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Selam
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
1Wheatonዊተን2Silver Spring downtownሲልቨር ስፕሪንግ3Takoma Parkታኮማ ፓርክ4Hyattsvilleሃያትስቪል5Rockvilleሮክቪል6GaithersburgጌተርስበርግN½ miMontgomery and Prince George's counties

Home fellowships · Thursdays 7:30 PMየቤት ኅብረት · ሐሙስ 7:30

Thursday night, in a living room near you.ሐሙስ ምሽት፣ በአቅራቢያዎ ባለ ቤት።

Fourteen groups of eight to fifteen people. Here are six with room for newcomers this autumn; the leaders will give you the address when you call.አዲስ ሰዎችን የሚቀበሉ ስድስት ቡድኖች።

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    Wheatonዊተን

    Thu 7:30 PM · Amharicሐሙስ 7:30 · አማርኛ

    Near Wheaton Metro · Biniam and Meskeremቢኒያም እና መስከረም

    Directions to Wheaton
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    Silver Spring downtownሲልቨር ስፕሪንግ

    Thu 7:30 PM · Both languagesሐሙስ 7:30 · ሁለቱም

    Off Fenton Street · Fikru and Rahelፍቅሩ እና ራሔል

    Directions to Silver Spring downtown
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    Takoma Parkታኮማ ፓርክ

    Thu 7:30 PM · Englishሐሙስ 7:30 · እንግሊዝኛ

    Near Carroll Avenue · Henok and Liyaሄኖክ እና ሊያ

    Directions to Takoma Park
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    Hyattsvilleሃያትስቪል

    Thu 7:30 PM · Amharicሐሙስ 7:30 · አማርኛ

    Near Prince George's Plaza · Abel and Selamawitአቤል እና ሰላማዊት

    Directions to Hyattsville
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    Rockvilleሮክቪል

    Thu 7:30 PM · Amharicሐሙስ 7:30 · አማርኛ

    Near Twinbrook Metro · Tsegaye and Meronፀጋዬ እና ሜሮን

    Directions to Rockville
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    Gaithersburgጌተርስበርግ

    Thu 7:30 PM · Both languagesሐሙስ 7:30 · ሁለቱም

    Off Quince Orchard Road · Daniel and Hiwotዳንኤል እና ሕይወት

    Directions to Gaithersburg
Ask to join a groupለመቀላቀል ይጠይቁ
Woman grinding coffee with a mortar and pestle in Addis Ababa
Meskerem roasts the coffee herself. The smell reaches the parking lot.መስከረም ቡናውን ራሷ ትቆላለች።

A Thursday eveningየሐሙስ ምሽት

Coffee first, then the Bible, then whatever anyone needsመጀመሪያ ቡና፣ ከዚያ መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ

Most groups start with buna and whatever the host has cooked. After half an hour someone reads the week's passage aloud, usually in Amharic and then in English, and the group talks it through.በቡና ይጀምራል፣ ከዚያም ንባብ እና ውይይት።

The last half hour is for prayer. This is where people mention the visa interview, the sick mother in Bahir Dar, the job that hasn't called back. Groups often know before the pastors do, which is how it should be.የመጨረሻው ግማሽ ሰዓት ለጸሎት ነው።

  • Eight to fifteen people per groupከ8 እስከ 15 ሰዎች
  • Children welcome; most groups have a babysitter in another roomልጆች እንኳን ደህና መጡ
  • Same passage as Sunday's sermon, with questions sent by emailየእሑዱ ስብከት ክፍል
  • Groups pause for Genna and Fasika, then start againበገና እና በፋሲካ ይቋረጣል
Ask to join a groupለመቀላቀል ይጠይቁ

Joiningመቀላቀል

How to find your groupቡድንዎን እንዴት ያገኛሉ

Most people are in a living room within ten days of asking.ብዙ ሰዎች በአሥር ቀን ውስጥ ይቀላቀላሉ።

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    Step 1: Tell us your areaአካባቢዎን ይንገሩን

    Use the form below or tell an usher on Sunday. Mention the language you prefer.ቅጹን ይሙሉ ወይም እሑድ ይንገሩን።

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    Step 2: A leader calls youመሪ ይደውልልዎታል

    Usually the same week. They'll give you the address and ask if you need a ride.በዚያው ሳምንት ገደማ።

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    Step 3: Come onceአንድ ጊዜ ይምጡ

    No commitment. Bring nothing, or bring bread if you insist.ምንም ግዴታ የለም።

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    Step 4: Stay if it fitsከተስማማዎት ይቆዩ

    If it doesn't, we'll suggest another group. Nobody is offended.ካልተስማማ ሌላ ቡድን እንጠቁማለን።

Biniam T.

From a group leaderከቡድን መሪ

When we arrived in 2009, a family in Rockville fed us every Thursday for a year. Now we keep the door open for whoever arrived this year.በ2009 ስንመጣ አንድ ቤተሰብ ለአንድ ዓመት ተቀበለን። አሁን እኛ በራችንን እንከፍታለን።
Biniam T.Wheaton group, with his wife Meskeremየዊተን ቡድን መሪ

Join a groupቡድን ይቀላቀሉ

Tell us where you liveየት እንደሚኖሩ ይንገሩን

Getachew Wolde coordinates the home fellowships and will pass your details to one leader only.ጌታቸው ወልዴ ለአንድ መሪ ብቻ ያስተላልፋል።

  • Address2316 Blueridge Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902
  • Phone(555) 014-8250
  • Emailoffice@example.org
  • OfficeOffice Tue–Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM

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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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