{"id":13384,"date":"2026-05-21T21:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?page_id=13384"},"modified":"2026-05-21T21:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:25:01","slug":"finances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/finances","title":{"rendered":"Finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13386 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=1024%2C641&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=1536%2C961&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=2048%2C1281&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=500%2C313&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=800%2C501&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=1280%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tumisu-chart-1953616.jpg?resize=1920%2C1201&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We value your donations and want to insure they are used wisely and correctly. Our finance team meets monthly to analyze income, expenditures and the general financial health of the church.\u00a0 As a tool, <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Usually refers to Memorial United Methodist Church of Clovis, CA.'>Memorial<\/abbr> uses\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerchurch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PowerChurch<\/a> which\u00a0 is a full fledged, dual entry accounting system that has been working well for many years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerchurch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PowerChurch<\/a> is well supported and is frequently updated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The finance team consists of mainly volunteers. Consider being a part of the Finance team if you have interests or experience in accounting and finance. Just <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/contact\">contact<\/a><\/strong> the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/contact\"> pastor<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/contact\">finance team leaders<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Learn about church finance: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchmanagement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.churchmanagement.com<\/a>\/\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Answer to questions about PowerChurch and accounting: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerchurch.com\/forum\/?sid=4dd5a80fe2f168d5393237f8f2e2ecc9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PowerChurch Forum<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nLast updated: May 21, 2026 at 21:25 pm","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We value your donations and want to insure they are used wisely and correctly. 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