Tech Support: Memphis Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church

Memphis Conference UMC
Technology Section

Web Ministry Online Learning Center!
United Methodist Communications Web Ministry Support

Free Course: "What is Web Ministry?"
Join with many others across the denomination in a facilitated online course environment to explore web ministry approaches and resources.
Web Ministry Section of United Methodist Communications Website
Includes tools, resources, classes, church discounts on major software and hardware, community, and much more!

AC09 Tech -- Tech info for Annual Conference at Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, May 31-June 2

Web Ministry Information

Web Empowered Church
- WEC Website at webempoweredchurch.com
Web Space:
- Free
  - GBGM --
    - Free to UMC churches,
    - No ads,
    - FTP access
    - Provided by General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church
      http://gbgm-umc.org/churches/terms.cfm
    - Some Memphis Conference Sites using GBGM
      - Bemis, Brewers, Capleville, Church Grove, Coldwater, Dexter-Hardin, Ellendale, , Huntingdon, Lynn Grove
  - ForMinistry.com --
    - Free to all churches,
    - No Ads,
    - Fill in templates,
    - Provided by American Bible Society
    - Recommended especially for starting with no budget or experience
    - Some Memphis Conference Sites using ForMinistry:
      - Arlington, Faith
  - MyChurch.org
    - Free to everyone (additional fee-based services available)
    - Online community (blog, events, photos, friends, etc. with separate Login security for each church)
    - Fill in templates
    - Recommended especially for starting with no budget or experience
  - Microsoft Office Live
    - Free to everyone with 500 Mb. space & 25 email accounts
    - Upgradable to additional types of services
  - FreeWebs.com --
    - Free to everyone,
    - online templates or FTP,
    - large space,
    - No Ads
    - Some Memphis Conference Sites using FreeWebs:
      - Blooming Grove
- Subscription
  - VineHosting.com
    - Subscription service spawned by World Methodist Foundation for Evangelism
  - E-Zekiel.net --
    - UMComm has made arrangements for discounted service prices
    - Web based templates
- Other
  - LoCalendar.com
    - Events calendar
    - Free to everyone
    - Login based interactive entries
  - Your ISP -- Most ISPs provide free web space to their Internet access subscribers.
  - Other -- There are many places to get free web space that require advertising to be posted, but this can be awkward for churches, not only for appearance sake, but also for the nature of the ads that often appear on your church site. If you know of other free webspace providers that are AD FREE, please send info so we can post them here. Thanks!
Permanent Conference Subdomain Address Registration
- yourchurch.memphis-umc.org
- Permanant address points to your current location so you can change service providers without changing addresses
- Puts your address in the DNS (Domain Name Server) circulating to all ISPs
- Obtain new or update existing Subdomain record by email to blawson@Memphis-UMC.org