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Homeዋና ገጽSundaysእሑድHome fellowshipsየቤት ኅብረትSaturday schoolየቅዳሜ ትምህርትPrayerጸሎትAbout usስለ እኛGiveስጦታ
Join a home fellowshipየቤት ኅብረትን ይቀላቀሉ
Selam
Homeዋና ገጽSundaysእሑድHome fellowshipsየቤት ኅብረትSaturday schoolየቅዳሜ ትምህርትPrayerጸሎትAbout usስለ እኛGiveስጦታ

2316 Blueridge Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902

(555) 014-8250

office@example.org

Join a home fellowshipየቤት ኅብረትን ይቀላቀሉ

Selam Ethiopian Evangelical Church · Silver Springሰላም የኢትዮጵያ ወንጌላውያን ቤተ ክርስቲያን

A long way from Addis. Still at home on Sunday.ከአዲስ አበባ ብንርቅም፣ እሑድ ቤታችን ነው።

Two services every Sunday, one in English and one in Amharic, then injera and buna in the hall. About 300 of us, from Addis, Adama, Hawassa, Asmara and Montgomery County.በየእሑዱ ሁለት አምልኮ፣ በእንግሊዝኛ እና በአማርኛ። ከዚያም እንጀራ እና ቡና።

Come this Sundayበዚህ እሑድ ይምጡ Find a home fellowshipየቤት ኅብረት ያግኙ
Worshippers in white robes holding a small Bible
Men and woman in a small Bible study on the floor
Woman with hands raised in blue-lit worship
Congregation with hands raised in a modern sanctuary
Ethiopian men and women in white traditional clothing gathered outdoors

Sunday afternoon and Thursday night, photographed by our media team with everyone's permission.እሑድ ከሰዓት እና ሐሙስ ምሽት።

Which service is for me?የትኛው አምልኮ ለእኔ ነው?

Choose the hour that fits your familyለቤተሰብዎ የሚመች ሰዓት ይምረጡ

Most families come to both: the children at 9:30, the parents at 11:30, everyone at lunch. Headsets with live English interpretation are free at the welcome table.ብዙ ቤተሰቦች ወደ ሁለቱም ይመጣሉ። የጆሮ ማዳመጫ በነጻ ይገኛል።

GatheringስብሰባWhenመቼSpoken inቋንቋInterpretationትርጉም
English worshipየእንግሊዝኛ አምልኮSundays 9:30 AMእሑድ 9:30EnglishNot neededአያስፈልግም
Amharic worshipየአማርኛ አምልኮSundays 11:30 AMእሑድ 11:30አማርኛEnglishHeadsets, channel 1የጆሮ ማዳመጫ፣ ቻናል 1
Bible studyየመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ጥናትWednesdays 7:30 PMረቡዕ 7:30አማርኛEnglishNot neededአያስፈልግም
Home fellowshipsየቤት ኅብረትThursdays 7:30 PMሐሙስ 7:30አማርኛEnglishNot neededአያስፈልግም
Friday prayer nightየዓርብ የጸሎት ምሽትFridays 7:00 PMዓርብ 7:00አማርኛEnglishA whisper interpreter sits at the backአስተርጓሚ ከኋላ ይቀመጣል
Selam Youthየሰላም ወጣቶችSaturdays 5:00 PMቅዳሜ 5:00EnglishNot neededአያስፈልግም
Microphone and headphones in a bright home studio

How the headsets workየጆሮ ማዳመጫ አጠቃቀም

Pick one up at the welcome table, choose channel 1 and hand it back on your way to lunch. Ermias's brother Kaleb interprets live from the sound booth.ከእንግዳ መቀበያ ጠረጴዛ ይውሰዱ፣ ቻናል 1 ይምረጡ።

Through the weekበሳምንቱ ውስጥ

Church happens in living rooms tooቤተ ክርስቲያን በቤትም ትኖራለች

Sunday is the big gathering. Most of the real friendships start somewhere smaller.እሑድ ትልቁ ስብሰባ ነው። ወዳጅነት ግን በትንሽ ቦታ ይጀምራል።

See the whole weekሙሉ ሳምንቱን ይመልከቱ
Woman in embroidered white dress pouring coffee at an Ethiopian coffee ceremony

Thursdays · 7:30 PMሐሙስ · 7:30

Home fellowshipsየቤት ኅብረት

Fourteen living rooms from Takoma Park to Gaithersburg. Coffee, prayer, the Bible in both languages, and usually too much food.በ14 ቤቶች። ቡና፣ ጸሎት እና የመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ጥናት።

Find one near youበአቅራቢያዎ ያግኙ
Girl in school uniform reading on a colorful mat

Saturdays · 10 AMቅዳሜ · 10:00

Saturday schoolየቅዳሜ ትምህርት ቤት

Reading and writing fidel, Bible stories in Amharic and enough grammar to call grandma.ፊደል፣ የመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ታሪኮች በአማርኛ።

Enroll your childልጅዎን ያስመዝግቡ
Black and white photo of a man bowed in prayer over a pew

Fridays · 7 PMዓርብ · 7:00

Friday prayer nightየዓርብ ጸሎት

Three hours of prayer and worship. On the first Friday of the month we pray through the night.የሦስት ሰዓት ጸሎት። በወሩ የመጀመሪያ ዓርብ ሌሊቱን ሙሉ።

Send a requestየጸሎት ርዕስ ይላኩ
Worshippers with raised hands under blue stage lights

Saturdays · 5 PMቅዳሜ · 5:00

Selam Youthየሰላም ወጣቶች

High school and college students, in English, with pizza and honest questions.የሁለተኛ ደረጃ እና የኮሌጅ ተማሪዎች፣ በእንግሊዝኛ።

Meet Mekdesመቅደስን ያግኙ
Men singing and clapping in a candlelit worship gathering

Over the door of our hallበአዳራሻችን በር ላይ

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!እነሆ፥ ወንድሞች በአንድነት ቢቀመጡ እንዴት መልካም ነው! እንዴትም ያማረ ነው!
Psalm 133:1መዝሙር 133፥1Painted in both languages by the youth in 2019በ2019 በወጣቶች በሁለቱም ቋንቋዎች ተጻፈ

Coming upየሚመጡ ዝግጅቶች

On the church calendarየቤተ ክርስቲያን ቀን መቁጠሪያ

Oct17

Women's prayer breakfastየሴቶች የጸሎት ቁርስ

9:00 AM · Fellowship hallአዳራሽ

Genfo, coffee and prayer, led by Almaz Desta. Bring a friend.ገንፎ፣ ቡና እና ጸሎት።

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Nov6

First Friday night of prayerየሌሊት ጸሎት

9:00 PM – 5:00 AM · Sanctuaryመቅደስ

Come for an hour or stay till dawn. Tea and kolo in the hall all night.ለአንድ ሰዓት ወይም እስከ ንጋት ይምጡ።

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Nov22

Baptism Sundayየጥምቀት እሑድ

11:30 AM · Sanctuaryመቅደስ

Eleven people being baptized. Classes for the next group begin in January.አሥራ አንድ ሰዎች ይጠመቃሉ።

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Nov26

Thanksgiving dinnerየምስጋና እራት

3:00 PM · Fellowship hallአዳራሽ

Turkey and doro wat on the same table. Newly arrived families are our guests of honor.ቱርክ እና ዶሮ ወጥ በአንድ ጠረጴዛ።

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Dec19

Youth winter retreatየወጣቶች የክረምት ጉባኤ

All weekend · Camp Letts, Edgewaterካምፕ

Grades 9 to 12. Registration closes November 30.ከ9ኛ እስከ 12ኛ ክፍል።

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Jan7

Genna: Ethiopian Christmas serviceየገና አምልኮ

6:00 PM · Sanctuaryመቅደስ

A bilingual Christmas service with the children's choir, then a feast in the hall.የሁለት ቋንቋ የገና አምልኮ፣ ከዚያም ግብዣ።

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In their wordsምስክርነት

Why people stay at Selamሰዎች ለምን በሰላም ይቆያሉ

Bereket A.
I landed at Dulles knowing nobody. By my second Thursday the fellowship had found me an apartment and a job lead.ማንንም ሳላውቅ መጣሁ። በሁለተኛው ሐሙስ ኅብረቱ ቤት አገኘልኝ።
Bereket A.Arrived from Adama, 2024ከአዳማ፣ 2024
Hanna G.
My kids answer me in English. At Saturday school they finally started writing to their grandmother in fidel.ልጆቼ ለአያታቸው በፊደል መጻፍ ጀመሩ።
Hanna G.Saturday school parentየቅዳሜ ትምህርት ቤት ወላጅ
Etenesh W.
I have prayed on Friday nights here for thirty years. The young people pray louder than we did.ለሠላሳ ዓመታት በዓርብ ምሽት ጸልያለሁ።
Etenesh W.Member since 1992ከ1992 ጀምሮ አባል

Find a living room near you this Thursdayበዚህ ሐሙስ በአቅራቢያዎ ያለ ቤት ያግኙ

Fourteen home fellowships meet across Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Tell us where you live and a leader will call you this week.በአቅራቢያዎ ያለ የቤት ኅብረት መሪ ይደውልልዎታል።

Join a home fellowshipየቤት ኅብረትን ይቀላቀሉ Or come on Sunday firstወይም መጀመሪያ እሑድ ይምጡ
Selam

An Ethiopian evangelical church in Wheaton–Silver Spring since 1989. Two languages, one family, and coffee after every service.ከ1989 ጀምሮ በሲልቨር ስፕሪንግ። ሁለት ቋንቋ፣ አንድ ቤተሰብ።

Pages

  • Homeዋና ገጽ
  • Sundaysእሑድ
  • Home fellowshipsየቤት ኅብረት
  • Saturday schoolየቅዳሜ ትምህርት
  • Prayerጸሎት
  • About usስለ እኛ
  • Giveስጦታ

Find usአድራሻችን

  • 2316 Blueridge Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902
  • (555) 014-8250
  • office@example.org
  • Sun 9:30 AM · English worshipእሑድ 9:30 · የእንግሊዝኛ አምልኮ
  • Sun 11:30 AM · Amharic worshipእሑድ 11:30 · የአማርኛ አምልኮ
  • Thu 7:30 PM · Home fellowshipsሐሙስ 7:30 · የቤት ኅብረት
  • Fri 7 PM · Prayer nightዓርብ 7:00 · የጸሎት ምሽት
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Design notes

Why Selam looks the way it does

A bilingual site for an Ethiopian evangelical congregation where the parents pray in Amharic and their children mostly answer in English. Every heading, button and service time appears in both languages, and the site is organized around how the church really lives: Sunday services, Thursday home fellowships, Friday prayer and Saturday school.

Built for
Ethiopian and Eritrean families in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, newly arrived Ethiopians looking for a church that sounds like home, and second-generation teenagers and spouses who worship in English.
Navigation
Classic top bar. Logo left, pages right, one action. Familiar to every visitor.
Pages
Home, Sundays, Home fellowships, Saturday school, Prayer, About us, Give
Hero
a drawn neighbourhood map as the opener, with numbered pins for each stop or campus and a list of names, addresses and times beside it; pointing at a list item lights up its pin. Built for mobile pantries, multi-site churches and bus routes. Variants: a = map on the left, headline and stop list on the right; b = headline across the top, a wide map, and the stops as columns beneath; c = a route: stops as a connected timeline beside a map with the path drawn between pins; An asymmetric mosaic of five photographs with the headline locked into one cell of the grid, so the first screen shows real people before it says anything. Variants: a = headline block top-left beside one large photo, three smaller below; b = a tall photo leads and the headline sits low on the right; c = a triptych, with the headline in the middle panel between stacked photos; A single verse or sentence set enormous as the opening statement, with its reference, a short supporting line and one action. Variants: a = the quote fills the width with a hanging quotation mark; b = the quote beside a tall photograph; c = the reference becomes the architecture, with the book name and a giant outlined chapter and verse in the left column

Typography

Alegreya was drawn for literature and carries the rhythm of a broad-nib pen, which is how Ethiopic has been written for centuries, so the two scripts look related rather than pasted together. Amharic text is set in Noto Sans Ethiopic, chosen for its clear fidel at small sizes on cheap phones. Alegreya Sans, from the same family, does the body copy.

Color

The brown is a fresh coffee roast, the smell of every Ethiopian Sunday afternoon. The yellow is the adey abeba, the daisy that covers the highlands at New Year in September. The background is the cool off-white of a cotton netela rather than cream. In dark mode the roast becomes the page and the daisy yellow becomes lamplight.

Layout and navigation

A classic top bar, because many in this congregation are older, browse on phones and expect menus where menus usually are. The language switch sits in the header, and choosing አማርኛ swaps every heading, button and time without reloading the page.

The hero

The home page opens with a mosaic of photographs of people worshipping, studying in living rooms and drawing in Sunday school, with the headline locked into one cell. For a diaspora church, seeing faces that look like your family is the first and most important answer.

Calls to action

The nav button is Join a home fellowship, not Give, because the Thursday living-room groups are where newcomers actually become part of this church. Other buttons are equally specific: Enroll your child for Saturday school, Send a prayer request, Give your tithe, each in both languages.

Photography

African worship, white garments, Bibles open on sofas and children at a lesson table. We avoided generic stock crowds; where a photo shows a room, it is a room the size of this church.

Accessibility

Body text is 18px. Amharic is marked with the correct lang attribute so screen readers switch voice, and each language has its own font stack. Every color pair passes WCAG AA in both themes, and the pill buttons have a visible focus ring.

Type system

  • DisplayAlegreyaA calligraphic serif with the movement of a broad pen, which sits comfortably beside hand-lettered Ethiopic.
  • TextAlegreya SansThe sans from the same family, warm and open, so English and Amharic paragraphs share one tone of voice.

Colour and contrast

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

Light theme

PairingSampleRatioWCAG
Body text on pageAa15.61:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa17.25:1AAA
Secondary textAa5.66:1AA
LinksAa9.94:1AAA
Button textAa10.98:1AAA
Accent label textAa7.53:1AAA
Text on dark bandsAa15.61:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa8.2:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa10.98:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa6.97:1AA

Dark theme

PairingSampleRatioWCAG
Body text on pageAa15.85:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa14.49:1AAA
Secondary textAa7.0:1AAA
LinksAa10.28:1AAA
Button textAa10.43:1AAA
Accent label textAa11.32:1AAA
Text on dark bandsAa16.7:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa8.33:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa10.43:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa6.01:1AA

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