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Directions up the Fork
Laurel Fork Baptist
HomeSunday MorningHomecomingSermonsOur HistoryNeed a Hand

1840 Laurel Fork Rd, Hindman, KY 41822

(555) 016-2271

laurelfork@example.org

Directions up the Fork

Sunday morning

What a Sunday is like

Here's the whole morning, and how to find us when the GPS gives up.

First time

Nobody will make you stand up

You'll be shaken hands with. That's about the worst of it.

Small brick chapel among autumn trees and a wooden fence

Arrival

Park in the gravel lot by the cemetery gate and come in the front doors. Somebody will hand you a bulletin.

Parking

Gravel lot for about thirty cars. If it's full, pull onto the grass by the picnic shelter.

Children

Young'uns' Sunday School at 10. Babies can go to the nursery during preaching.

Length

Sunday School runs 50 minutes. Preaching is from 11 until about 12:15.

Dress

Some wear a tie, some come straight from feeding cattle. Both are fine.

Access

Ramp at the side door. Large-print hymnals and a hearing amplifier at the back.

The morning, start to finish

  1. 9:30

    Coffee's on

    Fellowship hall, with whatever somebody baked.

  2. 10:00

    Sunday School

    Four classes, a lesson from the quarterly.

  3. 11:00

    Preaching service

    Hymns, a special, prayer requests and the sermon.

  4. 12:15

    Altar call and dismissal

    Then most of us stand around the parking lot talking.

KY-160Laurel Fork RdTroublesome CreekLaurel Fork Baptist ChurchN↑400 ft

Find us

Three miles up the Fork

1840 Laurel Fork Rd, Hindman, KY 41822
Get directions
From Hindman
Take KY-160 south 1.2 miles. Turn left at the Laurel Fork sign by the old Hicks store, then follow the creek three miles. We're on the right past the low-water bridge.
A word about GPS
Phones will try to send you over Pigeon Roost. Don't go that way. Stay by the creek.
Access
Ramp at the side door off the gravel lot.

Every week

When the doors are open

The building is open for every service. Call ahead any other time and someone will meet you.

When the doors are open
MondayTodayNo services
TuesdayTodayNo services
WednesdayToday7:00 PM – 8:00 PMPrayer meeting
ThursdayTodayNo services
FridayTodayNo services
SaturdayTodayNo services
SundayToday10:00 AM – 12:15 PM6:00 PM – 7:15 PMSunday School, preaching and the evening singing

Special services

  • Oct 19 – 23Fall revival Every night at 7:00 PM.
  • Sun, Aug 15Homecoming Preaching at 11, dinner on the grounds at 1.

Snow on the road? We'll put it on the church Facebook page and call the prayer chain by 7 AM.

Questions

Things folks ask

Are you Southern Baptist?

We're an independent missionary Baptist church. We cooperate with the Three Forks Association and keep our own business meetings on the first Saturday of the quarter.

Which Bible do you use?

Brother Harlan preaches from the King James. Read whatever you've got.

Do you have a nursery?

Yes, during the eleven o'clock service, in the room behind the piano.

Can I be buried in the church cemetery?

Members and their families can. Call Darrell Ritchie, who keeps the cemetery book.

Laurel Fork Baptist

A country Baptist church up the Laurel Fork of Troublesome Creek. The doors are open on Sunday mornings and the coffee's on by nine-thirty.

Come see us

  • 1840 Laurel Fork Rd, Hindman, KY 41822
  • (555) 016-2271
  • laurelfork@example.org
  • Sunday School · 10:00 AM
  • Preaching · 11:00 AM
  • Sunday evening singing · 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday prayer meeting · 7:00 PM
  • Home
  • Sunday Morning
  • Homecoming
  • Sermons
  • Our History
  • Need a Hand
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Design notes

Why Laurel Fork looks the way it does

Laurel Fork is for a country Baptist church of about seventy people in the hills outside Hindman. Most of its readers are older, many read on a phone a grandchild set up, and the site has to feel as plain and trustworthy as the church itself.

Built for
Members and their scattered families, people moving back to Knott County, and anyone looking for a Sunday service, a funeral time or help with a heating bill.
Navigation
Centred masthead. The name sits centred like a printed masthead; pages run underneath. Signals heritage and calm.
Pages
Home, Sunday Morning, Homecoming, Sermons, Our History, Need a Hand
Hero
A full-bleed photograph left completely free of words, with the headline set underneath it like a museum caption and a small column of place, date and photo credit. Variants: a = catalogue entry (plate number, headline, details column); b = the details run as a ruled strip above one wide headline; c = the photo bleeds off the left edge and the details hang in the right-hand margin beside it

Typography

Headings are in Sorts Mill Goudy, a revival of the old-style roman you see in hymnals and county histories, with old-style figures so the dates sit in the line like they do in print. Reading text is Public Sans at 19 pixels, a sturdy face drawn for government forms that have to work for every reader, set large because half this congregation is past seventy. We tried Atkinson Hyperlegible first, but its slashed zeros made '10:00' look like a typo on a church sign.

Color

The green is the dark leaf of the mountain laurel the creek is named for, and the rose is its bloom in May. The background is the gray-green of the ridges on a hazy morning. In the dark theme the green lightens toward the leaf's underside so it still reads on a phone at night.

Layout and navigation

The name sits centred at the top like a church sign, with plain words under it: Sunday Morning, Homecoming, Need a Hand. Everything is centred and generous, with no menus to hunt through and no animations to wait for.

The hero

The opening photograph has no words on it, just the white church across the field, with the caption set beneath it like a photograph in a family album. The details strip says where it is and when to come before anything else.

Calls to action

The main button gives directions, because the church is three miles up a hollow road and GPS sends people the wrong way at the fork. The second most important action is 'Ask for a hand', for heating, groceries and rides to Hazard.

Photography

Country churches, hazy ridges, covered-dish tables and older faces. No stage lights or big crowds, because there are none here.

Accessibility

Large type, high contrast, every phone number tappable and every time written out in full. The church phone number appears on every page because many members will call before they will fill in a form.

Type system

  • DisplaySorts Mill GoudyA revival of Frederic Goudy's old-style roman, the same family of letters found in the hymnals and county histories on the back pew.
  • TextPublic SansA plain, wide-open sans drawn for US government forms that everybody has to read, set large because many of the people who read this site are past seventy.

Colour and contrast

Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.

Light theme

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Dark theme

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