Emmanuel Adell: The Future is Now

Considering its relatively small size as a congregation, Emmanuel Adell had a vast website when we (Luthernet) were asked to perform a redesign. In fact, it was probably a bit too much to keep updated. Websites can really use a lot of your time, often for what seems to be very little reward, which is why your church may need to simplify a bit when it decides to upgrade.
Emmanuel had a couple of sections that had not been changed for several years, and even though those sections could bring visitors, it's also likely those visitors would note the age of the content. Moving forward, the pastor made the correct decision in pairing down the website to fewer sections so that more of them can have newer content.
When we design for a church, we often want to make at least the home page image-heavy. Not slow, but the main page is where visitors will decide if they'll bother clicking any links. I've read the articles that suggest image sliders don't do a lot to retain viewers, but at least some kind of story can be told on that main page.
If you have a church like Emmanuel, with beautiful art inside and a traditional look outside, those are the images to use. If your church is in a mini-mall, then use either people or visual metaphors.
These images don't have to be in each updated article as in an article slider, since that's going to be a lot of work. Choose three to ten images that are representative of your congregation and just have them on the home page as a way for seekers to understand something  about you without having to read.
Beyond that, our website for Emmanuel was pretty straightforward, with some news sections and some static content, a map, and a calendar.
Luthernet and Brave New Church can help with your website needs, whether you have a large church or small, and whether you want two menu items or fifty.

Grace Lutheran Jacksonville Gets New Website

Sometimes, a good website needs to be replaced. I've built websites that got old or were built around components that no longer worked properly. Or lacked security because it was no longer worth the effort to update the script. Grace Lutheran School in Jacksonville, FL, had a mix of a few of these problems. Now it does not, even though it still has many of the features from the original website.

From simplified teacher pages to continuously-archived news pages to calendars that work to images that don't slow the site down, it's all good now. More secure with https and more usable by being mobile-friendly.

If you're looking to redesign your school website, Grace might provide an example to help you decide how you'd like to handle your own upgrade. No, it's not perfect, but it's an excellent example of a good website for the price at under $2000. 

This can be done through the use of such tools as Google Suite, Gmail, and Google Calendar rather than a web developer having to host huge files and deal with emails. 

But it's also what's happening with website design. It can be done faster than ever for a reasonable price. 

Grace Lutheran Church's website was also a pretty nice overhaul. https://www.cureforthepain.com/gracelcms.com