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title: Free Communications Resources for the Small Church
description: Free resources to help small churches tackle all the communications to-dos on their list.
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# [Free Communications Resources for the Small Church](https://www.fishhook.us/articles/free-communications-resources-for-the-small-church)

 Written by [Adam Bouse](https://www.fishhook.us/articles/author/adam-bouse) | May 14, 2018

Chances are you don’t have a team full of specialists–video editors, graphic designers, or copywriters. In any given day, you alone may need to create a social media graphic, put together a video for Sunday announcements, or write a blog post casting vision for a new ministry. Whether you are the sole communications person on staff or you have a patchwork of part-time help and volunteers from your congregation, you can probably use some ready-to-go tools and resources to help you effectively and efficiently get a wide variety of jobs done.

**We’ve pulled together a list of *free***** communication resources.** Each of these resources–apps, photo libraries, software and more–can help you do the work you need to do without breaking the bank or requiring extensive knowledge and training. Just apply a little bit of creativity and put technology to work for you and your church!

**Photos/Videos**

- [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/)
- [Freely Photos](https://freelyphotos.com/)
- [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/)
- [Creation Swap](https://www.creationswap.com/)
- [Undraw](https://undraw.co/illustrations)<https://videos.pexels.com/>
- [Pexel Videos](https://videos.pexels.com/)
- [Videezy](https://www.videezy.com/)

**Social Media Graphics**

- [Canva](https://www.canva.com/)
- [Stencil](https://getstencil.com/pricing)
- [Snappa](https://snappa.com/pricing)

**Photo/Video Editing**

- [Over](https://madewithover.com/)
- [VSCO](https://vsco.co/)
- [Clips](https://www.imore.com/clips)
- [Adobe Spark](https://spark.adobe.com/sp/)
- [Layout (Instagram)](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/layout-from-instagram/id967351793?mt=8)
- [iMovie](https://www.apple.com/imovie/) 
- [Splice](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/splice-free-video-editor-+/id409838725?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8) 
- [Quik](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quik-gopro-video-editor-%20make/id694164275?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D8)
- [FilmoraGo](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wondershare.filmorago&hl=en_GB)<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wondershare.filmorago&hl=en_GB>

**Social Media Tools**

- [Buffer](http://buffer.com/)
- [Tweetdeck](https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/) 
- [Hootsuite](https://hootsuite.com/) 

**Writing Tools**

- [Grammer.ly](https://www.grammarly.com/)
- [Hemingway](http://www.hemingwayapp.com/)
- [CoSchedule Headline Analyser](https://coschedule.com/headline-analyzer)
- [Power Thesaurus](https://www.powerthesaurus.org/)

**Email Tools **

- [MailChimp](https://mailchimp.com/)
- [Tiny Letter](https://tinyletter.com/)
- [Emma](https://myemma.com/)
- [Benchmark](https://www.benchmarkemail.com/)

**Miscellaneous**

- [Font Squirrel](http://www.fontsquirrel.com)
- [Garage Band](https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/)
- [Anchor](https://anchor.fm/)
- [Sublime Text](http://www.sublimetext.com/)
- [Drift](https://www.drift.com/)
- [Open.Church](https://open.life.church/resources)

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