I thought I would add our church website to the list as one to look at.
http://www.ascensionfdl.org/We use the Exposé (mini version) photo gallery. It is a Flash-based photo gallery, and you can upload multiple images at one time. It works pretty good for our needs. You can see what it looks like by clicking on the "Multimedia Gallery" button on the left side of our site.
Also, I have seen one or two postings regarding a Bible verse of the day using BibleGateway.com. We also have this on our site, and we have no problems running it. You will find the component on the bottom left side of our site under the heading "VERSE OF THE DAY". This is an automatic update that we never have to manually update.
Have a look around the rest of the site and let me know if you have any questions.