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Local churches have a new way to reach the people in their congregations: a free newsletter developed by United Methodist Communications. The newsletter is provided by e-mail as a template that can be filled with local church news and sent out electronically or by postal mail to congregation members. The template includes space for a pastor's message, local church calendar, prayer concerns, feature stories and other content. It also offers denomination news from United Methodist News Service. "We want to encourage local churches to tell their own stories and to find easy, economical ways to tell those stories," said Garlinda Burton, director of United Methodist News Service, which developed the newsletter template. "With this tool, a congregation doesn't need a big budget or staff to have a quality newsletter." Local churches can offer the newsletter to their members on a weekly or monthly basis. The eight-page monthly template is already available, and the four-page weekly edition will follow in January. Both will be e-mailed as Word documents, suitable for editing on PC or Macintosh. The newsletter is designed for ease of use by churches of all sizes, small as well as large. Step-by-step guidelines enable a church staff member or volunteer to put the newsletter together regardless of level of experience. Frequent tip sheets will offer additional advice on designing a lively, sharp-looking publication. The versatile template will allow the church to be as creative as it wants with the design. Each edition will include two locked-in features - the UMNS briefs and a box that promotes United Methodist Special Sundays, churchwide funds or other programs. Congregations can subscribe to the newsletter by going to umns.umc.org/newsinpews online. For more details, write to newsinpews@umcom.org ”SAFE SANCTUARIES” MANUAL AVAILABLE "Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse in the Church" is a manual available to assist church members in developing policies and procedures in dealing with the risk of child sexual abuse. Written by Joy Thornburg Melton, "Safe Sanctuaries" offers suggestions for training sessions and provides a step-by-step plan that a local church can follow. THE LOW-DOWN ON DIGITAL PROJECTORS From the TechShop Director, Sean McAtee Many churches today are utilizing digital imaging and video technology to enrich worship services and aid in overall presentation. While a congregation can easily enjoy the benefits of a video-projected service, the process of researching and implementing this technology is far from easy. Here are the basics. Brightness (rated in ANSI lumens) Resolution (typically XGA or SVGA) Image Technology (DLP/LCD) 1. The main areas of comparison between projectors include: A projector's brightness is measured in ANSI lumens. The darker your projection area and the larger your audience, the higher the lumen count will need to be. This rating starts out at around 1000lu and can go up to 4000+lu. Most churches should start their search at around 1700lu. 2. Projector resolution refers to the accuracy of the image being displayed. There are two main types of resolution: SVGA and XGA. SVGA resolution refers to an image displayed at 800 x 600 pixels while XGA images are displayed at 1024 x 768. Most projectors have migrated to the higher resolution XGA, but not all. Tip: If you are using an XGA projector, make sure your computer's video output is also 1024 x 768, not 800 x 600. If the two are different, your image will appear distorted. 3. The two major types of projector image technology are DLP (Digital Light Processing) and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). These two types differ in the technology behind how the image is generated. While LCD is still the most common, DLP is becoming more popular among home-projection theatres.
Most churches are in need of a relatively bright, cost-effective projector for areas of medium to high ambient light. With this in mind, LCD would be a better choice simply because of its brighter nature, availability, and still-image clarity. In addition, higher resolution XGA projectors are becoming the standard; SVGA is not the best investment. Here are our bottom line recommendations and a starting place for your search:
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