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Old South Church

From Mary: Having just looked at a church website I found to be totally inspiring (Old South Church, UCC, Boston, MA), I say let’s leap in and start getting something on line.  I know Michelle is increasingly frustrated with Facebook, and I hope our Feb. 25 retreat will give us a clearer sense of who we are and what we’re offering.

That’s the one.  It’s a big, urban church, all that we’re not, but their writing is amazing, how they articulate what they’re about is inspiring, and, of course, they’ve got all sorts of musicians, techies, and artists, not to mention theologically-literate sorts to draw from.  I confess I’m a little envious, but I’m sure there are problems and challenges they’ve got
that I can’t even imagine.  I mentioned their website less as something to copy, and more to say that a good one can be exciting.

QUESTION = WHAT MENU STRUCTURE/NAMES?  — WHAT CONTENT?

Churches use varying names for the four specific aspects of all church websties

REACHING UP worshiping God

REACHING IN fellowship with other church members

REACHING OUT working to serve the community at large

REACHING DOWN the church elders providing instruction

for example

http://gracenewcanaan.com
uses – explore, connect, listen, grow

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QUESTION = WHICH STYLE OF ROTATING IMAGE IS PREFERRED?

Images may be changed on timed-intervals or just on page-load and page-refresh.

Images may be single (page width) or several images side-by-side – and the latter may be faded into each other.

A good example is

http://www.cdmucc.org/
where image background to church logo, on home page changes on timed basis between the images that appear and stay fixed on other pages based on content

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