The client
Langley Canadian Reformed Church is a Protestant church in British Columbia, Canada which belongs to the Canadian and American Reformed Churches.
The need
The client wanted a new website that would encourage stronger user engagement.
The solution
Similar to previous websites that I had worked on, I began with a brainstorming session to talk about the different types of people that come to our website and what information they are looking for. From there, I created a sitemap and the team worked together to write the content and supply photography.
Ekklesia360 was originally selected as the content management system, but shortly before launching on that platform we were contacted by Church Social, who were just launching their company and were eager to get us on board as one of their first customers. After discussing with the team, we all agreed that due diligence compelled us to evaluate the new platform. Looking back, we are glad that we did, because Church Social proved to be a better fit for what we wanted to accomplish.
Video and audio recordings of past services were migrated from the old site, and eventually expanded with older content that had not been available on the old site thanks to extensive archives kept by the audio/video team. Audio recordings were repackaged in a podcast-style format and syndicated through Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.
