Shepherd’s Staff Attendance: Events, Records & Reports (2026)
Learn how to record worship, communion and Sunday school attendance in Shepherd's Staff, from setting up events to posting batches, logging visitors and printing attendance rosters. This is session 1 of the Attendance module in the Shepherd's Staff training webinar series from Concordia Technology Solutions. Instructor: Sam Williams, CTS Support. Recorded live on October 28, 2026, using Shepherd's Staff version 10.0.1.6. All names and data shown are from a fictional demo database. You'll learn how to: • Navigate the Attendance module, search, filter and save custom views • Create events and manage enrollees (add, update, purge, remove) • Enter attendance batches with the basic and advanced entry methods • Record visitors two ways: as a new record or as a head count with notes • Post batches, then edit or delete individual attendance records • Enter head-count-only attendance for an event • Print attendance rosters for Sunday school, worship or any group • Fix a batch posted to the wrong date CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome and agenda 1:55 Checking for updates 2:38 Attendance module tour 3:27 Search, filters and special characters 5:31 Rearranging columns and saving views 8:08 Actions, Print and Export 10:04 Creating an event 11:29 Adding enrollees 13:30 Updating, purging and removing enrollees 15:39 Entering a batch: basic method 18:40 Advanced method and adding visitors 21:27 Posting a batch 21:47 Editing and deleting attendance records 23:13 Events by date and adjusting head counts 24:12 Head-count-only attendance 25:15 Attendance roster report 28:12 Customizing attendance types 28:37 Fixing attendance posting mistakes 30:57 Quiz 34:04 Q&A and wrap-up MORE SHEPHERD'S STAFF TRAINING All sessions: https://www.concordiatechnology.org/shepherds-staff/training Help Center: https://shepherdsstaff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us Resource Center: https://resources.concordiatechnology.org/shepherds-staff NEED HELP? Shepherd's Staff Support: 1.800.346.6120 | support@cts.cph.org #ShepherdsStaff #ChurchManagementSoftware #LCMS























