EpworthUMC
Follow us on Facebook
  • Home
  • History
    • Memorials
  • Our Values
  • Ministries
  • UM Women
    • Friendship Circle
    • Rose Circle
    • Social Life Comm
  • The Upper Room
  • Chuck knows Church
    • the Committee >
      • the CommitteePilot
      • the sub-Committee
  • Announcements
  • UMC Connected
  • Shop
  • Donate
  • Contact
Terms and Conditions

Welcome to our website. By browsing and using this Site you are agreeing to comply with the following terms and conditions of use. Together with our Privacy Policy this is a statement of our obligation to you as well as your responsibilities to us when accessing our online content.

The term "Epworth United Methodist Church" or "Epworth UMC" or "us" or "we" refers to the owner of the website (Site). The term "you" refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, availability, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
 
This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

All trademarks reproduced in this website which are not the property of, or licensed to, the operator are acknowledged on the website.

Unauthorized use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense.

From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

 
Privacy Policy

Epworth United Methodist Church, a non-profit religious organization, owns and operates this website, EpworthUMCRipley.org and 
EpworthUMCRipley.com

This Privacy Policy covers Epworth UMC's treatment of personally identifiable information (personal data) that Epworth UMC gathers when its users access (view) and use the website and when they use content and/or services on the website.  Epworth UMC knows that people (users)
care about how their personal information is used and shared. We take your privacy seriously.  Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy.

When you voluntarily provide us with personal data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide personal data to this Site, you acknowledge and agree that such personal data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Epworth UMC and the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the United States.
 
Information Collected Through the Site

We collect personal data through the Site when you voluntarily chose to provide us with personal data, through one or more of the following
options:

Contact forms, Newsletters, RSS Feeds, etc. - Individuals may also choose to subscribe (opt-in) or to unsubscribe (opt-out) to newsletters or RSS feeds on this website. This is further explained in the choice/opt-in or opt-out sections below.

IP Addresses - An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. All computer identification on the Internet is conducted with IP addresses, which allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. Through this Site, we collect IP addresses in order to conduct Site analysis. If someone requests pages from the Site, our servers enter the  visitor's IP address into a log. To maintain visitor anonymity, we do not associate IP addresses with records containing personal data. However, we will use IP addresses to identify any user who refuses to comply with our in-house rules or terms of service, and to identify users who threaten our Site or others.

Our Use of Your Personal data and Other Information

We use the personal data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide personal data for a certain reason, we may use the personal data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by e-mail, will we use
the personal data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem.  Also, if you provide personal data in order to obtain access to the certain services available through the Site, we will use your personal data to provide access to such services and to monitor your use of such services. We may also use your personal data and other personally non-identifiable information collected through the Site to help us improve the content and functionality of the Site, to better understand our users and to improve our services. Epworth UMC may use this
information to contact you in the future to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you. If we do so, each communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to "opt-out" of receiving future communications. In addition, at any time you wish not to receive any future communications or to have your name deleted from all of our mailing lists please contact us as indicated below.

If we intend on using any personal data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the personal data is collected.
 
Our Disclosure of your Personal data and Other Information

Epworth UMC is not in the business of selling your personal data.  We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you and will not disclose your personal data to a third party except as set forth in this Privacy Policy. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your personal data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: Epworth UMC, like many churches, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain
business-related functions. Examples include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing online giving. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide it with the information that it needs to perform its specific function and require that it keeps your personal data confidential and only uses it consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Legal Requirements: Epworth UMC may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to:
  • comply with a legal obligation
  • protect and defend the rights or property of Epworth UMC
  • act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public
  • protect against legal liability.

Consent: Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your Personal data may be shared with third parties, and will be able to prevent the sharing of this information.

Personal Photos and Stories

Photos, videos and stories depicting our Church life and family are published from time to time on this website, Facebook and other social media sites where Epworth United Methodist Church has established an online presence.
Photos of children will bear no captions identifying individual children under the age of 18.
 
If you object to the publication of images or other content, use the contact link or call the office to request that it be removed.

Stories identifying the accomplishments of older youth and adults will be published after written release is obtained.
Unsolicited content will be published, after review, with appropriate release.
 
External Links

All external links to third party websites will open in a new browser window.  In this way you will know you are leaving our website.

In order to provide users with greater value, our website may provide links to various third party websites. However, even if a third-party
affiliation exists between the Site and that destination Site, we do not exercise authority over these linked Sites, each of which maintains independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures. We are not responsible for the independent policies or procedures of destination Sites. We also cannot take responsibility for the privacy initiatives or the content of such websites.

Links to third party websites are provided only for your convenience, and as such, you access them at your own risk.  
However, we wish to ensure the integrity of the Site and its destination links, so any comments pertaining to the Site or any Sites accessed
through these links are greatly appreciated.

Linking Your Website to Our Pages

We encourage you to link to our pages. However, we ask that you abide by the following guidelines when doing so: 

You may not infer or imply that the Epworth United Methodist Church sponsors or in any way approves of your Site or any other Site. 

You may not frame, display, or alter any material from our websites, or our web pages directly, in any way that obscures our identification, banners or Site navigation.

Framing does not allow users to bookmark the framed page.  Also, some Sites use frames to present content belonging to another Site as if it was their own. This is confusing to users and jeopardizes the integrity of our content. The presentation of the material linked to must make it readily apparent that the content is the property of Epworth United Methodist Church or its affiliates.

You may not present Epworth United Methodist Church website content as that of the linking Site owner, otherwise misrepresent the content of the Epworth United Methodist Church web pages or misinform users about the origin or ownership of the content of the Epworth UMC website.

You may not duplicate content (including recorded broadcast, video, graphics and/or photos) from this website without express written
permission of Epworth United Methodist Church.

Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any personal data collected by Epworth UMC other than personal data collected through the Site. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to Epworth UMC through this Site or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Site, such as user profiles, comments, shared posts, birth announcements, memorial announcements and message boards (collectively, Public Areas) and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, unsolicited Information). Please think carefully before disclosing Personal data or other Unsolicited Information in a Public
Area. All such Unsolicited Information is not confidential and Epworth UMC will be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution and may be used by others in ways we cannot prevent for unauthorized
purposes.


Children's Privacy

Epworth UMC respects the sensitive nature of children's privacy online.  We are fully compliant with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998

We are a general audience Site. We do not direct any of our content specifically at, nor do we knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 18. If you are under eighteen, please do not submit any personal data through the Site.

We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing  their children to never provide personal data on this Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided personal data without your consent to Epworth UMC through this Site, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our files.
       
If we obtain knowledge of a child's personal information we will take steps to delete that information.
        
In addition, if Epworth UMC knows that a user is under age 18, we will NOT: 
  • Knowingly, collect online contact information from that user without prior
    parental consent, except where used to respond directly to the
    child's request.
  • Knowingly, collect personally identifiable offline
    contact information from that user without prior parental
    consent.
  • Knowingly, give that user the ability to publicly post or
    otherwise distribute personally identifiable information without prior
    parental consent.
  • Distribute to third parties any personally
    identifiable information of that user without prior parental consent.
  • Entice that user by the prospect of a special game, prize or other
    activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in
    the  activity.

Security

We employ reasonable security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the Personal data under our control. We employ
strict security measures to safeguard online transactions, including usernames and passwords for some services. Personal data is stored in a secured database.

However, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Site may not be secure. Therefore, you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.
 
Email Opt-out

Our Site gives users the opportunity to subscribe to receive newsletters and other communications from us. This Site also gives users the  opportunity to stop receiving these email at any time. Should you wish to opt-out of email communications, use the Contact link at the bottom of each webpage to unsubscribe from further email communications.


Contacting the Website Administrator

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your interaction with this Site, please contact us by clicking on the Contact link at the bottom of the page or at the following address: 

Epworth United Methodist Church
299 North Church Street
Ripley, West Virginia  25271
304 372-3493
 
Changes to this Privacy Policy

Epworth UMC may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used/collected. If we make changes in the way we use personal data, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our Site.

Copyright Notice

Epworth United Methodist Church logos may not be used in connection with any product or service that in any manner disparages or  discredits Epworth United Methodist Church.

Registered Trademarks

All website design, text, graphics, layout, music, recordings and content contained in this website are copyright © of Epworth United Methodist Church and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All rights reserved.

Many requested uses are permitted by this policy, but if your intended use of the contents of this Site are NOT expressly permitted herein,
you may not: reproduce, upload, post , transmit, download or distribute any content, "mirror" or include this information on your own server or in your own documents; or modify or reuse the text or graphics on any of these websites without the written permission of Epworth United Methodist Church.
 
You may print copies of the material for incidental church and personal use. No content may be sold or used for any commercial purpose. Any
printed copy must include copyright information.

You may link to content on the Epworth United Methodist Church website, provided you follow our Linking Policy. 

Any other use of materials on this website-including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution,  transmission, display, or republication-without the prior written permission of Epworth United Methodist Church is strictly prohibited. 

SEVERABILITY

The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such  invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
 
APPLICABLE LAW; JURISDICTION

This site is created and controlled by Epworth United Methodist Church in the State of West Virginia. As such, the laws of the State of West
Virginia will govern these Terms of Use, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.


ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Terms of Use, including all documents referenced herein, represents the entire understanding between User and Epworth United Methodist Church regarding User's relationship with Epworth United Methodist Church and supersedes any prior statements or representations. When using the Epworth United Methodist Church website , USER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE.
 
MODIFICATION

Epworth United Methodist Church reserves the right to make changes to the Epworth United Methodist Church website, posted policies and  these Terms of Use at any time without notice. These Terms of Use were last revised on October 8, 2013. 

Disclaimer

 THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED BY THE EPWORTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON AS "AS IS" BASIS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS INCLUDED ON THIS WEBSITE. EPWORTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE,  AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THIS WEBSITE MAY GIVE RISE TO A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES AND/OR BE A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy at this Site, please send us a detailed message using the Contact link below. We will
make every effort to resolve your concerns.



Terms /Privacy Policy     Contact / Report Problems
Picture

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.
“The Cross and Flame" and other depicted variations are registered trademarks and the use is supervised by the General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) of the United Methodist Church.  Permission to use the Cross and Flame must be obtained from the GCFA, Attn: Legal Department, Post Office Box 340029, Nashville, TN 37203-0029;
phone 615-369-2334;
fax: 866-246-2516