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Preparing Your Church for Coronavirus, Shelby Financial
Tips, Feature Highlights & more!
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During
times of uncertainty, people look to the church for comfort and
leadership. Our team stands beside you as you navigate through these
unique challenges caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. While
we've included several articles related to topics that will help prepare
for your VBS, Summer Camp or Mission Trip, we've also included a guide
and webinar replay on preparing your church for COVID-19. We hope the
information in this edition of ShelbyNews helps.
In
this month's newsletter we'll cover:
- Prepare
Your Church for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Background
Checks with Protect My Ministry
- 6 Ways
to Manage Summertime Expenses like VBS
- ShelbyNext
Membership – Feature
Highlight
- Take
Advantage of our Powerful Form Manager
- Youth
UpLift Program
- Register
for The State of Shelby Systems Webinar
- Shelby
Systems - Closed for Easter
We
are here to serve you as you serve in your ministry. Have a blessed day
and enjoy the newsletter!
Steve
Pruitt
steve.pruitt@shelbyinc.com
General Manager, Shelby Systems
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Prepare Your Church for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Webinar
Equip your church to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak with our webinar,
guide, & free tech solutions. The recorded webinar covers:
- Best practices for connecting your congregation when
they're avoiding crowds (live streaming tips included)
- How to mass communicate with your church about
changes to your services
- Ways to keep your staff connected and doing ministry—even if they're working from home
- How to quickly adopt new church technology to connect
with people during disruptions
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Additional
Resources
Here are some good resources from ECFA (someone you can really trust)
with some trustworthy links and resources as they face issues and
decisions related to the Coronavirus. Attached is a great document from
Christianity Today.
- Do they
have communion?
- Do they
have greeters or have members "pass the peace"?
- What
legal exposure do they have?
Coronavirus: Stay Prepared and Stay Informed
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Background Checks with Protect My Ministry
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Vacation Bible School (VBS) is an awesome opportunity for
churches to share the Gospel with kids of all ages. Kids are excited,
parents are excited for their kids to leave their house, and the leaders
at the church are excited to teach. Even though all parties are (and should
be) excited when VBS kicks off, there is one key factor that should be at
the forefront of all leaders' minds before it even begins: VBS background
checks.
Both
Arena and ShelbyNext Membership integrate with Protect My Ministry,
the leading Church background screening CRA in the industry. The
following links provide instruction on setup and submitting request.
Additional
Resources:
Background Check Blueprint: Step by Step Guide
The Importance of Using Background Checks for Vacation
Bible School Volunteers
How to Use Protect My Ministry with:
Arena
ShelbyNext Membership
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ShelbyNext
Financials Tips
6 Ways to
Manage Summertime Expenses Like VBS
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- Use
ShelbyNext Financials home screen dashboards
- Set
permission limits so department heads can run their own reports
- Use
Projects to track expenses across all accounts
- Use Purchasing
Management to watch and control purchases
- Use the
Functional Expense Report to track Programs and Administrative
disbursements
- Create
Ad Hoc Reports to see specific expense activities
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ShelbyNext | Membership - Feature
Highlight
Glance Icons and Badges!
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Ever
wish you could tell some key facts right away about a member without
having to dig around in the database? With Shelby's new Glance Icons, you
can see what you want to know without any hassle, keeping important
information front and center.
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Take Advantage of our Powerful Form Manager
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Create unique registration forms for VBS, Summer Camps,
Mission Trips, special funds, and much more. Form Manager is included
with our ShelbyNext Membership and ShelbyNext Giving products. Forms can
be as simple, or as complex, as you need them to be with our easy to use
drag and drop features.
Getting the most out of Forms
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Want to learn even more about Forms?
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Enroll Today: Youth UpLift
Receive up to $2,000 for Your Youth
Ministries
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Summer
is a time filled with activity for young people in faith communities:
summer camps, VBS, mission trips and more. At Shelby we understand the
importance of these spiritually formative times, so we have created the
Youth UpLift program to partner with you in your ministry to young
people.
Youth
UpLift is a scholarship program designed to ignite recurring giving
participation and help your church receive up to $2,000 in funds for
youth ministries! Encourage 25 people to set up new recurring gifts within
ShelbyNext Giving and you'll receive a mailed check for $200! Rinse and
repeat for up to $2,000 in scholarship money. Invite your whole community
to support your youth! We provide you with helpful marketing resources to
spread the word about the scholarship program and inspire participation.
Consider
an initiative encouraging your members to create a special recurring gift
to invest in the next generation. Create a unique form that provides some
detail of what their gift will accomplish (sponsor a camper for $100,
create a firm foundation of faith with VBS $15, etc.). For help building
a form or creating a communication plan schedule a coaching call.
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The State of Shelby Systems Webinar
Thursday, April 9 at 2pm CDT
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Make
sure you join us for our quarterly all-customer webinar, The State of
Shelby Systems, on Thursday, April 9 at 2pm CDT. General Manager,
Steve Pruitt, and senior leadership from the Shelby team will share
what's new, what we are working on now, and where we are headed next with
Shelby Systems.
We will
share:
- New ways we are helping
churches thrive in this new era of online ministry
- How we're pivoting this
year's 2020 MPower User Conference
- Recent product updates
- Our roadmap for future
releases
- And so much more
The State of Shelby Systems
Thursday, April 9
2:00-2:45 pm CDT
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Shelby Systems – Closed for Easter
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Our offices will be closed Friday, April 10th,
through Monday, April 13th, in observance of Easter. We will
reopen Tuesday, April 14th, at 7am CT.
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