice<br>
<br>
Finance Chair<br>
St. Peter's UMC<br>
Oxford, NC<br>
xpdunn@aol.com </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
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