Church Media Resources

Resources for local church web sites

Easy, template-based web site creation tools/services:

• www.umc.e-zekiel.com - United Methodist Communications tool/service, with UM-specific resources.
• http://www.umcom.org/services-products/web-services Additional tools offered by United Methodist Communications
• www.forministry.org - An Internet ministry of the American Bible Society, offers low-cost services with easy, template-based designs.
• www.cloversites.com - Professional designs and a higher cost, but easy to use and maintain.
• www.weebly.com 
• Brick River Technologies, which provides the New England Conference website/database, does work for churches as well as conferences. www.brickriver.com

Free or low cost blog technology or content mgmt systems that can create custom web sites:

• www.blogspot.com
• www.wordpress.com
• www.drupal.com 
• www.joomla.com 

Church calendar tools for web sites:

• www.mychurchevents.com

Web elements and graphics

• www.rethinkchurch.org
• www.istockphoto.com
• http://morguefile.com/ (plenty of free photos)
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/umcommunications/ (photos from United Methodist News)

Software/hardware for local churches

• www.techshopministry.org

Projection equipment and media installations

• www.powersoundne.com (local church media equipment and installations)
• www.adtech-sys.com (projection and multimedia)
• www.infocus.com (portable projectors) 
• www.shanahansound.com