
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።
Selam Ethiopian Evangelical Church · Silver Springሰላም የኢትዮጵያ ወንጌላውያን ቤተ ክርስቲያን
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።





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?
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።
| Gatheringስብሰባ | Whenመቼ | Spoken inቋንቋ | Interpretationትርጉም |
|---|---|---|---|
| English worshipየእንግሊዝኛ አምልኮ | Sundays 9:30 AMእሑድ 9:30 | English | Not neededአያስፈልግም |
| Amharic worshipየአማርኛ አምልኮ | Sundays 11:30 AMእሑድ 11:30 | አማርኛ | EnglishHeadsets, channel 1የጆሮ ማዳመጫ፣ ቻናል 1 |
| Bible studyየመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ጥናት | Wednesdays 7:30 PMረቡዕ 7:30 | አማርኛEnglish | Not neededአያስፈልግም |
| Home fellowshipsየቤት ኅብረት | Thursdays 7:30 PMሐሙስ 7:30 | አማርኛEnglish | Not neededአያስፈልግም |
| Friday prayer nightየዓርብ የጸሎት ምሽት | Fridays 7:00 PMዓርብ 7:00 | አማርኛ | EnglishA whisper interpreter sits at the backአስተርጓሚ ከኋላ ይቀመጣል |
| Selam Youthየሰላም ወጣቶች | Saturdays 5:00 PMቅዳሜ 5:00 | English | Not neededአያስፈልግም |

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

Thursdays · 7:30 PMሐሙስ · 7:30
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።

Saturdays · 10 AMቅዳሜ · 10:00
Reading and writing fidel, Bible stories in Amharic and enough grammar to call grandma.ፊደል፣ የመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ታሪኮች በአማርኛ።

Fridays · 7 PMዓርብ · 7:00
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።

Saturdays · 5 PMቅዳሜ · 5:00
High school and college students, in English, with pizza and honest questions.የሁለተኛ ደረጃ እና የኮሌጅ ተማሪዎች፣ በእንግሊዝኛ።

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!
Coming upየሚመጡ ዝግጅቶች
Oct17
9:00 AM · Fellowship hallአዳራሽ
Genfo, coffee and prayer, led by Almaz Desta. Bring a friend.ገንፎ፣ ቡና እና ጸሎት።
Nov6
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።
Nov22
11:30 AM · Sanctuaryመቅደስ
Eleven people being baptized. Classes for the next group begin in January.አሥራ አንድ ሰዎች ይጠመቃሉ።
Nov26
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።
Dec19
All weekend · Camp Letts, Edgewaterካምፕ
Grades 9 to 12. Registration closes November 30.ከ9ኛ እስከ 12ኛ ክፍል።
Jan7
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።
Nothing in that category this month.
In their wordsምስክርነት

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።

My kids answer me in English. At Saturday school they finally started writing to their grandmother in fidel.ልጆቼ ለአያታቸው በፊደል መጻፍ ጀመሩ።

I have prayed on Friday nights here for thirty years. The young people pray louder than we did.ለሠላሳ ዓመታት በዓርብ ምሽት ጸልያለሁ።
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።
Design notes
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.61:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 17.25:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.66:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 9.94:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 10.98:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 7.53:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 15.61:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.2:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 10.98:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 6.97:1 | AA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.85:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 14.49:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 7.0:1 | AAA |
| Links | Aa | 10.28:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 10.43:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 11.32:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 16.7:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.33:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 10.43:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 6.01:1 | AA |
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