The ChurchTrac Blog
When Should My Church Be Singing Christmas Music?
Christmas is a special time of year when people smile more, sing more, eat more, and spend quality family time to reflect on what's important to them. For us as a church, we are getting on our "A-Game" in preparation for an influx of people to join our w...
3 Advent Ideas for Families
The most wonderful time of the year is upon us! Believers all around the world are getting ready for a special season: Advent. If you’re like many parents, you’re looking for ways to observe Advent that inspire anticipation for the coming of Jesus w...
Update: Giving History Report
As a part of our Fall 2021 Software Update, we've also updated the giving history report with a new option to only show tax-deductable entries. The change is subtle, but ministries located in Canada will greatly benefit from it! How to generate this repo...
Fall 2021 Software Update
Just in time for fall, we have 4 NEW features that have just been released! Although it goes without saying (though we'll say it anyway), we want to give out a BIG Thank You to all the Ministry Partners who have given all the valuable feedback to make th...
3 In-Kind Donations Churches Don't Want
For Churches, In-Kind Donations are a great thing. Having various goods and services donated to your ministry can be a huge blessing. However... There are some types of donations that end up being more trouble than they’re worth. In some cases, they c...
How to Track Remote Church Attendance
Live-streaming has been a game-changer for churches across the world. It has given the local church a reach that goes beyond their local community. Most importantly though, it has helped congregants stay connected to their home church; even when they canâ...
Alternative to Google Forms for Churches
If you're creating your church forms with Google Forms, then you know how important it is to have an easy way to gather information from your church people and view it on a spreadsheet later. What if we told you that there's an alternative to Google Forms...
Software Update June 2021
We've launched two software updates to Church Connect. Here's what they are: Connect Card Preview As you build your Connect Cards, you can see what they look like in real-time. This preview makes it easy to see what your page/app looks like without havi...
Memorized Transactions is now Payees
As part of our recent Spring Update, we have changed Memorized Transactions in the Accounting Screen to Payees. This is much more than a name change though... What's new with Payees? With the old memorized transactions, you had to create a memorized tra...