Website Design

Websites Made Easy for the Local Church
There are many free and nearly free tools for designing and developing websites, but where do you start? UMC Web Press – a ministry of the Kansas Area Marketing and Communications Council – has assembled a team of web site specialists and developed tools to make this as simple as possible while ensuring success. Check out sites we have already launched:

The UMC Web Press team guides local church volunteers, staff and pastors in setting up church websites using the free WordPress (website management) tool and plug-ins (additional programs that enhance web site experiences such as calendar, photo slide show, site security, etc.) that create attractive, interactive and unique websites for local congregations. Local congregations get:

Free website hosting for sites developed through our process.
Management of the local church's domain name in relationship to the website.
Access to stock images for backgrounds and website headers.
Managed regular updates to the WordPress installation and related plug-ins.
Testing of plug-ins to ensure they work with new WordPress updates.
Testing of WordPress with plug-ins to ensure plug-in updates work with the current version of WordPress.
Routine site back-ups and security checks.
Technical assistance and answers to questions after sites launch.

Local congregations:

Purchase and renew domain names.
Gather and prepare content, including photographs and written material, for their website.
Attend a training workshop.
Pay a set-up fee of $150, which covers initial set-up of the site and the workshop.
Bring a team of people responsible for the website to a training. Team member meals are not included in workshop cost.
Pay a basic annual maintenance fee of $60 a year, or $5 a month, which covers ongoing maintenance and technical support.
Pay for any intensive technical support or design work requested.

Get started by completing an online interest form or contacting Cindy Kelly by email or by phone at (316) 684-0266.