The challenge for both churches and for the people who create resources for them is always how to have enough money to do what we all feel called to do. Creators would love to give away everything they do –but somehow the bills have to be paid. Churches struggle with how to balance budgets while finding the resources they need to do their ministry.
I just discovered a site that provides lots of FREE images, full-video clips and has a different ministry model to fund them. The site is: http://www.muddyrivermedia.org.
They truly do provide FREE video clips, images and assorted media for free. Check out their ever-growing collection.
A different model for support
Rather than sell their materials or charge a subscription, they are doing their work as digital missionaries. This means they solicit donations to support what they do. So please do consider a donation if you use what they create. I've often thought this would be a great way to do this kind of ministry, though a challenging one.
I like their material and hope to be in contact with them and find out more about what they do--but for right now I wanted to pass on what I did know so you can take advantage of it.
Enter a comment below if you have an opinion on this way of funding resources.
Even better, send a donation and pray for the success of the ministry! http://www.muddyrivermedia.org
The muddyrivermedia.org site is returning an error stating that their DNS is not configured to service web requests. Can”t view their material or contribute without web access. Hope the problem is resolved soon.
Site is working again. Registration, finding, and downloading resources was easy. Donations are via a secure PayPal link. Great resource – thanks for sharing!
Oh goodness, I hope we didn’t crash it….or maybe I hope we did!
Such a great site–hope it comes up soon!