
Newcomers Welcome Night
A low-pressure evening to meet facilitators and ask questions.
Weekly recovery groups, confidential care and people who stay. Come as you are.



Anchor is a quiet room, a warm chair and a few people who understand. We walk with those facing addiction, grief and the long middle of recovery. No one here is a project.

You can talk with a trained companion, in person or by phone, without giving your last name. We will listen, pray if you want it, and help you find the right professional care.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast.Hebrews 6:19

A low-pressure evening to meet facilitators and ask questions.

A shared meal for families, no agenda.

Share one thing that made it through the year.
Your gift keeps groups free and care confidential.
Design notes
Anchor is a recovery ministry site that uses grey-green, white space and a condensed light serif headline. It is quiet on purpose, because people in recovery do not want a loud website.
Instrument Serif is a narrow, light serif with a refined look, set at about 100 pixels in the hero. Inter provides body text and the interface. The thin headline feels calm and the neutral body keeps information plain.
The page is soft grey (#F7F8F6) with deep green-grey text (#1E2A2A), a muted sage teal (#4E7C78) as the brand colour and a sand (#C9B79C) accent. The dark theme is a deep green-black with a pale sage (#8CC2BC). The restrained palette feels peaceful and avoids the bright colours that can feel like marketing.
A floating white pill nav carries the logo, six links and a sage Give button. Faint curved lines in the hero background suggest ripples. Content below is centred with generous gaps, then groups listed in rounded cards. The reader is never rushed.
The hero is centred. 'Healing happens in community.' is on two lines in the light serif, with a short promise of confidential care. A chip at the lower left shows when family support meets next. The first photo begins below the fold.
'Find a group' is a sage pill and 'Talk to someone' is outlined beside it. The second option is for the person who is not ready to attend, which matters for a first contact. The tone is an invitation and avoids urgency.
The photos begin below the fold in cool teal water tones, and the template avoids close portraits of group members. A real site should keep people in recovery out of its pictures, and use environment shots and approved portraits of leaders.
Dark text on soft grey is about 13.9 to 1 and white on the sage button about 4.7 to 1. The thin serif headline is large enough to stay legible. The background lines are very faint and do not interfere with reading.
Each text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes. Ratios are computed from the exact theme colours.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 13.88:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 14.79:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.72:1 | AA |
| Secondary text on tinted bands | Aa | 4.84:1 | AA |
| Links and labels | Aa | 5.49:1 | AA |
| Button text | Aa | 4.69:1 | AA |
| Accent button text | Aa | 10.06:1 | AAA |
| Footer text | Aa | 13.88:1 | AAA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.42:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 13.76:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 7.98:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text on tinted bands | Aa | 6.09:1 | AA |
| Links and labels | Aa | 9.05:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 9.90:1 | AAA |
| Accent button text | Aa | 10.46:1 | AAA |
| Footer text | Aa | 15.42:1 | AAA |
Designed by Greater Purpose Web. Names, people, photos and events are sample content.