Dossier #005 // Community Web Presence
A website for Maranatha SDA Church in San Diego, built around the one word the congregation uses for everything it does: connect. Connect with others, and connect them with Christ.
Maranatha SDA Church
Web Design, Development
Website, Content Architecture
A congregation with a clear mission and no digital front door. Service times, the quarterly Communion schedule, ministries, and ways to get involved lived in bulletins and word of mouth — invisible to the newcomer trying to find a church home in San Diego.
A warm, visitor-first web presence organized around connection. Everything a first-time visitor needs — where, when, what to expect — up front, with clear paths deeper in: join a group, get baptized, offer service.
The strategy came from listening. The church already had its narrative — a mission to connect with others and connect them with Christ, and a vision to prepare San Diego and the surrounding areas for a soon-coming Savior. The site didn't need to invent a voice; it needed to carry the one the congregation already spoke in.
↓ It started with their own words: connect with others, connect them with Christ
The content was shaped into paths instead of pages: visit, connect, grow, serve. Beliefs and the quarterly Communion schedule each got a clear home, and every section was written to answer a visitor's actual next question — can I join a group, how do I get baptized, where can I serve.
↓ Content shaped into paths: visit, connect, grow, serve
The shipped site leads with the welcome, the way the church does. The essentials — the Skyline Drive address, the office line, service information — sit up front, and the calls to action stay human: plan a visit, find your purpose, make a lasting connection.
↓ The welcome up front — address, times, and a clear way in
