Jordan Bogart
Articles
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Confirmations
The Confirmations View in the Church Register section of the Membership module is a place where you can enter additional data on Confirmations that occurred at your church. This includes informatio...
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Import from Web Tools
The Web Tools feature of Shepherd's Staff allows you to enter contribution batches, even when you're away from the church. When you get back to church, you'll then be able to download your contribu...
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How does the Distribute function work in offering batch entry? [FAQ]
When you are entering an offering batch, you might notice a "Distribute" button next to the "Add" button when entering offerings for some of your givers. This "Distribute" button is a function spec...
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Sending Emails
After you've set up your email settings and you've made sure that the user you're signed in as has permission to send emails in Shepherd's Staff, you're ready to send out emails. Sending out emails...
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How can I give a user the ability to send emails from Shepherd's Staff? [FAQ]
What a user can do in Shepherd's Staff is controlled by the permissions set up on their login, and this includes the ability to send emails from Shepherd's Staff. With that in mind, if you want a p...
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Why do my Vanco offerings say "Invalid Fund" or "Invalid Envelope"? [FAQ]
When using the Vanco import utility, there are a few nuances you need to be aware of so Shepherd's Staff can make the connection between offerings given in your church's Vanco account and the contr...
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Setting up Email
Sending emails in Shepherd's Staff requires that you have an email account that you would like to use to send your emails. Examples of this are Outlook, Yahoo or Zoho. You can configure Shepherd's ...
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Envelope box labels
The Envelope box labels report will generate labels that will list either the current or upcoming envelope number for each contributor. This report is especially useful when distributing your envel...
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Renumber Envelopes
Many churches will go through an envelope renumbering process at year-end to consolidate their envelope numbers. Shepherd's Staff offers an envelope renumbering utility that will help prepare these...
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LCMS Youth List
Each year the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Office of Rosters and Statistics compiles a list of youth from each congregation who are aged 5 to 17–1/2, and their anticipated year of graduati...