Português
- Domingos 10hSundays 10:00 AMCulto de DomingoSunday Service
- Domingos 18hSundays 6:00 PMCulto da FamíliaFamily Service
- Sextas 19h30Fridays 7:30 PMRede JovemYouth Night
Igreja Semente · Framingham since 2009Igreja Semente · Framingham desde 2009
We worship in Portuguese with English through headsets, eat together after every service, and spend most of the week helping each other get settled in Massachusetts. Arrived last month? You're exactly who we're looking for.Cultuamos em português com tradução para o inglês nos fones, almoçamos juntos depois de todo culto e passamos boa parte da semana ajudando uns aos outros a se firmar em Massachusetts. Chegou mês passado? É você mesmo que a gente está esperando.








Qual idioma?Which language?
A maioria de nós sonha em português. Nossos filhos respondem em inglês. Por isso todo culto de domingo é pregado em português com tradução ao vivo para o inglês, e os jovens se reúnem no idioma que sair primeiro.Most of us dream in Portuguese. Our kids answer in English. So every Sunday service is preached in Portuguese with live English interpretation, and the youth meet in whichever language comes out first.
Português
English
InterpretationTradução

Como funcionam os fonesHow the headsets work
Pegue um com a Dona Cida na mesa de recepção, coloque no canal 1 e sente onde quiser. A Débora traduz ao vivo da cabine ao lado da mesa de som. Deixe o fone na cadeira quando for almoçar.Pick one up from Dona Cida at the welcome table, turn it to channel 1 and sit anywhere. Débora interprets live from the booth by the sound desk. Leave it on your chair when you go to lunch.


Just arrived?Acabou de chegar?
Every month a few families walk in the door who landed at Logan the week before. We remember that feeling. Most of us arrived with two suitcases and a cousin's phone number.Todo mês chegam algumas famílias que desembarcaram em Logan na semana anterior. A gente lembra dessa sensação. A maioria de nós chegou com duas malas e o telefone de um primo.
So we keep a coat closet in the basement, run English classes twice a week and will sit with you at the kitchen table to work out the bus, the school enrollment form and the next step.Por isso mantemos um bazar de casacos no subsolo, damos aulas de inglês duas vezes por semana e sentamos com você na mesa da cozinha para entender o ônibus, a matrícula da escola e o próximo passo.
During the weekDurante a semana
Pick one. Show up once. Somebody will save you a seat next time.Escolha um. Venha uma vez. Na próxima, alguém guarda o seu lugar.

Weeknights · 9 townsDurante a semana · 9 cidades
Eight to fifteen people in a living room from Milford to Hudson. Bible, prayer and whatever someone baked.De oito a quinze pessoas numa sala de Milford a Hudson. Bíblia, oração e o que alguém tiver assado.

Tue & Thu · 7:30 PMTer e qui · 19h30
Four levels, from 'hello, my name is' to job interviews. Free, and the teachers are volunteers from the neighborhood.Quatro níveis, do 'hello, my name is' à entrevista de emprego. De graça, com professores voluntários do bairro.

Sat · 8 AM · Bowditch FieldSáb · 8h · Bowditch Field
Pickup games for men, women and teenagers. Wellington brings the cones and the pão de queijo.Pelada para homens, mulheres e adolescentes. O Wellington leva os cones e o pão de queijo.

Sun · 10 AM · Ages 2–11Dom · 10h · 2 a 11 anos
Bible stories in both languages, crafts and a snack. Check-in by the side door takes two minutes.Histórias bíblicas nas duas línguas, atividades e lanche. O check-in na porta lateral leva dois minutos.

Thu · 6–8 PM · BasementQui · 18h–20h · Subsolo
Winter coats, boots, hats and gloves for anyone who needs them. Take what fits, no questions.Casacos, botas, gorros e luvas para quem precisar. Leve o que servir, sem perguntas.

Why we're called SementePor que Semente
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth.É como um grão de mostarda que, quando se semeia na terra, é a menor de todas as sementes que há na terra.
CalendarAgenda
OctOut17
6:00 PM18h · Basement hallSalão do subsolo
Bring the kids. Boots up to size 13 this year.Traga as crianças. Este ano tem bota até o número 13.
OctOut25
2:00 PM14h · Saxonville BeachSaxonville Beach
Nine people going into very cold water. Bring a towel and a thermos.Nove pessoas entrando numa água bem gelada. Traga toalha e garrafa térmica.
NovNov8
12:30 PM12h30 · Basement hallSalão do subsolo
$15 a plate. Every dollar goes to the church plant in Governador Valadares.US$ 15 o prato. Todo o valor vai para a igreja em Governador Valadares.
NovNov26
3:00 PM15h · Basement hallSalão do subsolo
Turkey, farofa and pavê. First Thanksgiving in the US? Sit with us.Peru, farofa e pavê. Primeiro Thanksgiving nos EUA? Senta com a gente.
DecDez13
7:30 PM19h30 · SanctuaryTemplo
Thirty-one students finish a level. Certificates, cake and a lot of photos.Trinta e um alunos concluem um nível. Certificado, bolo e muita foto.
Nothing in that category this month.
Come straight from the night shift if that's what Sunday looks like for you. Nobody minds the work clothes.Pode vir direto do turno da noite, se o seu domingo é assim. Ninguém liga para a roupa de trabalho.
Design notes
A bilingual site for a Brazilian evangelical church whose real work happens between Sundays: helping families who arrived last month get warm, learn English and find a living room to belong in. Portuguese leads everywhere a member would look; English is never an afterthought.
Epilogue at 800 carries the headlines. It has a slightly cut, storefront quality that suits a church in a former furniture showroom, and its accents (ã, ç, é) sit cleanly without crowding the line. DM Sans handles reading text because it stays crisp on the low-cost Android phones most new arrivals use.
The palette comes from an açaí bowl: a deep purple brand color and a maracujá yellow accent. It says Brazil without reaching for the green and yellow of the flag, which every Brazilian business in Framingham already uses. Neutrals carry a faint violet bias so the page never feels gray.
Navigation lives in a floating dock at the bottom of the screen because this audience is almost entirely on phones, often one-handed on a bus. Six icons, labels in whichever language is chosen, and the nav action is the one thing a newcomer needs most: 'Acabei de chegar'.
The opening is a slow strip of photographs captioned with times: lunch, futebol, the coat closet, a home group. For people deciding whether a church is for them, seeing a normal week is more persuasive than any headline, and the strip pauses on touch and stays still for anyone who prefers reduced motion.
Each action names a real next step: 'I just arrived', 'Find a home group', 'Save a seat in English class', 'Give your tithe'. 'Dízimo' is the word these members use; 'donate' would sound like a charity appeal.
Real weekly scenes over stage shots: winter coats, food on the table, kids on the steps, futebol on a dry field. Faces are mixed, as Brazilian congregations are. Captions name places a member would recognise, like Bowditch Field and the basement hall.
Every string has a natural Portuguese version, and the language toggle remembers the choice. The FAQ says plainly that nobody will ask about immigration status, because fear is the biggest barrier for this audience. Contrast passes AA in both themes and the dock buttons are 48 pixels tall.
Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.69:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 17.57:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.77:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 9.92:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 11.12:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 6.41:1 | AA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 15.69:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.17:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 11.12:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 6.96:1 | AA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.91:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 14.49:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 6.95:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 9.04:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 9.11:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 11.07:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 16.74:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.33:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 9.11:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.55:1 | AA |
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