Hello and welcome to the new newsletter platform. I wanted to share some valuable information with you on "How to Create a Form in Word that Users can Complete and Print" (below) where you can learn how apply restrictions to a form to keep it from being edited and more in Microsoft Office Word.

Churches, both large and small, are experiencing a growing demand to accept giving electronically. Online giving increased 23% in 2017 after a 15% increase the year before and now in 2024 it's extremely popular. Take a moment to read the valuable information below on "How to Accept Online Giving".

Veteran's Day is celebrated on November 11th every year to honor our men and women who have served or who are still serving our country, the United States of America. We have some free beautiful "Veteran's Day Certificates, Poems, Forms, Ideas & More" and Thanksgiving Day Forms, Coloring, Ideas & More below available to download and print 24/7 to help you celebrate your events at your church and/or home.

Are you finding yourself overwhelmed in the church office? Shepherdbase (Church Membership Database) will save you lots of time by tracking memberships, contributions, attendance, easily access annual contribution statements/letters and much more and it's On Sale Right Now Through November 30th, 2024 By High Demand for ONLY $29.99. Also, the Pastoral Recordbase (Event/Sermon Tracking Database) is On Sale Right Now Through November 30th, 2024 by High Demand for ONLY $19.99 so Hurry and Enjoy all these Savings!

Contents-At-A-Glance

• "How to Create a Form in Word that Users can Complete and Print"
  
• "How to Accept Online Giving"
  
• Veteran's Day & Thanksgiving Day Forms, Certificates, Ideas & More
  
• FreeChurchForms.com New Web Pages with New Forms
  
• Shepherdbase (Church Membership Database) on Sale Right Now!
  
• Pastoral Recordbase (Event/Sermon Tracking Database) on Sale Right Now!
  
• Church Forms CD
  
• Church Office Packages #1 & #2 – Special Limited Offer!
  
• Free eBook - ”Top 10 Tips on How to Organize Your Office”
  
• FreeChurchForms.com Table of Contents
  

"How to Create a Form in Word that Users can Complete and Print"

Follow these action steps:

Show the Developer Tab In Word, be sure your Developer tab is displayed in the ribbon bar. If you don’t see it then you can easily add it by:

• 1. Right clicking in the blank, gray area on the end of the ribbon and click “Customize the ribbon”.
• 2. You can find “Developer” in the list under “Main Tabs” and just click the box on the left side of it to make sure it is check marked and then click “OK”.

Add content to the form Go to the Developer tab on top of ribbon bar in the Controls section where you can choose controls to add to your document or form. Hover over any icon to see what control type it represents. You can set properties (below) on a control once it has been inserted. You can delete a content control by right clicking it; select Remove content control in the popup menu.

Note: You can print a form that was created via content controls. However, the boxes around the content controls will not print.

Set or change properties for content controls Each content control has properties that you can set or change. For example, the Date Picker control offers options for the format you want to use to display the date.

• 1. Select the content control that you want to change.
• 2. Go to Developer > Properties.
• 3. Change the properties that you want.

• 1. Open the form that you want to lock or protect.
• 2. Select Developer > Restrict Editing.
• 3. After selecting restrictions, select Yes, start Enforcing Protection.

To do this, choose Select Sections in the Restrict Editing panel.

Microsoft Office Word has a lot of nice features and it's nice to be able to insert these different types of controls into your Word template or document and not have to worry about having to fix the form later because you know the controls will prevent this from happening.

"How to Accept Online Giving"

By Christy Qualle, Aplos and Vickey Richardson, FreeChurchAccounting.com

Churches, both large and small, are experiencing a growing demand to accept giving electronically. Online giving increased 23% in 2017 after a 15% increase the year before and it's extremely popular now in 2024.

Religious organizations have historically received the largest share of charitable donations. In 2016, 31% of all donations, or $127.37 billion, went to Religious organizations.

Why are churches leading this charge? It is largely driven by the fact that church members faithfully give on a weekly or monthly basis, but the manner in which people make their recurring payments is changing. The majority of households in the U.S. now pay their bills online. Fewer people carry around their checkbook, if they even have one at all. To keep pace with these changing habits, it is important for churches to seriously consider how to securely offer online tithe for their members.

Veteran's Day & Thanksgiving Day Forms, Certificates, Ideas & More

Just click on the link below to access the free printable Veteran's Day certificates, forms, ideas and activities for your events at your church and/or home.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays of the year! It reminds me that we do have a lot to be thankful for!

The first Thanksgiving in those British colonies that became the United States of America, was held, on December 4, 1619, at Harrison’s Landing, at the Berkeley Plantation, in the Virginia colony, two years before Puritans arrived in Massachusetts.

Just click on the link below to access the free printable Thanksgiving Day forms, ideas and activities for your events at your church and/or home.

FreeChurchForms.com New Web Pages with New Forms

• "How to Create a Form in Word that Users Complete or Print

Shepherdbase (Church Membership Database) on Sale Right Now!

Shepherdbase (Church Membership Database) is a very simple and user friendly, but very powerful and will:

• Track member's information along with a place for member's picture and information in the Directory Report, plus automates First Time Visitor Letters for new members,
• Track member's contributions and automates their IRS Contribution Statements and merges Annual Contribution Letters at the end of the year along with merges First Time Visitor Letters and Donation Receipts,
• Filter church member's information with the click of a button,
• Track Church Attendance and automates Attendance Report.

Pastoral Recordbase (Event/Sermon Tracking Database) on Sale Right Now!

You will also receive the Event Certificate Templates (4) and the Event Planning Tracker in MS Excel free as a Bonus for purchasing Pastoral Recordbase! Hurry and Enjoy these Savings!

Pastoral Recordbase is a very simple and user friendly, but very powerful and will:

• Track Different Types of Events (Baby Dedications, Baptisms, Funerals, Weddings, and Any type of Events). Also, certificates, documents, and reports can be easily attached to review or print if needed.
• Track Sermons (Pastor's or any other sermons). Also, sermon notes, documents, and reports can be easily attached to review or print if needed.
• Track Phone Numbers (Pastor's phone book to include ministers, etc.). Also, attachments and reports can be easily attached to review or print if needed. Track Church Information (Church name, address, etc.)


If you purchased Pastoral Recordbase before December 3rd, 2022 and would like to receive the latest new updated version (upgraded the Baptismal Record/Report) free of charge contact me with your name, email and the approximate date of your purchase and I will email you the updated/free version of the Pastoral Recordbase Package and new guide ASAP.

Church Forms CD

The Church CD includes:

• Church forms, certificates, flyers...(1,000+ forms each in PDF and Microsoft Office Word 2007 or higher version format - some in Excel). Also continually updated to include the latest forms created.

• FreeChurchForms.com Table of Contents that includes folders/subfolders named the page in which they were generated and the name of the files under the folders.
• Bonus#1 - Church Offering Envelope Templates#2 (short and long) are included in the CD.
• Bonus#2 - Expense Report in MS Excel format that will automatically calculate expenses.
• Bonus#3 - Beautiful 12 Month Photo Auto-Year Calendar in Microsoft Office Excel format that you can easily automate any year you want with the click of a button and change any of the photos very easily on any month you choose.
• Bonus#4 -eBook - "Top Ten Tips on How to Organize Your Office"

Church Office Packages #1 & #2 – Special Limited Offer!

The Church Office Package #1 Instant Download (No CDs) is now available for anyone in or outside the United States for only $40.99 - No Shipping Costs! So Hurry and Enjoy these Savings!!

The Church Office Package #2 includes Shepherdbase (Church Membership Database) CD, Pastoral Recordbase (Event/Sermon Tracking Database) and the Church Forms CD along with all the Free Bonuses and a Special Business Card Templates (4) Bonus for only $57.99 plus shipping and handling ($10.00 in U.S. Only)! Savings of $12.98!

The Church Office Package #2 Instant Download (No CDs) is now available for anyone in or outside the U.S. for only $57.99 - No Shipping Costs! So Hurry and Enjoy these Savings!!

Free eBook - ”Top Ten Tips on How to Organize Your Office”

I have worked as Church Secretary for over 27 years and in several different secretarial areas with different jobs, and I have learned the hard way how to organize more than one office. Take advantage of these tips in this free eBook and they will help get your office organized. Just click on the link below to download your free copy today.

FreeChurchForms.com Table of Contents

If you have any questions, you can easily contact me or reply to this newsletter. I will get back to you promptly with any questions you might have.

Have a Blessed Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving Day!

Terressa

Editor & Owner of FreeChurchForms.com