Nonprofits
Church website example written for a first visit
The person who visits a church website is usually thinking about coming for the first time and wants to know what happens. This one page example for an invented North Hobart parish answers that before anything else: the two services, how long they run, what the children do and where the ramp is.
The home page at three widths
The same page on a desktop, a tablet and a phone, exactly as it renders. Scroll inside each frame to read it all; nothing here can be clicked or submitted.
Page by page
- Home /
- Hero (full photo), About (photo and story), Events (cards), Services (cards with prices), Call to action (band), Contact (details and form)
- Privacy policy /privacy
- Text (single column), 5 in a row
- Terms of use /terms
- Text (single column), 5 in a row
What is on the page
A full photo hero of the church, a photo and story section for the first Sunday, three event cards with photos for the weekly groups, three service cards for weddings, baptisms and funerals, a call to action band and the parish office contact form. The footer carries an acknowledgement of country and links to Facebook and the YouTube channel.
Fitting it to your parish
Write the first Sunday paragraph in your own words; it is the most read part of the page. Add a video section for a recorded service if you stream, using a YouTube or Vimeo link. Keep the office hours in the contact section accurate, since people will call during them.
What makes this website work
The first Sunday, step by step
The section after the hero describes each service in bold first words, 8 am and 10 am, and ends with the ramp, hearing loop and accessible toilet. Newcomers worry about not knowing what to do, and this paragraph removes the worry.
The week, with photos and times
The community lunch, playgroup and youth group each have a card with the day, time, place and one sentence. It shows the church is open beyond Sunday, which is often why people outside it look it up.
An open offer of help
A full width band asks "Can we help?" and offers someone to talk to, a meal or a hand with something. It speaks to visitors who are not looking for a service at all, which a parish website easily forgets.
Questions people ask
What should a church website say first?
Service times, what happens at them, where to go and whether children and people with disabilities are looked after. This example puts the two services and what to expect straight after the hero, with access details in the same paragraph, before the weekly groups and the contact form.
Can the site show a sermon or a livestream?
The video section embeds one YouTube or Vimeo video, big or beside a few sentences, with a privacy friendly player that loads on click. Link the channel in the footer for older services. The site cannot host video files itself.
How do messages reach the parish office?
The contact form sends each message to the site's inbox in OneCraft with an email to the office, and they can be marked handled. The intro says calls are returned on office days, so people know when to expect a reply.
Is this built as a nonprofit site?
It was generated with the nonprofit kind, which suits churches, charities and community groups and starts with privacy and terms pages. The section library is the same as for any site, so events, services and a call to action band are all available.
Can the site take donations?
There is no donation form in the section library. A button can link to your existing giving page, such as your denomination's online giving. A store with a single product can take payments through Stripe on a paid plan, but most parishes link out.
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