These are links to sites we think are of value to churches and ministries who are interested in starting or expanding their multimedia ministry. If you know of any that you think should be here, please e-mail us with the link and description at: links@thepeatgroup.com.

Apple's UMC Store
Apple has a special store for United Methodist Churches. Order your new Mac at a discount!

CCLI
Christian Copyright Licensing International. If you project lyrics and copy music, you NEED a license from CCLI to be legal. It may sound okay to copy music, but people make a living at it and CCLI pays them royalties based on your usage. The license isn't expensive, and you won't be breaking the law anymore. Do yourself a favor and buy it.

CCLI's Link Page
This is a great resource. The Software page alone has tons of great links. Worth a look if you need a place to start.

Christian Computer Magazine
A magazine gear toward ministries on the cutting edge of technology.
CrossDaily.com
Christian search engine, directory & voting index. You'll find Bible, chat, churches, jobs, music, reviews, software, theology, & more.

Ginghamsburg UMC
This church is on the cutting edge of multimedia in the church. They have a bookstore full of resources and even a bulletin board system where you can post questions.

Youth Specialties Links Page
This page has more links than I can count. It's not specifically multimedia, but there's plenty of stuff for all.



Make sure you check out the Background and Clip Art links HERE, as they contain MANY links to Christian oriented clip art and backgrounds.
BlueFish TV
In addition to several youth oriented Bible Studies that come with videos, they sell promo ideos your church can use, and their commercial spoofs (part of the Unfiltered series) are absolutely hilarious!

Highway Video
These guys create prepackaged video for your church or ministry. Some very cool stuff here.

Media4God
Free Christian Image Exchange and Ministry Discussion Forums For Churches and Ministries.

Transforming Resources
This site offers prepackaged resources and also many custom packages.

Visual Reality
Some seriously cool short clips to use in your youth group. For $120 a year you get four tapes with 5-7 clips on each. NEW! They now offer DVD's, and included on the DVD are MPEG files of each video which work wonderfully in programs like SundayPlus or EasyWorship