New Web 2.0 Church Website Design This Is Not Your Typical Church Site

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT US:

A Southern California church near the beach. We are located in Encinitas, CA near "Moonlight Beach" (Google it). Founded in the late 1800's, our church buildings are all new and our community presence is significant. Outreach is our focus.

Our Web presence, however, has been lacking (think 1999). Don't believe us? Check it out at www.sdumc.org

It's time to show that a church site can take advantage of the very best Web design ideas.

WHAT IF A CHURCH WEBSITE...

* Looked at itself through the community's eyes?

* Talked to secular needs leading to spiritual interaction?

* Offered social relationships that open discussion of Faith and discovery?

* Was an out of Church experience?

Our overall objective for the site is to reach out to the community. We are looking for an inviting design.

IMPORTANT

Fixed-width, centered layout. We provided wire frame drawings for the page layouts (we'll let you drive the blog layout) and sites to take design cues from. Check these out before starting.

HERE IS WHAT WE NEED:

This design project includes the following pages (non coded):

* Home

* Content pages

* Landing pages (no nav at top)

* Blog

NOTE: See PDF of wire frame drawings for the page layouts and a separate PDF for design ideas.

OUR TARGET AUDIENCE IS:

Young adults in Northern San Diego, CA. We are a beach community with lots of young adults and families in the immediate area. Surf, sun, sand.

Google image search these terms:

"encinitas 101"

"encinitas coast"

"moonlight beach"

WE LIKE THESE DESIGNS:

See attached PDF for designs to take cues from.

WE ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE (or we don't want to see) THIS IN OUR DESIGN:

* Meaningful, bold, deep.

* Simple, elegant, inviting.

* Not cartoon or cutsie.