Recently I searched Google for “catholic parish website design.” Then I reviewed the design samples of two companies that were listed on the first page. I was interested to see if the parishes that are updating their website designs are also updating their home pages to be more evangelizing or welcoming. Here is what I found.
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Mission Statements or Tag Lines on Parish Home Pages
Most parish mission statements read like executive summaries of the “Catechism of the Catholic Church.” Sentence after sentence, sometimes paragraph after paragraph articulate the mission, values and vision of a community that is trying not to leave anything out. As someone who has been on and even led committees and groups that have developed mission statements, I know how much work can go into them, how much wordsmithing is involved…
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What is Your Outreach Plan for Easter?
Can you guess which times of the year, the word “church” is searched for most on the Internet? Pew Research (using Google Trends) reports that it is the time around Easter with Christmas a very close second. Ash Wednesday is third.
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Using Video to Extend Invitations to Ash Wednesday Services
Soon we will be accepting ashes on our foreheads and entering into the season of Lent, a time of repentance and renewal. Ash Wednesday has a special pull on the hearts of Catholics, active and inactive. It is a day when all of us become pilgrims on the way to Good Friday and Easter Sunday. It is an occasion when invitations by the Catholic community to “Join Us” have a…
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Driving Website Traffic Part II: Audiences and Goals
When it comes to thinking about audiences, a parish needs to make a choice about the purpose of its website. Is this website mostly for members, that is, is it a communications vehicle that presents activity based information serving active members? Or is it a website for the larger community that is witnessing to your values, reaching out to inactive or non-members, and encouraging future members to “come and see”…
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Does the Sunday Bulletin Have a Future?
As the publisher of Catholic Church bulletins the question that I am most often asked by pastors is…Where do you see the Sunday bulletin going in the future? My first reaction is don’t you mean to ask. What do you see in the future for parish communication?