Free Microsoft Office For Churches

By Aaron at July 04, 2010 07:58
Filed Under: Church Management, Church Technology, General

We have some exciting news for churches, Microsoft now has a free Office Suite available online!

Microsoft has created online versions of its most popular Office applications, including Microsoft Word online, Microsoft Excel online, Microsoft Powerpoint online and Microsoft OneNote online; all for FREE! Although the licensed versions of the software have a few more features, the basic Microsoft Office functionality is available for free. This also gives you the ability to edit existing Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents for free!

Free Microsoft Office Can Save Your Church Big Money

Microsoft Office is an essential application for getting work done. However, up until now using Microsoft Office has been a huge expense for churches. Now, with access to Microsoft Office Online for free, churches can save thousands of dollars in licensing!

How To Use Microsoft Office Online

  1. Go to http://office.live.com
  2. Sign in with your Windows Live ID account. (if you don't have one, can sign up for free).

Tell Other Churches

Please send a link to this page to pastors and church volunteers you know to spread the word, this is a huge cost savings for churches!

Thanks!
The Church Office Online Team

Church Membership Online Update

By Aaron at May 14, 2010 07:49
Filed Under: Church Membership Online, Church Membership Online Updates

Church Membership Online has been updated to provide more great features.

- Manage Individual Contributions has been overhauled to be easier to use and crazy fast.

- Main menu has been enhanced to perform better, look better and remove menu items for roles that don't have access.

- Entire application has been upgraded to use the Microsoft .NET 4.0 Framework, which means better performance and stability.

- Various minor bugs fixed.

Video Tutorial - 101 Getting Started

By Aaron at March 28, 2010 08:47
Filed Under: Church Membership Online Updates, Video Tutorials

101 Getting Started With Church Membership Online

Tutorial for all users new to Church Membership Online, How to Add Members to CMO and manage information in your Church Membership Online account.

Video Tutorial - 102 Getting Started

By Aaron at March 28, 2010 08:44
Filed Under: Church Membership Online Updates, Video Tutorials

102 Getting Started With Church Membership Online

Tutorial for all users new to Church Membership Online: Ministries, Email, Attendance, Calendar and Reports.

Video Tutorial - Me.ChurchMembershipOnline.com Individual Access

By Aaron at March 28, 2010 08:41
Filed Under: Church Membership Online Updates, Video Tutorials

Overview of using Me.ChurchMembershiponline.com

Provide individuals in your church with the ability to log in, view and edit their contact information and download their contributions statement.

 

Video Tutorial - ADMIN 101

By Aaron at March 28, 2010 08:32
Filed Under: Church Membership Online Updates, Video Tutorials

Church Membership Online New Account Setup for Administrators

How to Edit Church Settings, Account Management, Add Users, Services, Development Categories, Contribution Categories, Custom Fields, Web Site Plug-Ins and Data Export.

Church Membership Online Update - New User Role & Reporting Features

By Aaron at January 22, 2010 23:19
Filed Under: Church Membership Online, Church Membership Online Updates

We have updated Church Membership Online to include the following new features and enhancements.

 

  • New User Role "Pastor No Contributions - Admin". This allows users to be created in the Pastor role that don't have access to Contribution or Admin information & features.
  • New Individual Contributions Report & Household Contributions Report Category filter. These reports can now be filtered by a specific category.
  • Enhancements to Contribution report sorting & layout.
We hope the updates are useful.

Aaron
The Church Office Online Team

 

Church Membership Online Update - Non-Deductible Contributions

By Aaron at January 09, 2010 05:10
Filed Under: Church Membership Online, Church Membership Online Updates

We released a new version of Church Membership Online that includes a feature requested by our customers. You can now specify a Contribution Category as Non-Deductible for tax purposes. All existing contributions categories will be left as tax deductible by default.

To view this change:

  • Log into your Church Membership Online account
  • Go to the Admin section
  • Click on Contribution Categories
  • Notice that you now have the option of setting new and existing categories as "Non-Deductible"
  • This setting is reflected in the contribution related reports
We hope you enjoy the new features.

The Church Office Online Team

Church Membership Online Update

By Aaron at October 08, 2009 07:03
Filed Under: Church Membership Online, Church Membership Online Updates

We've release another version of Church Membership Online that includes some very exciting enhancements.

  • Redesigned Dashboard interface to improve overview of church information

  • Enhanced Individual Service Attendance feature that will greatly improve the speed and accuracy of individual attendance tracking

  • Enhanced Household Service Attendance feature that will greatly improve the speed and accuracy of entering attendance by household

  • Added the ability to sort Individual Contribution Management by various fields

We hope you enjoy the features and enhancements. Feel free to drop us a line at sales@churchofficeonline.com if you have any questions.

 
Thanks!
 
The Church Office Online Team

Church Membership Online Update

By Aaron at September 29, 2009 09:46
Filed Under: Church Membership Online, Church Membership Online Updates

We have released a new version of Church Membership Online that includes a number of enhancements:

- Expanded Contribution Category Name to 50 characters
- Improved Contribution features
- Added client side validation of various field limits
- Fixed Edit Household Notes; Notes now include new notes as well as previous notes if entered
 
Thanks!
 
The Church Office Online Team