For churches and faith communities. Service times, location and a welcoming tone first - most visitors are deciding whether to walk through the door on Sunday.
Keep service times accurate above everything, write the welcome for someone who has never been to church (what to wear, where to park, kids provision), and keep the events section alive - it is the community's noticeboard.
A church website is read overwhelmingly by people who have not been. What they want is practical and slightly anxious: when, where, what happens, and whether they will stand out.
This is the single most-checked fact on the site and the one most often buried under a welcome message. Put it near the top and keep it correct through holidays.
How long the service lasts, what people wear, whether there is parking, what happens with children, whether anyone will be asked to speak. Answering this removes the reason most first-time visitors do not come.
A clear, quiet giving page with one-off and regular options respects the visitor more than a prominent appeal does. Set up donations covers the setup.
Add your real service times, a photograph of the building people need to find, and the name of somebody to ask for.
Yes - you can start building and customizing the Church & Worship template for free. The Donations features need a paid plan (included in Starter), and the 14-day Starter free trial covers everything in this template.
It comes with 5 ready-made pages: Home, Donate, About, Ministries, Contact.
It is set up for Donations. Those are built in rather than add-ons, so they work from the moment the site is created.
Playfair Display for headings and Lora for body text, on a palette built around #243b53 and #c8a24a.
No. The Church & Worship template is edited visually in the drag-and-drop builder - no coding at any point.
Nonprofit & Charity
Community charity: volunteers sorting tins full-bleed, a this-week-we-need board with stock bars, the food bank, Thursday lunch and youth group, a donate page with monthly giving.
Nonprofit & Charity
Dog and cat rescue: the animals waiting as kennel ID cards with what they are good with, how matching and adoption work, three other ways to help, a monthly gift as the ask.
Nonprofit & Charity
Environmental charity: riverbank planting full-bleed, waymark discs for rivers, trees and meadows, the next work parties as wooden signposts, a meadow that used to be a verge.