Training

To help you take maximum advantage of the power and productivity available in each of our products, ParishSOFT offers a variety of training and consulting options geared to different learning styles. Whether you're a brand new user of our software or an experienced veteran, you can get training and consulting in the way that works best for you.

All ParishSOFT training is designed to provide comprehensive instruction and is led by our knowledgeable and proficient instructors.

  • Teletraining: Convenient and cost-effective Teletraining using telephone conferencing provides you and your staff with personal, hands-on training in the comfort of your own office.
  • Classroom Training: Hands-on classroom training provides with you practical, working knowledge of your ParishSOFT products.
  • On-site Training: You may also make arrangements to have a ParishSOFT instructor provide classes for you and your staff at your own location.

If you have any questions, please contact us at 734.205.1000 x126 or email us at training@parishsoft.com.

Class Descriptions

ACH Electronic Giving - Setting up, enabling specific parish funds member accounts for automated transfer, transmission process, handling exceptions, posting completed transactions to member accounts.

$75 (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Bannon Development Campaign Letters - Integrate Bannon letter templates with your ParishSOFT Offering & Tuition Module. Learn how to merge your ParishSOFT data directly into Bannon development campaign letters. ParishSOFT automatically examines your pledge records to determine which families receive letters. Create the reports and labels you need to complete your mailing. Participants will receive the Bannon folder of letters to copy into their Program Files\ParishSOFT directory.

$145 | Click here to register

The Diocesan System Administrator Essentials Course - This course is a comprehensive two-day course, held onsite at ParishSOFT.  The course covers administration of your ParishSOFT system at the diocesan level and provides a detailed look at the underlying structure of the ParishSOFT diocesan application.  Instructors are ParishSOFT experts in our diocesan database applications, software and integrated product development and support.

$1,500 (includes course materials, continental breakfasts, breaks and lunches)
Pre-requisite:  Diocesan onsite training in ParishSOFT desktop applications.

Click here to register

Extended Tuition - Managing school tuition and/or religious education fees for billing, statements, posting payments, assessing late fees and reports.

$95 first attendee, additional attendees $47.50 each (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Fundamentals (Family Directory) - Overview of all ParishSOFT software solutions; setting up; family and member directory functions; reports; introduction to Time & Talent and Religious Education. Use of Word templates and mail merge.

$145 first attendee, additional attendees $72.50 each (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Ledger & Payables - Fund Accounting and Accounts, Accounts, Beginning Balances, Vendor Data, Financial Transaction Entry, Financial Statements, Processes to Speed and Simplify Data Entry, Data Security and Maintenance, Web Based Services.

TOPICS:

  • Setup - Chart of Accounts setup, account and vendor maintenance
  • Transaction Entry - bills, deposits, check printing, voiding checks, bank reconciliation, end of month processing
  • Advanced Tools - memorized transactions, contribution transfer, exporting to Excel, etc

$50 first attendee, additional attendees $25.00 each (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Offering - Managing contributions, tithing, pledge campaigns and reports

$95 first attendee, additional attendees $47.50 each (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Payroll - Pay Cycle Tasks, Employee Entry, Deductions and Benefits, Finance Accounts and Distributions, Direct Deposit, W-2 Processing, End of Period.

$95 first attendee, additional attendees $47.50 each (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Religious Education - Set up a new school year. Session and class record maintenance and organization, including management of students and catechists in specific classes. Screen navigation, generating standard reports.

$95 first attendee, additional attendees $47.50 each (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Reports: InDepth - Review of standard reports. Organization of relational database to aid in custom query and report building. Generate custom queries and reports.

Please note: Fundamentals class and a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows is a prerequisite.

$95 first attendee, additional attendees $47.50 each | Click here to register

Time & Talent - Creating look up tables, managing ministry groups, using the scheduler, reports, and posting a ministry schedule to the web.

$95 first attendee, additional attendees $47.50 each (free for 90 days)* | Click here to register

Web Solutions Part One - Administering your parish web site on ParishesOnline.com; creating pages; posting pictures; uploading bulletins and more. This class will focus primarily on managing your web site.

Be sure you activate your church's website before signing up for this class.

Please note: due to the nature of this class, there is a limit of 2 participants per Parish per class.

$75 first attendee, additional attendees $37.50 each | Click here to register

Web Solutions Part Two - Continued instruction on administering your ParishesOnline web site with emphasis on utilizing your on-line web calendar and Facility Scheduler. This class will focus primarily on managing the web calendar.

Please note: due to the nature of this class, there is a limit of 2 participants per Parish per class.

$75 first attendee, additional attendees $37.50 each | Click here to register

*Free for 90 days after purchase of any church management software module, unless otherwise noted.

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