Communications at First UMC
Creative Communications exists to support the mission and ministries of First UMC by helping people connect, engage, and participate. We help ministries share information clearly, promote upcoming opportunities, support worship and events with strong media systems, and tell the stories of what God is doing in and through our church.
Our work includes:
Worship Production & Livestreaming
Supporting Sunday worship, special services, cameras, audio, visuals, livestreams, lyrics, and production systems.
Marketing & Promotion
Helping ministries promote events, registrations, announcements, campaigns, and churchwide initiatives.
Graphic Design & Branding
Creating digital and print materials that align with the church’s visual identity and communicate clearly.
Web & Digital Communication
Maintaining website content, event pages, forms, links, and digital information pathways.
Photography & Video
Capturing ministry moments, filming announcements, creating promotional videos, and supporting storytelling.
Technical Systems & Stage Support
Keeping production spaces, equipment, screens, lighting, sound, and presentation systems working well.
Request Center
Need help promoting an event, creating a graphic, updating the website, filming an announcement, or getting media support? Use the request links below to help us gather the right information and serve your ministry well.
Create this as a grid of cards:
Media & Promotion Request
For announcements, social media posts, newsletter items, slides, app updates, website promotion, or general communications support.
CTA: Submit Media Request
Design Package Request
For event branding, sermon graphics, ministry campaigns, flyers, postcards, slides, signage, social graphics, and print materials.
CTA: Request a Design Package
Website Update Request
For updates to ministry pages, event pages, links, registration buttons, staff/contact information, forms, and page content.
CTA: Request Website Update
Filming Request
For announcement videos, ministry promos, interviews, testimonies, sermon series content, and other video needs.
CTA: Request Filming
Sunday & Event Production Support
For worship, special events, sound, screen support, livestream needs, microphones, stage setup, or technical coordination.
CTA: Request Production Support
Photography Request
For ministry events, special services, campaigns, portraits, or storytelling moments.
CTA: Request Photography
The First UMC Studio
Our studio space is designed to help ministries create clear, polished, and engaging video content. It can be used for announcement filming, ministry updates, interviews, short promotional videos, teaching content, social media clips, and other communication needs.
The studio gives staff and ministry leaders a dedicated space to record content with better lighting, sound, and consistency than filming on the go around campus.
Possible features to highlight:
Studio uses may include:
Announcement videos
Event promotions
Ministry updates
Interview-style videos
Testimony videos
Social media reels
Teaching or devotional content
Campaign videos
Volunteer training content
CTA buttons:
View Studio Availability
Reserve a Filming Time
Request Help Planning a Video
Reserve a Filming Time
To help us plan well and make filming easier for everyone, studio filming is available by reservation. Staff and ministry leaders can view available time slots and request a filming appointment.
Before reserving a time, please be ready with your script, key details, event dates, registration links, and any images or logos that need to be included.
Before You Book, Please Have:
Your ministry or event name
Preferred filming date and deadline
Script or talking points
Event date, time, and location
Registration link, if applicable
Any graphics, logos, or images needed
Name of the person speaking on camera
CTA: Check Studio Time Availability