Churches typically use a calendar year even though their operating cycles run fall to summer. Therefore, changing your reporting year from calendar to fiscal makes more sense and offers many benefits. In this Pastorcast you will learn those benefits.

This month’s Speaker
Bill Sims, CPA

Salmon Sims Thomas & Associates

William H. Sims, CPA, is a vice president and director at Salmon Sims Thomas where he manages the Firm’s Nonprofit Organizations Division. Bill’s practice focus includes audit, tax and operational consulting for nonprofit organizations, employee benefit plans and closely held businesses. more…

The SON Group is led by Nilon Elliott who has spent 26 plus years as Senior Vice President with one of the most successful capital fundraising organizations in North America. Nilon has participated in over 900 Capital STEWARDSHIP and Offertory Enhancement campaigns; and he pioneered in the introduction of STEWARDSHIP for Catholic Parish fundraising.
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In the case of protecting your church from the expense of a lawsuit or fines or both as it pertains to protecting your members personal information it could well be a dime’s worth of prevention is better than $100,000 worth of cure!

You will do yourself and your church a BIG favor by taking the time to listen to this presentation by George Flint, partner at Flint-Lambert, PC. in Plano, Texas.

The good news is this is not a difficult problem to prevent. The bad news is that most churches completely overlook the need to have an program in place to stop these issues.

If you have questions please use the Question Link on the left side of the Replay page. If you like what you hear, if it helps you in anyway, please tell a friend by clicking on Tell My Friend on this page.

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On Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008 we again had a panel of speakers, Pastor Sam Fenceroy of Mount Olive Church of Plano and Mr. Danny Muzyka, Founder and President of Service Realty, Inc., The Church Reak Estate Professionals ™.

The discussuion covered the jNINE YEAR ourney of Mount Olive Church of Plano in their quest to find a new church home; from leasing, to buying land and planning to build, to buying a building that was more then they had ever envisioned. There were twists and turns throughout the process which promises to make for some good conversation and better
testimony to the prayer and hard work of all invoved in this successful relocation.

The Pastor Cast is sponsored by www.ChurchRealty.com and is provided as a free information resource for Pastors, Administrators and Staff.

We look forward to hearing you on The PastorCast Live.

The PastorCast
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If your church has debt now or is considering debt for a future project you need to read this. This is a free call to discuss the current credit crisis and how it affects churches that currently have debt or are anticipating debt in the future. PastorCast is a monthly call that is recorded and archived at www.ThePastorCast.com.

It is sponsored by www.ChurchRealty.com and is provided free of charge. This month PastorCast is assembling a panel of Church Finance professionals and lenders to discuss the impact of this credit crunch on churches. Some projects that have been approved and partially funded are being stopped; no further funding. Some churches trying to renew their loans are not being renewed.

Although this is a serious situation it is not something to panic over but it is something to study so your church can be prepared for any situation. Please join us for this discussion and tell all your pastor and administrator friends as well.

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If your church has debt now or is considering debt for a future project you need to read this. This is a free call to discuss the current credit crisis and how it affects churches that currently have debt or are anticipating debt in the future. PastorCast is a monthly call that is recorded and archived at www.ThePastorCast.com.

It is sponsored by www.ChurchRealty.com and is provided free of charge. This month PastorCast is assembling a panel of Church Finance professionals and lenders to discuss the impact of this credit crunch on churches. Some projects that have been approved and partially funded are being stopped; no further funding. Some churches trying to renew their loans are not being renewed.

Although this is a serious situation it is not something to panic over but it is something to study so your church can be prepared for any situation. Please join us for this discussion and tell all your pastor and administrator friends as well.

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Barbara McMahon is the Regional Director for Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for Shared Church Services. She began with SCS in March 2004 when TX & OK only had 60 members. Today the membership roster numbers 720. Prior to SCS, she was a Project Coordinator in the Large Commercial & Industrial Group at TXU, one of the largest retail electric providers in the US. Her vertical market was hotels, real estate, and non-profits (including all churches serviced by TXU). Join Barbara on this month’s episode of ThePastorCast.com and learn how to get the best deals possible for your church. bmcmahon@texas-scs.com

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