Understanding the difference between a Household and an Individual is important and is defined as follows: Definition of a Household: A Household is a physical location where people reside and the name of the household represents the adults that are responsible for the location. It does not represent an individual. Definition of an Individual: An… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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Archiving Church Members in IconCMO
Archiving is a great way to keep your database clean and your household count low for billing. Changing an individual’s status to ‘delete’, ‘remove’, or ‘archive’ does not archive them. Instead, a simple process can be executed to archive records in IconCMO. Both household records and individual records alike can be archived. Although you can archive… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Save Time and Money with IconCMO Church Software
Staying organized and communicating with members of the congregation can be inexpensive and easy with IconCMO. Monthly newsletters, bulletins, schedules, and calendars can be created in Word or Publisher, converted to PDF and attached to an email message without the high cost of printing and mailing, not to mention the time spent folding and stuffing… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Do you know how to spot a tech support scam?
According to Wikipedia, a technical support scam (often abbreviated tech support scam) refers to a class of telephone fraud activities, in which a scammer claims to offer a legitimate technical support service, often via cold calls to unsuspecting users. Such cold calls are mostly targeted at Microsoft Windows users, with the caller often claiming to represent a… ⪼ Continue Reading…
What’s your church database backup plan?
A few weeks ago, I got a call from a customer using Revelations, our Windows-based church management software (ChMS). Thank you for calling Icon Systems, this is Michelle.” “Hello, this is Peggy from Peace Church*. My computer crashed, can you help me get Revelations on my new computer?” “I’m sorry to hear! I’ll show you… ⪼ Continue Reading…
How to Budget a Church Mortgage Payment
A church budget is important to most church organizations and is a highly-utilized feature in IconCMO. However, budgets can only be set for revenue and expense accounts, which can pose a problem if you want to budget for a liability account such as a mortgage. For example, a typical Mortgage Payment of $1,000 looks like this:… ⪼ Continue Reading…