Church360° Members offers the option of renumbering all offering envelopes at one time rather than individually. This mass update can be implemented immediately or scheduled for a later time. With some recent updates, the process has become easier than ever before.
Each church manages its offering envelope numbers differently. Some churches give all members offering envelopes; others only give envelopes to those who ask for them. Some churches allow members to keep the same offering envelope number; other churches change everyone’s numbers every year.
Regardless of how your church manages offering envelopes, the simple three-part process below can make preparing 2019 envelope numbers easy and efficient.
While there is no one way to determine who should receive offering envelopes, here are some factors to consider:
Once you know the answers to these questions, we recommend creating a smart group or a tag in Church360° Members that compiles all eligible recipients of offering envelopes together.
Like with any process, proper planning makes this step easier. Once you know exactly who should receive offering envelopes, this second part is a lot easier than it looks.
Once your renumbering is scheduled, you can still make changes to offering envelopes—the changes just can’t conflict with the scheduled renumbering.
Once you’ve scheduled envelopes to be renumbered, you don’t need to wait to distribute them to your members. The most common way to distribute new offering envelopes is to print mailing labels with the new envelope numbers listed. Here’s how to do that:
While envelope renumbering is a simple process, it may take time to identify the people who should receive envelopes or to handle any special requests. So be sure to leave yourself enough time to get it all done before the new year.
If you have any questions about this new feature, please contact our software support team at support@cts.cph.org or (800) 346-6120.