First United Methodist Church Carrollton

Every time a new sermon is preached or a new blogpost is added to this site, a file is created, summarizing the new content. Certain web-based and desktop applications can be configured to seek out those files, and notify their users when the new content becomes available.

Subscribing to blogs and articles using RSS (or Really Simple Syndication)

There are a variety of free services and applications you can use to subscribe to blogs and other articles. Check out these links to find the right one for you.

• Google Reader
• Bloglines
• Microsoft Oulook
• Mail for Mac OS X

In addition to feeds for blogpost and articles, we also offer feeds for Sunday morning sermons, which take the form of a podcast.

Podcasts are similar but are associated with audio or video content. Our sermons are all available for streaming through your internet browser. But there are other options for those of you who want a hassle-free way to save them to your computer, Perhaps you would like to listen later, burn to a CD for a friend, or load the sermons on to your iPod or other mobile device.

Subscribing to the podcast

The simplest way to subscribe to our podcast is via Apple's iTunes. Once set up, iTunes will automatically download new audio sermons as soon as they are available. Just follow these simple steps:

1. Download iTunes here: http://www.itunes.com/download/
2. Install iTunes.
3. Click here: Subscribe with iTunes (you may have to tell your browser it's okay to launch iTunes)
4. Click the podcast icon in the iTunes sidebar to view your subscriptions and check for new downloads.
5. Double-click any file to play.

Note: You can also stream any our sermon files from right here in your web browser. Just click here and browse the listing. Use the categories in the sidebar to refine your search.

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