Media Ministries
The purpose of media ministries is to provide materials to educate, train and equip our staff, congregation and community members in order to advance the mission of our church, which is to "develop a people who are becoming more and more like Christ."
Podcasts and RSS Feeds
Keep up-to-date on ministries by listening to the quarterly podcasts posted online by ministry leaders. These are short (under 5 minutes) reports that you can listen to online. Longer messages from special speakers as well as the weekly sermons from both the sanctuary and auditorium services can be heard online or downloaded to your computer for listening to later on an MP3 player. To find out when new podcasts are released, subscribe to the daily e-mails of prayer requests and announcements.
An "RSS Feed" automatically lists the titles of all the podcasts on the church Web site - both the sermons and the departmental updates like this one. No need to click to specific pages to find the most recent sermon or podcast. The titles are listed in your browser (Mozilla or Internet Explorer) as soon as they are available for listening.
Click on the following link and when the Mozilla Web browser asks if you want to create an RSS feed on your toolbar - click "Yes." If you are using Internet Explorer, click on the yellow star with the green "plus" sign on it to add this feed to your "Favorites" list.
http://www.hersheyfree.com/audio/efchpodcast.xml
Church Library
The library houses a reference collection for Bible study; books on Christian growth; nonfiction; fiction for adults, youth and children; audio books; large-print books and videos.
Videos include programs recorded from the satellite Church Communication Network. Click here to view a list of CCN videos in the church library. There also are leadership training videos that are available from pastors or directors. Click here to view this list of training videos.
The library is open to everyone in the church and community. For more information, contact Dawn Renner, 533-2092, ext. 2042.
Library hours through May 24: Sundays 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Wednesdays 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Thursdays 9 a.m.- 2:30 p.m..
Summer library hours beginning Sunday, May 25: Sundays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursdays 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sermon Audio
Sunday morning sermons are recorded and made available on cassette tapes and CDs that may be borrowed at no cost. Tapes and CDs of Sunday evening messages are available upon request. Tapes or CDs can be mailed to people unable to attend services. To request Sermon Audio by mail, write to Amanda Fletcher , or phone 533-2092, ext. 2017.
Tapes and CDs of the Sunday morning message are available shortly after the end of the 9 a.m. service. They can be picked up at the Sermon Audio distribution window in the Canopy Lobby. MP3 files of sermons from the morning and evening services can be downloaded or listened to while online by clicking here . Use podcast software such as iTunes or Juice, or use the built-in podcast ability of Internet Explorer (version 7 or higher) or FireFox (version 2 or higher), to automatically download new sermons and ministry reports using the following address.
