Websites for churches, parishes, men's sheds, service clubs, playgroups and local associations that tell a newcomer when to turn up and what to expect, keep this month's events in one place, and make giving, joining or booking the hall straightforward.
Most people visiting a church or community group site have one practical question. A family new to the area wants the Sunday service time and whether there's anything for the kids. A regular wants the date of the next working bee. Someone planning a 50th wants to know if the hall is free on a Saturday night. The site works when each of them finds the answer in a tap or two, without having to ring the one volunteer who knows.
Times, the street address, where to park and which door to use go on the home page, with a few lines on a first visit: how long it runs, whether there's morning tea afterwards and what's on for children. When times change for Christmas, Easter or the school holidays, a dated notice sits at the top while the regular times stay underneath, so nobody turns up at the wrong hour in February. If you have a Google Business Profile, keep the times there matching, because that's what people see when they look you up in Google Maps.
Weekly groups such as youth, Bible study, playgroup or the craft circle get a short standing entry each, and one-off events like a fete, quiz night, working bee or camp are listed by date with the place and a contact. Where you need numbers, the event links to a registration form. If you already take sign-ups through TryBooking, Humanitix or Planning Center Registrations, the button opens that instead, so registrations stay where your volunteers already manage them.
Bank details for direct transfer, any regular-giving option you offer, and a line on what the giving supports. The ATO notes there is no general deductible gift recipient category for advancing religion, so religious organisations generally aren't DGRs in their own right, although certain funds they operate may fit a DGR category. Unless your church or one of its funds holds that endorsement, the page doesn't describe offerings as tax deductible; if a fund does, the page names it and makes clear only gifts to that fund qualify.
A Listen or Watch page with the latest talk at the top and past series grouped below. If your talks already go to YouTube or a podcast host, we embed the playlist, so each new upload appears on your site without anyone editing it. If you stream services that include worship songs, check your copyright cover first: CCLI sells a Streaming Licence as an optional add-on to its Church Copyright Licence for streaming or uploading services, and a Streaming Plus Licence if you also use recorded tracks.
In Victoria, the Child Safe Standards cover religious bodies, including churches, and community organisations that provide services or facilities for children. They call for a public commitment to child safety that's displayed for public access, and for documents describing how to raise a complaint, in print or online. In NSW, faith-based organisations come under the Child Safe Scheme if they provide services to children or if adults in the organisation have contact with children. We put your statement, your child safety contact and the policy on a page linked from every footer; the wording comes from you, your denomination or your regulator.
A hire page covering capacity, photos of the space, what's included (tables, chairs, kitchen, projector), your rates and bond, and the conditions of hire as a download. The enquiry form asks for the date, start and finish times, type of event and expected numbers, and if you require hirers to hold public liability insurance, it can ask them to attach their certificate of currency. Enquiries go to whoever manages the bookings.
Men's sheds, Rotary and Lions clubs, garden clubs, CWA branches and progress associations mostly need to say when and where they meet, what happens at a newcomer's first meeting and what membership involves. A join form collects contact details and interests and goes straight to the secretary. Membership fees can be paid by bank transfer, through a payment system we build into the site (quoted per job), or through a tool you already use.
We haven't built a website for a church, and we won't dress another client up as one. The two nearest are below. Club One (SA) is a not-for-profit that returns gaming machine revenue to community clubs, sport and recreation groups, and its site takes their grant applications online. Queensland Dance & Performing Arts needed a weekly timetable and an online enrolment form, much like a church's weekly groups and event sign-ups. Under them is a Google review from a business client about hosting costs and replies outside office hours.
A South Australian not-for-profit returning gaming machine revenue to community clubs, sport and recreation groups. Its grant application is completed online in four parts, which is how we'd set out a camp registration that needs medical and consent details. The seven pages also cover board profiles and gaming machine entitlements, with a contact form and tap-to-call on every page.
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A dance school on Brisbane's Bayside with a page for each program, a weekly class timetable, a filterable photo gallery, FAQs and an online enrolment form across 12 pages. A church's weekly groups and term programs suit the same timetable layout, and the enrolment form works as a sign-up for a kids' club or youth camp.
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$399
A small congregation or club: meeting times, what to expect, upcoming events, how to give or join, and a contact form, on one page.
Our suggestion for most churches
$899
A home page with times and a first-visit section, an events and groups page, and a page for giving, child safety and contact details.
$1,499
Room for sermons and livestreams, kids and youth, groups, events, giving, hall hire, child safety, and an about page for your leaders and beliefs.
Yes. We can build a giving form with one-off and regular options into the site, quoted per job, or put a Give button in the header that opens the giving platform or church management software you already use. The page also lists bank details for direct transfer. If a fund your church operates is a deductible gift recipient, the page names it; general offerings are described without any tax claim unless your church holds that endorsement itself.
Yes. The usual set-up is to stream to YouTube or Facebook and embed the stream on a Watch page, so people can follow along without leaving your site, and the recording stays there afterwards. Sort out music licensing before you start: CCLI's Streaming Licence is an optional add-on to its Church Copyright Licence that covers streaming or uploading your services, and CCLI can tell you which option suits the music you use.
Yes. The simplest version is a hire page with your conditions and rates, plus an enquiry form that goes to your bookings person. If you'd like hirers to see available dates, choose a time and pay a bond online, that's a booking and payment system we build into the site and quote per job. If you already manage rooms in Planning Center Calendar or another booking tool, we link to it instead.
Email us the change and we make it: text and image changes on existing pages are covered by the $30 monthly hosting, with no contract. If it's easier, forward us the weekly bulletin and we'll update the times and events from it. If you'd rather a volunteer adds events directly, the calendar can display a shared Google Calendar, so an event added there shows on the site straight away.
A small club or congregation can start with the one-page site at $399. For most churches we'd suggest the 3-page site at $899: home and first visit, events and groups, then giving and contact. Churches with a sermon archive, kids and youth programs and a hall to hire are better on the 8-page site at $1,499. A site that size takes 2–3 weeks once we have your words and photos.
Yes. We're based on Hutt St in Adelaide and work with organisations around Australia by phone and email; our current clients are in SA, NSW, VIC and QLD. A recent bulletin or newsletter is often the best place to start, because it usually holds your times, groups and contacts. We arrange it into pages and send your leaders a link to the draft.
Send us your service or meeting times, a recent bulletin or newsletter, and a few photos of your people and building. We'll quote it, build the full draft for your leaders to look over, and you pay once it's approved.
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