Another valuable service of the Regional Media Center is providing churches with information on:
How to incorporate media in worship.
Where to start with developing a website.
How to podcast and videocast from your website.
How to create electronic newsletters.
What equipment is needed for projecting to a big screen.
The United Methodist Communications website has a lot of helpful information for developing a website. In addition, you may also find features you can add to the pages you develop such as RSS feed for podcasting and devotional links. Click here for more information or visit www.umcom.org.
The Pacific NW Conference does not provide hosting, but we can recommend a couple of sites that offer free or inexpensive hosting:
The Regional Media Center also lends out audio-visual equipment and we do filming and editing for Annual Conference projects. In 2011 the RMC is supporting the District Planning and Strategy (DPAS) project with filming of vital ministry occurring in churches throughout the Conference. To view a video of Central United Protestant Church's diverse ministries click here.