Wisdom Moon – The Worship Media Handbook
“As I opened up the e book and started looking through it, I quickly realized I have never seen a resource like this before! Very exciting! A handbook specifically made for me to help my job of putting together the worship presentation more effective and easier? Wow! Thank you, Jeff!”
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Church Motion Graphics is a ministry-focused, design studio dedicated to creating eye-catching, background graphics, videos and templates that are specifically designed to look great in worship environments. “CMG” content is perfect for displaying behind worship lyrics, announcement slides, sermon notes or when shown alone.
Since 2010, Church Motion Graphics has worked with thousands of churches around the globe to utilize the power of visuals to inspire faith communities in ways like never before. With a passion to help churches look great, Jeff McIntosh, founder and chief designer, started this company as a way to help ministries of all sizes have a great look to match their great message. CMG continues to expand its reach and adds new employees each year, including Kendall Conner, chief of operations, who joined the team in 2016.
Over the course of its nine year history, this studio and electronic publishing service has created and sold over 8000 unique motions, still graphics, and templates that are in use in church services, conferences, and worship events in as many as 50 countries. It is one of the largest producers of religious media today.
Company Timeline
2010
Church Motion Graphics is founded by Jeff McIntosh as a simple, affordable way for churches to improve the look of their screen presentations.
CMG first started selling individual motion background videos on TripleWideMedia.com.
ChurchMotionGraphics.com website and online store are launched.
2011
Church Motion Graphics started selling content on WorshipHouseMedia.com expanding its reach to more faith communities around the world.
2012
CMG Blog is launched with first tutorial, How to Time Text to Motions in ProPresenter. It begins offering articles, how-to’s, and resources for media teams.
Church Motion Graphics receives award for Moving Background of the Year from WorshipHouseMedia.com
Subscriptions are launched on ChurchMotionGraphics.com allowing churches to purchase monthly packs of motion graphics for an industry-shaking low price.
CMG becomes official sponsor to Create Conference Canada.
2013
Subscriptions grow in popularity and become one of the fastest growing church media products in the industry.
Church Motion Graphics samples are now included in all major church presentation software downloads.
2014
Visual Church Media Facebook Group is launched connecting over 25,000 church media leaders to learn and inspire each other.
The Worship Media Handbook eBook is published by Jeff McIntosh and ChurchMotionGraphics. It sells over 1500 copies in first few months.
2015
Church Motion Graphics receives award for Worship Leader Magazine 2015 Editor’s Pick.
CMG becomes official sponsor to Salt Conference Nashville.
ChurchMediaSpot.com is launched giving access to a useful library of all of the best church media resources available on the web.
2016
Pro Titles and Pro Layers are introduced to pave the way for church leaders and volunteers to be more creative with their screen graphics.
CMGcreate.com is launched making thousands of still backgrounds absolutely free for anyone to download and use in their organization.
The Church Slide Design Makeover campaign goes public which allows thousands of churches to improve their screen visuals for free.
2017
ChurchVisualIdeas.com is launched to help provide an easy place to find inspiration for creating videos and graphics for your church.
TempoMatch feature is added to ChurchMotionGraphics.com enabling customers to quickly find the perfect motion background to fit the speed of any worship song.
CMG Templates are introduced as the best and most customizable way to improve the look of sermon and series presentations.
2018
CMG Scholarships are introduced to help church plants and small ministries reap the benefits of a CMG Subscription even though they are unable to pay full-price for motion backgrounds.
CMG Social, a large collection of creative social media graphics, is added to Premium Subscriptions allowing churches of all sizes to engage their community during the week through social media.
The Church Shirt Kit is launched to help provide creative t-shirt designs for every area of a church without the need of hiring an expensive graphic designer.
CMG Sans, “the world’s best lyric font,” is released as a free download enabling church tech teams around the world to improve the look of their screen text. It has now been downloaded over 36,000 times.
2019
An affiliates program is introduced called “CMG Affiliates” that allows users the opportunity to earn up to 10% of every purchase for an entire year from all new customers they refer.
CMG Editor is unveiled as a free online graphic design platform allowing everyone to create captivating visuals without the need of expensive software like Photoshop. A premium version is added later which enables users to create designs on motion backgrounds.
Church Motion Graphics is a ministry-focused, design studio dedicated to creating eye-catching, background graphics, videos and templates that are specifically designed to look great in worship environments. “CMG” content is perfect for displaying behind worship lyrics, announcement slides, and sermon notes or when shown alone.
Since 2010, Church Motion Graphics has worked with thousands of churches around the globe to utilize the power of visuals to inspire faith communities in ways like never before. With a passion to help churches look great, Jeff McIntosh, founder and chief designer, started this company as a way to help ministries of all sizes have a great look to match their great message. CMG continues to expand its reach and adds new employees each year, including Kendall Conner, chief of operations, who joined the team in 2016.
The Worship Media Handbook was officially launched on January 22nd, 2014 and there is already a list of quality reviews from industry leaders.
Over the course of its nine-year history, this studio and electronic publishing service has created and sold over 8000 unique motions, still graphics, and templates that are in use in church services, conferences, and worship events in as many as 50 countries. It is one of the largest producers of religious media today.
Here are a few reviews:
TC Johnson – The Worship Media Handbook Review
“I just finished reading through The Worship Media Handbook and the first two words I have to say are, “Ohh” and “Wow.” Jeff McIntosh has done the most incredible job of covering every conceivable angle when it comes to putting together an effective and attractive worship projection presentation. Throughout the guide Jeff continually references how each topic is to be considered for not only music worship but the spoken message as well. From lyric projection to scripture display, he hits all of the marks.”
Jenni Wright – eBook Review: The Worship Media Handbook“
“This resource is a practical compilation of no-frills tips and tricks. It assumes a very basic understanding of design and church jargon with terms like gutters, IMAG, etc., but not enough to be over the head of a new reader. Anyone from any background can benefit from the quick read, and the intentional imagery helps illustrate the many lists of dos and don’ts.”
Jared Taylor – Review: The Worship Media Handbook“
“I would highly recommend The Worship Media Handbook as a training resource for new volunteers, old volunteers and staff. And, since one purchased copy of the handbook can “be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means” within your one church location, you can even use it as a tool to get conversations going with Pastors and musicians (maybe not drummers – it will depend on the individual).”
Josh White – Book Review: The Worship Media Handbook“
All in all, The Worship Media Handbook is a great resource for anyone who works with projection during their church services. I would highly suggest buying a few copies and handing them out to your team, or plan a training meeting and implement the things you learned. We are actually in the process of creating a team training session where we will go through this book and structure many of these things into our planning.”
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Thank you so much for the church motion graphics. I see them in our church but had never really thought of what they are called but they are really nice and harmonizing especially when church announcements are going on. I like the fact that CMG Scholarships are introduced to help church plants and small ministries reap the benefits of a CMG Subscription even though they are unable to pay full-price for motion backgrounds”. This gives a great opportunity to small churches to grow and be able to spread the word of God.
Hi Rutz,
You are certainly welcome. Like yourself, I also enjoy looking at the Church Motion Graphics.
Thank you for taking the time to comment on this article.
Blessings To You My Friend,
Jerry
Just this past week I was in South Africa and was invited to a church in Johannesburg , one of the most eye catching things to me apart from the good music and perfect PA system was the bsckground graphics and templates. Kept me wondering how they make such beautiful graphics and all and here is just the perfect answer to all that, church motion graphics. Looking at the samples of this studio I can tell hear guys really do a great job and would recommend them to my local church. I like the fact that these guys are also time tested and have quite some positive reviews.
Hello Donny,
I must agree, There are some beautiful Church Motion Graphics out there, and as you stated, everything seems to be just right when you have the perfect sounding PA system, amazing music, and the perfect background graphics. What more can you ask for right?
It is my pleasure to be able to assist you in answering your question with the perfect answer to one of the most eye catching things.
What are those background graphics?
Thank you for your comment.
Blessings To You My Friend,
Jerry
Hello Jerry. Thank you for sharing your review of Church Motion Graphics. I must admit that this review is very comprehensive as it covers the history of CMG and everything we need to know about the software.
I was in the media department back then in school. I never had a privilege to know about CMG but I’m glad I do now because I have big plans for media. I intend doing this as part of my business. I can seem that CMG users speak well of the software. So it’s worth giving a try.
I celebrate you!
Welcome MrBiizy,
I invite you to give Church Motion Graphics a try if you want to look at some really cool background graphics.
Thank you for commenting on this article.
Blessings To You My Friend,
Jerry