"We are a small rural church community with fairly little technical knowhow and the task of renewing our website has been daunting both in terms of costs and the knowledge required. Church Pages have been absolutely amazing to work with and supported us every step of the way. Heather and her team have given plenty of helpful advice and guidance on how to provide responsive website content and visuals. I particularly valued their ethos around upskilling smaller church communities and enjoyed taking part in the tailor made tutorial on website maintenance.

We are not only proud of our brand new website but we have also learnt new skills along the way. A huge thank you from the St Saviours Church community to Heather and her team for their patience, ideas and support. We were blessed to have found you."

Kristin Dowling, St Saviour's Church, Guernsey

St Saviour's Church, Guernsey is a church community of all ages that believe that the journey through life and Christian faith should not be made alone. Christians have been celebrating their faith at the church for over 700 years, with the vision of the church to be a family, that nurtures and makes a positive impact on the community that they serve.

How the website was designed and built

As with many church websites St Saviour's was in need of an update, However, this was a challenge for a smaller rural church and so they wanted to work with a company who would help them every step of the way, and were on hand once the site went live if they had any questions.

The church liked the Isaiah template because it had all the elements that the church needed. Featuring the times of services on the home page was important to them, and they particularly liked the fact that they could simply change the links on the home page themselves to feature upcoming events.

Working with the church's logo we were able to create a site that reflected their history and warmth, and that was easy to navigate and edit.

The finished website benefits from:

• A warm and welcoming website that can be easily edited.
• A responsive site designed that works well on mobiles and tablets.
• A site wide search.
• A "Verse of the Day" panel that updates automatically.
• Optimisation

What else did Church Pages do?

Training was provided on how to edit the website and we added in free web stats so that the church could see how the website was performing.

How did the website go live?

Once we had the go ahead from the church to make the site live then we helped them with the practicalities of changing the domain name's records.

Conclusion

The website was well received by the church's congregation and the admins have been busy keeping it up to date. Support is always on hand if Kristen and the team need it and with strong images the site is engaging and easy to navigate. You can see the St Saviour's Church Guerney's website here.