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         Here you maintain the member status information for your
         Church.  CMS is pre-configured for three standard status
         categories.  You may delete these and substitute your own, or
         you may add to the existing list.

         To begin with "Church Status Processing" from the "Groups"
         menu:

         Select "Church Status Process.", and then press <Enter>.

         The "Church Status Table" will appear.  The first time you
         select this feature the screen may look like this:

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       |                       Church Status Table                   |
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       | Code | Church Member | Description         |
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       | NM   | Y             | Non-Resident Member |
       | PR   | N             | Prospect            |
       | RM   | Y             | Resident Member     |
       |      |               |                     |
       |      |               |                     |
       |      |               |                     |
       |      |               |                     |
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         As you see, three status categories have already been filled
         in.

         Let us take a look at the options available from the
         "Options" menu at the bottom of the screen.

         Note: The <F> and <R> options are not available from the
               "Options" menu on the "Church Status Table" screen.










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              5.61   Help
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              Notice the <?>-Help option on the left side of your
              options menu.

              Press the <?> key now and you will see a Help window
              appear.  It explains all the options available to
              process Church status categories.  Use the <PgDn> and
              <PgUp> keys to see the next or previous Help screen.

              To exit Help press <Esc> and the Help window will
              disappear again.

              Note: All options presented in the options menu, except
                    the <Enter>-Choices option, will act on all the
                    status categories in the list. The choices
                    presented after selecting the <Enter>-Choices
                    option will act on the pre-selected status only.


               5.62   Add New Church Status Categories
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               To add a new Church status category follow these steps:

               A. At the "Church Status Table" screen press <A> and
                  the "Add a New Church Status" screen will appear.
                  Here you enter all the information for the new
                  status to be added.

               B. Fill in all the blanks.  Begin with the first blank
                  where the cursor appears and fill in the required
                  information.

               - Church Status Code:  Fill in an abbreviation for the
                 new status (up to 2 characters long). Duplicate
                 abbreviations cannot be used.

               Press <Enter> or <Tab> to move to the next blank.

               - Church Member:  Here you indicate if Church membership
                 is part of this status category.


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              Press <Y> if Church membership is part of this status,

              or

              press <N> if Church membership is not part of this
              status.

              - Description:  Here you type in the name for the new
                Church status (up to 17 characters long).

              C. Press <PgDn> when you filled in the last blank.  All
                 the information is saved and the newly added Church
                 status will show on the "Church Status Table" screen
                 in alphabetical order.

              To add more Church status categories now repeat steps A
              through C.  CMS will warn you and not let you fill in an
              abbreviation that is already in use by another Church
              status.


              5.63   Edit a Church Status
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              To change the information about a Church status follow
              these steps:

              A. At the "Church Status Table" screen, select the
                 status category where you want to change the
                 information, and press <Enter>.

              The "Edit Church Status" screen will appear.

              B. Type in the new information.  Use your cursor keys to
                move from field to field.

              If you want to abandon the changes press <Esc>.

              C. Press <PgDn> to save the new information, and press
                <PgDn> when done.

              All the information is saved and the changed information
              will appear on the "Church Status Table" screen.


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              5.64   Delete a Church Status
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              To remove a Church status category follow these steps:

              A. At the "Church Status Table" screen select the status
                 category you want to remove.

              B. Press <enter> and the "Choices" menu will appear.

              C. Press <D> to select "Delete Church Status", and press
                 <Enter>.

              A message will appear:

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              |      Deleting Church Status XX will cause         |
              | this status to not have a description in reports. |
              |               Proceed to delete? [y/N]            |
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              If you press <N> the selected status will not be
              removed.

              D. Press <Y> to remove this status category.

              You will be returned to the "Church Status Table" screen
              with the deleted information removed.

              5.65   Exit the Church Status Choices Menu
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              To exit the choices menu:

              Press the <Esc> key, and the choice menu will disappear.

              5.66  Exit Church Status Processing
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              Press <Esc> to return to the "Group Menu", and again to
              return to the "Main Menu".




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