Denomination Specific Report: Lutheran - WELS

1. Membership
2. Reports

The Congregation Statistics Report (WELS) is exclusively used by churches of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. This report is designed specifically to assist users in submitting their stati...

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Deleting a person

1. Membership
2. Add/Edit Records

The deletion process is very simple if a person has no Attendance or Offering records. However, if a person does have at least one Attendance or Offering record that person cannot be deleted. If a ...

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Handling Marriages

1. Membership
2. Add/Edit Records

Whenever a couple gets married, there are a few housekeeping items that need to take place. Namely, moving them into the same household and updating any names or other data that need to be changed....

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Add Sunday School/School Grade

1. Membership
2. Lists

Sunday School and School Grades are similar concepts in Shepherd's Staff. A person's Sunday School grade refers to the Sunday School class a person is in at your church. A school grade refers to gr...

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Contributors

1. Contributions
2. Giving

In Shepherd’s Staff, Contributor Records are used to track and report giving for one or two individuals. In order to accomplish this, Contributor Records associate a person record from Membership w...

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Add Person Assigned

1. Membership
2. Lists

Your church may have specific people who oversee particular households or individuals. Typically, these people are elders or other leadership figures in your church. Shepherd's Staff tracks these r...

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Household Information Tab

1. Membership
2. Households

The Household Information Tab of a household record contains fields that Name and describe the household, such as setting the Person Assigned and Ministry Group for that household. You can also des...

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Mailing Labels

1. Membership
2. Reports

Printing labels is one of the most frequent tasks you will undertake in Shepherd’s Staff. Knowing this, we have made an easy-to-use report for accomplishing this task. To access the mailing labels ...

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Customizing Membership

1. Membership
2. Introduction to Membership

Overview Each module can be customized in minor ways in Shepherd’s Staff®. Many customizations are done automatically, and all are saved so they appear the same way every time you open the module. ...

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Dashboard

1. Membership
2. Introduction to Membership

The Church Dashboard provides a quick snapshot of your data for the Membership, Attendance, Contributions and Finance module. It provides you with at-a-glance statistical information broken down in...

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