Recruited to create and administer full web presence for historic, 150-member church with no previous internet exposure. All work during five-year tenure volunteered as a community service.

Designed, developed and administered website assets and maintained overall functionality. Responsible for content creation and publishing through WordPress CMS. Attended and reported on important church events. Handled all web-based communication.

• Created media-rich website offering potential congregants an extensive view of the church’s mission, leaders, amenities and activities. Frequent updates allowed far-flung former attendees and health-challenged members to maintain a vital connection.
• Employed journalism and marketing skills to provide comprehensive, year-long promotion and coverage of church’s 250th anniversary. Efforts ensured a successful series of well-attended events.
• Used historical research training to help compile well-received list of church milestones that educated members and web visitors.
• Recorded weekly sermons and crafted helpful synopses to accompany website audio links.
• Videotaped, edited and posted milestone events and holiday concerts to YouTube channel.
• Church pastor commented at tenure’s end that “I got a lot of positive feedback on its layout and appearance. It was the nicest church website around.”
• Contacted by area churches seeking a similarly robust online presence.

• Note: I recently volunteered to help the church launch a successor website by fashioning a sample site and authoring series of “New to Us?” articles to ease the transition. My original site was retired in 2015. The demonstration site can found here.
• Note: The current Federated Church site at charltonfedchurch.org is not my work.