CHURCH WEBSITES BY FOX VALLEY WEBSMITH
The Sanctuary Framework
A welcoming church website that’s simple to keep current.
Professionally personalized church websites designed to welcome visitors, communicate clearly and give your staff a manageable way to keep church information current.
Professionally Personalized
Easy Staff Editing
Mobile-Friendly Design
Ongoing Support Available
Built around your church – not handed to you as a generic DIY template.
Your Website should support your ministry – not create another weekly task.
Church staff and volunteers already have full schedules. Updating a website shouldn’t require technical expertise, and visitors shouldn’t have to search through outdated pages to find service times, directions, ministries or upcoming events.
Difficult to update
Small changes require technical help so important information often stays outdated longer than it should.
Difficult to navigate
Visitors struggle to find service times, directions, children’s information, livestream links and upcoming events.
Difficult to maintain
plugins, security, backups, hosting and software updates become one more responsibility for church staff.
The Sanctuary Framework addresses all three – with professional design, straightforward content management, and support when your team needs it.
See the Sanctuary Framework in action
Explore a demonstration designed for small to medium-sized churches. The sample shows the structure and visitor experience your website can begin with – not a one-size-fits-all finished product.
We personalize the final site with your church’s branding, photography, content, ministries, service information and specific needs.
A proven foundation, personalized for your church
The Sanctuary Framework is a professionally designed starting structure created around the needs of small-to-mid-sized churches. It gives you an efficient, reliable foundation while leaving room to reflect your church’s identity and priorities.
We handle the initial design, setup and personalization. Your congregation receives a finished church website – not a blank template your staff must assemble
The framework provides:
- Clear, visitor-friendly page structure
- Responsive desktop, tablet and mobile layouts
- Consistent typography and spacing
- Reusable ministry and event layouts
- Accessible navigation patterns
- A straightforward editing experience
- A dependable foundation for future updates
Your church provides the identity
- Logo and brand colors
- Mission, message and values
- Church photography
- Service times and location
- Ministries and programs
- Staff and leadership information
- Events, sermons and announcements
- Giving, livestream and social links
The framework creates efficiency. Personalization makes it yours.
Everything your church needs to welcome, communicate and connect
Welcome first-time visitors
- Service times and directions
- Plan Your Visit information
- Children’s ministry details
- Parking and accessibility information
- Answers to common questions
Keep your church informed
- Upcoming events
- Ministry information
- Announcements
- Newsletter sign-up
- Contact information
Share worship and teaching
- Livestream links
- Recent sermons
- Sermon-series features
- Video or audio embeds
- Scripture and speaker information
Encourage next steps
- Contact and prayer forms
- Volunteer opportunities
- online giving links
- Ministry pathways
- Membership or connection information
personalization gallery
One strong foundation. A look and feel that reflects your church.
Your church website can be personalized through:
- Color palette
- Fonts and heading styles
- Photography
- Homepage messaging
- Button and link styles
- Section order
- Featured ministries
- Calls to action
- Optional sections and integrations
traditional & timeless
Deep navy
Antique gold
stone gray
Warm ivory
warm & community-focused
olive
rust
cream
taupe
contemporary & bold
DEEP GRAY
BRIGHT ORANGE
POLAR WHITE
MEDIUM GRAY
Routine updates without rebuilding the page
Your site will be built with manageable WordPress content blocks and reusable layouts. Design decisions are handled during the initial build, allowing church staff to focus on updating information rather than designing pages from scratch.
Your staff can update:
- Event details
- Ministry descriptions
- Staff biographies and photos
- Announcements
- Service information
- Page text
- Selected images
- Sermon information
Built-in design guardrails:
- Consistent colors and typography
- Reusable page sections
- Predetermined spacing
- Responsive layouts
- Consistent buttons
- image-size guidance
- Controlled staff permissions
Your staff edits the content. The design system protects the presentation.
Your project includes guided training for the staff members who will maintain the site. Training focuses on the tasks they actually need to perform – not every setting WordPress has accumulated since the dawn of time.
Choose how involved your team wants to be
Update it yourself
Your designated staff members receive training and access to make routine content changes.
Best for churches that:
- Have a staff member or volunteer available
- Post events frequently
- Prefer direct control
- Want to handle routine updates internally
Send updates to your WebSmith
Choose an ongoing care plan with up to two hours of routine content updates each month
Typical updates include:
- Replacing supplied text or images
- Posting events or announcements
- Updating staff information
- Changing service information
- Updating existing ministry content
- Posting supplied sermon information
Monthly update time applies to changes within the existing site structure. New pages, redesigned sections, custom functionality, major integrations and extensive content creation are quoted separately.
From first conversation to confident launch
Discover
We discuss your church, congregation, community, current website, visitor needs and communication priorities.
Gather and personalize
You provide your logo, content, photography, ministry information and essential links. I use them to personalize the Sanctuary Framework.
Review and launch
Your team reviews the website, revisions are completed and the site is tested across desktop, tablet and mobile devices.
Train and support
Your designated staff members receive editing guidance. After launch, you can manage routine updates or select ongoing support.
You don’t need to arrive with a perfectly organized folder containing every photograph since 1987. I’ll provide a practical content checklist.
The Sanctuary Framework: Complete Package Structure
Initial Website Project
The Sanctuary Framework (one-time charge)
Professional design, personalization and launch of your church website. Includes discovery, custom design using your branding and photography, core page setup, initial content population, mobile optimization, staff training and 30-day support period. After launch, your site is ready to go!
Ongoing Support (Choose One)
After your website launches, select the level of ongoing support that fits your church’s needs.
Sanctuary Care
$49
per month ($588/year)
We handle the technical work and your team makes routine updates to your church site.
✓
Web Hosting & server maintenance
✓
SSL Certificate
✓
1 GB Storage Space
✓
Backups and security
✓
Plugin and theme updates
✓
3 Professional email accounts*
best value
Sanctuary Care + Updates
$97
per month ($1164/year)
Ideal for churches that want professional website management without adding another task to staff schedules.
✓
Web Hosting & server maintenance
✓
SSL Certificate
✓
2 GB Storage Space
✓
Backups and security
✓
Plugin and theme updates
✓
2 GB Storage
✓
2 hours of routine content updates per month**
✓
3 Professional email accounts*
✓
Domain renewal management
Sanctuary Care Pro
$139
per month ($1668/year)
Ideal for churches with active communication needs or limited staff capacity.
✓
Web Hosting & server maintenance
✓
SSL Certificate
✓
2 GB Storage Space
✓
Backups and security
✓
Plugin and theme updates
✓
2 GB Storage
✓
4 hours of routine content updates per month***
✓
3 Professional email accounts*
✓
Domain renewal management
Optional Add-Ons
- Additional professional email accounts: $3/ month each
- Optional Domain Renewal Management available with Sanctuary Care plan for an additional $2/ month.
- Custom development or design updates: $85/ hour
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