Tithes and offeringsDízimos e ofertas
Rent on Waverly Street, the coat closet, English books, and a church plant in Governador Valadares.O aluguel da Waverly Street, o bazar de casacos, os livros de inglês e uma igreja plantada em Governador Valadares.
Last yearAno passado
Counted by the treasurers and read out at the members' meeting in February.Contado pelos tesoureiros e lido na assembleia de fevereiro.
January to December 2025Janeiro a dezembro de 2025
1,2141
Winter coats given outCasacos de inverno doados
187
English students who finished a levelAlunos de inglês que concluíram um nível
11
Home groups meeting weeklyCélulas se reunindo toda semana
$38,6002
Sent to Governador ValadaresEnviado para Governador Valadares
Full accounts available to any member who asks the treasurer.As contas completas estão disponíveis para qualquer membro que pedir ao tesoureiro.
Who's responsibleQuem responde
Questions about money go to the treasurers first. They answer the same week.Perguntas sobre dinheiro vão primeiro para os tesoureiros. Eles respondem na mesma semana.
Senior pastor, with Pastora RenataPastor titular, com a Pastora Renata
Thiago and Renata came from Governador Valadares in 2006. He installed drywall for three years before the first service in their apartment on Concord Street.Thiago e Renata vieram de Governador Valadares em 2006. Ele trabalhou com drywall por três anos antes do primeiro culto no apartamento da Concord Street.
Aparecida (Dona Cida) Moura
Welcome table and coat closetRecepção e bazar de casacos
Lucas Andrade
Worship and soundLouvor e som
Not everyone can give money this month. A warm coat in the blue bin counts just as much.Nem todo mundo pode dar dinheiro este mês. Um casaco quente na caixa azul vale tanto quanto.
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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