Shepherd’s Staff Finance: Reconciliation & Reports (2026)
Learn how to reconcile your bank and credit card statements in Shepherd's Staff, then run the reports your treasurer and council need: trial balance, balance sheet, dedicated accounts, treasurer's report and income statement. This is session 3 of the Finance module in the Shepherd's Staff training webinar series from Concordia Technology Solutions. Instructor: Tim Burke, CTS Support. Recorded live on November 5, 2026. All names and data shown are from a fictional demo database, which uses a July through June fiscal year. You'll learn how to: • Reconcile a bank statement: enter balances and dates, check off cleared items and reach a $0.00 difference • Save a reconciliation in progress, print it, post it, reopen it and reprint it • Reconcile a credit card (charge) statement • Run account balance, trial balance and budget-versus-actual reports • Print a balance sheet, including a five-year comparison • Report on dedicated accounts • Build treasurer's reports by month, year to date or all months, with or without dedicated accounts • Design a custom five-column treasurer's report • Run the general ledger and income statement CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome and agenda 3:55 Workspace and Finance module setup 5:44 Starting a bank statement reconciliation 7:36 Entering statement balances and dates 10:34 Including older uncleared transactions 12:34 Checking off cleared transactions 16:07 Reading the totals and the difference 19:43 Saving, editing and printing mid-reconciliation 22:28 Posting the reconciliation 23:02 Reopening the last reconciliation 24:58 Reprinting a reconciliation report 25:44 Charge statement reconciliation 27:30 Finance reports overview 28:43 Account and trial balance report 33:30 Trial balance: debits and credits 35:20 Budget versus actuals comparison 37:00 Report help articles 38:15 Balance sheet 40:12 Changing report font and size 43:06 Five-year balance sheet comparison 44:22 Dedicated accounts report 46:39 Treasurer's report 51:03 Current month, year to date and budget remaining 53:07 All months, actuals versus budget 54:55 Including dedicated in and out 56:18 Custom treasurer's report 1:00:41 General ledger report 1:05:47 Income statement 1:07:17 Quiz 1:15:18 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 #ChurchAccounting #LCMS
