Inspire (show - don't tell)

1. 12 Picture Shotlist for a church website
   1. Establishing exterior
   2. Establishing interior during worship
   3. Four Church life
      1. Lobby wide
      2. Three Candid shots of the
   4. Rep of kids ministry - playthings, etc.
   5. Candid of Pastor preaching
   6. Candid of other worship
   7. Three detail shots of the church (sign, interesting part of building or property)
2. Primary Menu Items
   1. Homepage/Index
   2. About Us/New Here
   3. Calendar/Events
   4. Staff & Leaders
   5. Next Steps

Inform (not everything needs a page - Kitchen principle - everything has its place - accessible but nn visible

1. Hero shot with intro paragraph
2. Values Cards - scroll horizontally
3. Beliefs accordion (each expands)
4. Link forms (don't embed)
5. Info Cards
6. Banners for time-sensitive info

Invite

Launcher lives on every page of the website - to access every next step (, volunteering, giving, etc.)

Happy photos of human people at Epworth work best

Collapsable Menus are best on mobiles (7 items or fewer - can use submenus)

Giving Page - Why and How

Footer can be huge - including site index - because it doesn't impede

Non Negotiable: Service Time, Email, Phone Number, Address, Social Links

Domain - short, memorable, easy to spell

If it's not obvious, it's not working

Church Connection Cards - ease into the relationship

Pick up the Blue Card and scan the QR code

The fewer forms you display, the more forms you will receive

Plan Your Visit - let us know about your children or accessibility (as well as contact us) is a great idea

Optimizing your Google Business Profile (I updated and completed this in early Nov 25)

1. Claim it
2. Review the information (name, address, phone number, email address, service times and office hours, website URL, links to social media, category, including denomination)
3. Load up your profile with photos (the 12 above)

Thoughts

Much of this (Prayers, Forms/SignUps, announcement info) requires buy-in and reliable participation

Lots of this is a sales pitch for Nucleus (Launcher and Info Cards are free forever)

Can we rather demo our values and beliefs? And how about a link to United Methodist beliefs?

Web as a spider web? For Visitors (why fix a problem we don't have?)

TODOs

1. Collect best of file photos for hero-shot template main page updates
   1. Michael Beigay is taking lobby shots
   2. I've updated and uploaded my best of shots to a Google Drive repository
2. Lee Ann has revised the Music Ministry section
3. Lee Ann will revise the "New Here" section based on her initial work
4. Lee Ann working on revision of Epworth Food Ministry
5. Revise Footer
6. Aysha Mirzayeva will work on four video interviews with volunteers representing each of our four mission areas (Invite, Belong, Connect, and Care) by June 2025
7. Evaluate adding the Launcher (also email links work pretty well for us)
8. Roll-out for new Giving Page/System by the end of January (we will offer another round of directory photos)
9. Roll-out for Groups by the beginning of February
10. Update Winter/Spring 26 Concert/Rental Schedule by mid-January