The new website is here!!!

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June 29, 2016

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From the Communications Working Group

The Communications Working Group is very proud to announce that after more than eight months of work, the new St. Mark's website launched today. Our web address has not changed - the new site is still at www.stmarks.net.

Kudos to the team of Thia Hamilton, Martha Huizenga, Doug Jackson, Justi Schunior, Mike Townsend and Christina White, who partnered with a terrific local vendor, Openbox9, to create and develop the new site. The primary focus of the site is to put our best face forward to the outside world and be a welcoming online presence for newcomers and church shoppers. Of course, it will also be the home for the usual important information for current members.

In addition to having a completely new look and feel, you will notice immediately that the site is organized in a very different way. That will take some getting used to, and we ask for your patience as you familiarize yourself with the new site.

The major categories, accessible from the home page, are About, Visit, Connect, Grow and Get Involved. About, not surprisingly, is home to some of the basic facts about St. Mark's: a statement of our vision, biographies of our clergy and staff, information about parish leadership, a short history, and details about our historic building.

The Visit section is a critical source of information for newcomers, visitors and church shoppers. It contains information about service times and descriptions of our different services, as well as details about where we are located, how to get to St. Mark's and parking. Recent Sunday bulletins are also housed in this section. We also include information about our Sunday School program and the Nursery - key information for families looking for a church.

The Connect section focuses on ways to build connections within the community. It includes announcements, information on upcoming events, and descriptions of the many groups and activities at St. Mark's. It also emphasizes our close connection with the arts, including music, the Dance Studio, the St. Mark's Players, visual arts, and the Yoga Studio.

In the Grow section, we feature some of the ways to get more deeply involved in the St. Mark's community. This section houses recent sermons, details on our Christian Education program and information about our Youth and Family Ministry programs. Finally, the Get Involved section is home to information about our Outreach efforts, as well as volunteer opportunities within the community. There are explanations of how to become a member of St. Mark's, information on pledging and finances and the answers to questions about baptisms, weddings and funerals.

We urge everyone to explore the site in the days and weeks ahead. Keep in mind that the site is not perfect yet. There are some gaps that need to be filled, a few technical glitches that keep cropping up, and some parts of the site still have only the most basic information. But over the next several weeks, the design team will be working hard to fill in the gaps.

We welcome your feedback. If you see something missing, would like to add information about a group that isn't represented, or just want to make editorial comments, please do so by filling out a feedback form.

Thanks to the entire community for your patience and support. We hope you feel, as we do, that the new site is an enormous improvement in the way we present ourselves to the outside world.

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