{"id":14,"date":"2015-10-30T17:19:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2019-01-09T18:04:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T18:04:50","slug":"what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A &#8220;What to Expect&#8221; page&nbsp;can be very helpful&nbsp;because it is&nbsp;an&nbsp;opportunity to make newcomers comfortable enough to&nbsp;make their first visit. Link to it from your homepage or a prominent menu position. Here are some details to include.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What are your services like?<\/li><li>How long are they?<\/li><li>What is your style of worship?<\/li><li>What is typical attire?<\/li><li>Is child care available? (don\u2019t overlook the importance of this)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You may want to insert a <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/locations\/hyannis\/\">photo tour<\/a> or produce a short <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshbyers.com\/blog\/2014\/8\/church-welcome-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">welcome video<\/a>&nbsp;(click for tips).&nbsp;See&nbsp;the example below from&nbsp;Josh Byers.&nbsp;Let your pastor say a word and\/or give a quick Sunday morning tour. It&#8217;s not absolutely necessary&nbsp;to have a video (a page with words and a photo or two is good) but it&nbsp;can give the website visitor a very real idea of what they&#8217;ll be stepping into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/102133080?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;color=ffffff\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"What to Expect On a Sunday Morning\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An alternative is to include these details on your services or location page.\u00a0Read <a href=\"https:\/\/churchthemes.com\/church-website-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Content Your Church Website Must Have<\/a>\u00a0on the churchthemes.com blog\u00a0for more\u00a0tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;What to Expect&#8221; page&nbsp;can be very helpful&nbsp;because it is&nbsp;an&nbsp;opportunity to make newcomers comfortable enough to&nbsp;make their first visit. Link to it from your homepage or a prominent menu position. Here are some details to include. What are your services like? How long are they? What is your style of worship? What is typical attire? Is child care available? (don\u2019t overlook the importance of this) You may want to insert a photo tour or produce a short welcome video&nbsp;(click for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.churchthemes.com\/maranatha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}