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FIND-A-CHURCH Update
The newly launched United Methodist Communications web site, UMC.org includes a Find A Church Feature.  Local churches can customize the page to reflect their uniqueness.  There is a submission form found here which will allow you to easily update your information.  Now would also be a good time for all churches with web sites to make sure your listings are up to date.  Visitors are looking for reasons to return to your site, and updated information with interesting links is a way to ensure a return visit.

UM Communications Article:
Update your church’s profile on “Find-A-Church”
Make sure your church is on the map for anyone who might be looking for a place to worship.  By double-checking your church’s information online at Find-A-Church.org, you make it easier for seekers and church members to locate your church, find important information about worship times and access driving directions with an interactive map. 

More than 35,000 churches are listed in “Find-A-Church,” and in the last year it directed thousands of people to a church for worship or other services. We expect even more people to use “Find-A-Church” since United Methodist Communications launched the new UMC.org Web site to bring people of faith together in new ways.

The new UMC.org's  “Find-A-Church” feature does much more than simply list your church’s address and phone number. It offers an opportunity to personally welcome seekers to your congregation, introduce your members, add details about your worship schedule and activities, and even show a picture of your church and its people.  Personalize your church’s page now so that the additional information will be available on the new Web site in January.

Click here or copy this URL into your browser -- http://karchives.umc.org/Directory/login.asp?mid=222 -- to find out how to update and enhance your church’s page on “Find-A-Church.”

If you have questions about updating your “Find-A-Church” information, contact United Methodist Communications at FAC@umc.org or 1-800-251-8140.

Please feel free to forward this message to your pastor or church leadership to ensure that your church’s page is updated.