Happy New Year!
We are looking forward to a new year of meeting your parish needs and growing your ministries with new and consistent giving.Faith Direct is resolved to work as hard as we can to give you constant support and encouragement as you seek to build support for your parish’s good works.
This January's newsletter is all about that new-year housekeeping, with information about helping your parishioners to update their giving amounts and access their tax statements and important information about end-of-year and January disbursement schedules.
Faith Direct is excited to welcome 2023 with your parish – here’s to continued blessings for the new year!
Please note that Faith Direct offices will be closed on Monday, January 16th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In This Issue
New Year Donor Changes
Downloading Individual Parishioner Tax Statements
Updating your collections for 2023
Event Tutorial
Bulletin & Facebook Announcements
January 2023 Disbursements
End-of-Year Disbursements |
| New Year Donor Changes!With the start of the new year many parishioners want to change (hopefully increase!) their recurring gift amounts and they aren't always sure how to go about it. They can always contact our Customer Service team at info@faithdirect.net or 866-507-8757 for these changes or--if you have Master or Donor access to Church Admin--you can update their gift amounts for them. It's a very easy process to do, click here for more information. |
| Downloading Individual Parishioner Tax StatementsAlthough Faith Direct mails tax statements at the start of the year for those parishes that have requested we do so, they often end up being misplaced once it's time to submit taxes. When that happens, parishioners can request a new copy directly from Faith Direct, but if they come to you first, certain Church Admin users are now able to download copies of individual parishioners' tax statements. Click here for a how-to article from our help library on accessing tax statements. |
| Updating Your Collections for 2023As a reminder, you can create, end, and update the month of your collection appeals by clicking on the Appeal tab in the Faith Direct Church administrative site. Click here to learn more. (Please note you can only change appeals if you have Appeal Management or Master Access roles). |
Event Forms Video Tutorial Series: Part EightThis less than five-minute tutorial will explore the Submission tab in the Event platform. The submission tab is in Form Properties and controls open and close dates for your event as well as setting a maximum number of registrants. Click here to watch the video.
You can access the event forms manual and all help articles here. As always, if you have additional questions, you can contact your Success Manager directly or email the Success team at clientcare@faithdirect.net. |
Bulletin AnnouncementsThe new year is filled with hope and promise as we seek to grow our vital ministries, explore new ways to share the good news of Christ’s love, and reflect His care and mercy to those in need throughout the community. To continue to make a difference in 2023, St. John Demo Church is reaching out to our parishioners.
Begin the new year with eGiving to help sustain and build ministries throughout 2023 that reflect the steadfast promise of God’s love. The need is great in our community, and your generous online gifts will help people all around us.
We prayerfully request that you consider signing up for eGiving from your computer, smartphone or tablet. You can set up a recurring donation or make a one-time gift. Sign up today by visiting faith.direct/FD2, or text ‘Enroll’ to (Text-to-Give Number). Thank you for your continued support of our parish family.
God Bless You,
(Pastor's Name Here)
Facebook Announcements
The new year is a time of hope and promise as we have opportunities to grow our vital ministries, explore new ways to share the good news of Christ’s love, and reflect His care and mercy to those in need throughout the community. To continue to make a difference in 2023, St. John Demo Church depends on online donations from caring individuals like you.
We prayerfully request that you consider signing up for eGiving and setting up your recurring donation. You can use eGiving from your computer, smartphone or tablet for recurring and one-time gifts.
Sign up today by visiting faith.direct/FD2, or text ‘Enroll’ to (Text-to-Give Number). |
January 2023 Disbursements
Faith Direct will process January donations on Wednesday, January 4th and Tuesday, January 17th. Parish disbursements will be Tuesday, January 10th, and Monday, January 23rd.
We are processing donations on the 17th because the 15th falls on a Sunday and the 16th is a federal holiday.
Any live 2022 gifts that were processed before midnight on December 31st were included in a separate end-of-year disbursement on January 4th. Because these end-of-year 2022 gifts were in a separate disbursement, your disbursement report on January 10th will only contain gifts processed on January 4, 2023.
If your parish is currently offering one debit date and would like to add a second, you can contact your Success Manager directly or send an email to clientcare@faithdirect.net. |
End-of-Year Disbursement
It's everyone's favorite New Year's tradition: End-of-Year Disbursement! As in years past, if St. John Demo Church had live gifts processed in December after your last regular disbursement, those gifts will be in a special, separate end-of-year deposit and report as mentioned above. We do this so that gifts processed in the 2022 tax year are kept separate from gifts processed in the 2023 tax year.
If you have an EOY disbursement, you should have received an email notification on January 4th when the report and contribution export file were made available. If you did not receive an email or you do not see an EOY report among your current disbursement reports in the Church Admin site, don't fret! It means that your parishioners planned their end-of-year giving ahead of time and were not processing anything at the last minute.
Contact your Success Manager with any questions about the end-of-year disbursement. |
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