One church, two languagesUna iglesia, dos idiomas
English
We are one Pentecostal family that worships in two languages under one roof on Red Bluff Road. Come as you are. There's lunch in the fellowship hall after the 11:30.
Main sanctuary, 2214 Red Bluff Rd
Español
Somos una familia pentecostal que adora en dos idiomas bajo un mismo techo en Red Bluff Road. Ven como estás. Después del culto de las 11:30 hay comida en el salón.
Santuario principal, 2214 Red Bluff Rd
Which service is for me?¿Qué culto es para mí?
Plenty of families come to both. Headsets for live interpretation are free at the welcome table by the side door.Muchas familias vienen a los dos. Los audífonos para interpretación en vivo son gratis en la mesa de bienvenida junto a la puerta lateral.
| GatheringReunión | WhenCuándo | Spoken inIdioma | InterpretationInterpretación |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday WorshipCulto dominical en inglés | Sundays 9:30 AMDomingos 9:30 AM | English | EspañolHeadsets, channel 2Audífonos, canal 2 |
| Spanish WorshipCulto dominical | Sundays 11:30 AMDomingos 11:30 AM | Español | EnglishHeadsets, channel 1Audífonos, canal 1 |
| Wednesday PrayerCulto de oración | Wednesdays 7:30 PMMiércoles 7:30 PM | EnglishEspañol | Not neededNo hace falta |
| Fuego YouthJóvenes Fuego | Fridays 7:30 PMViernes 7:30 PM | English | Not neededNo hace falta |
TestimoniesTestimonios
I came the first time because my mother made me. I came back because Brother Joel remembered my name and asked about my job interview.Vine la primera vez porque mi mamá me obligó. Regresé porque el hermano Joel se acordó de mi nombre y me preguntó por mi entrevista.
After the plant closed I had nothing to bring. They prayed over me at the altar and the next week a brother from church got me on at his shop.Cuando cerró la planta no tenía nada que traer. Oraron por mí en el altar y a la semana un hermano de la iglesia me consiguió trabajo en su taller.
My grandchildren pray in English and I pray in Spanish. Here we pray at the same altar.Mis nietos oran en inglés y yo oro en español. Aquí oramos en el mismo altar.
I drove past this building for six years. The first Wednesday I finally came in, they were still praying at ten o'clock.Pasé frente a este edificio seis años. El primer miércoles que entré, a las diez de la noche todavía estaban orando.
My son came home from prison on a Thursday. By Sunday he was in the third pew, and nobody looked at him funny.Mi hijo salió de la cárcel un jueves. El domingo ya estaba en la tercera banca, y nadie lo miró raro.
I'm the one in my family who never learned Spanish well. Nobody here has ever made me feel like that's a problem.Soy el de mi familia que nunca aprendió bien el español. Aquí nadie me ha hecho sentir que eso sea un problema.
PhotographsFotos
Taken by the media team and by whoever had a phone out. Everyone pictured said yes first.Tomadas por el equipo de medios y por quien tuviera el celular a la mano. Todos dijeron que sí antes.
Want a photo taken down, or a copy for your abuela? Text the office.¿Quieres que quitemos una foto o una copia para tu abuela? Escribe a la oficina.
During the weekDurante la semana
Ages 13 to 19. Worship, a talk in English, pizza and a lot of noise in the fellowship hall.De 13 a 19 años. Alabanza, una plática en inglés, pizza y mucho ruido en el salón.
Get connectedBetween the two services. Classes for every age, from cradle roll to the abuelitos' class in Room 1.Entre los dos cultos. Clases para todas las edades, desde la cuna hasta la clase de los abuelitos en el Salón 1.
Get connectedBreakfast, a Bible study in Spanish and a sewing table that makes quilts for every new baby in the church.Desayuno, estudio bíblico en español y una mesa de costura que hace colchas para cada bebé nuevo de la iglesia.
Get connectedRehearsal for both services. Bring your guitar, your voice or your congas. We'll find a spot.Ensayo para los dos cultos. Trae tu guitarra, tu voz o tus congas. Te hacemos lugar.
Get connectedMigas, coffee and a short devotional at the long tables, then whoever has a truck helps someone move.Migas, café y un devocional corto en las mesas largas; luego el que tenga troca ayuda a alguien con su mudanza.
Get connectedComing upPróximamente
Oct17
6:30 AM · Sylvan Beach Park
Coffee, chorizo and egg tacos, then the pier. Bring your own pole.Café, tacos de chorizo con huevo y luego el muelle. Trae tu caña.
Oct25
11:30 AM · Main sanctuarySantuario
Eleven candidates so far. Talk to Pastor Rubén by October 19 if you want to be baptized.Once candidatos hasta ahora. Habla con el pastor Rubén antes del 19 de octubre si quieres bautizarte.
Oct31
6:00 PM · Back lotEstacionamiento
Trunk-or-treat, a bounce house and Hermana Chela's tamales. Free for the whole street.Dulces desde las cajuelas, brincolín y los tamales de la hermana Chela. Gratis para toda la cuadra.
Nov13
7:30 PM · Main sanctuarySantuario
Three nights, Friday to Sunday, preached in Spanish with live English interpretation.Tres noches, de viernes a domingo, en español con interpretación al inglés.
Nothing in that category this month.
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Design notes
Vida Nueva is a bilingual Pentecostal church where grandparents worship in Spanish and their grandchildren often pray in English. The site greets both at once, leads with testimonies instead of a mission statement, and puts prayer, not giving, in the header.
Gabarito in ExtraBold has the round, confident shapes of the hand-painted lettering on church vans and taquería windows along Red Bluff, without tipping into novelty. Onest sets the body at 18px: it is open and warm, its accents sit high and clear, and it stays readable on a phone with the brightness down in a dark sanctuary. Both faces carry ñ, ¿ and ¡ cleanly at every size.
The red is the color of Pentecost, the tongues of fire in Acts 2 and the altar cloth that goes up every May. The blue is the awning over the side door, the landmark everybody mentions when they tell a cousin how to find the church. Neutrals lean warm rose so the pages feel like the fellowship hall, and the dark theme sits on a deep wine instead of black.
A two-tier header keeps both service times, the address and the language switch on every page, because those are the three things people text each other. The bar below holds six pages and one action. The home page then runs in the order a newcomer asks: which service is in my language, is anyone like me here, what does it look like, and where is it.
The opening screen says the same welcome twice, side by side, each with its own congregation's service time. The Spanish is written as Spanish, in the voice Pastor Rubén uses from the pulpit, so it doesn't read like a translation of the English. A grandmother and her grandson can look at the same phone and both find their hour.
The header button is 'Ask for prayer' because that is the first thing most people who find a Pentecostal church online are looking for, often late at night. 'Come this Sunday' and 'Register your kids' follow, and giving sits on its own page instead of in the header.
Photos come from Spanish-speaking congregations at worship, at the altar on revival nights and around the food table: raised hands, open Bibles, tamales in foil pans. Crowd shots stay at rooms of a hundred or so, which matches a real Sunday here. The testimony wall has no photos at all on purpose, so the words carry it.
Every heading and button switches language together, and the page's lang attribute changes with it so screen readers pronounce Spanish correctly. Body text is 18px with contrast above 7:1, and the prayer form never requires a name or an email.
Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.63:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 17.45:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.79:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 6.44:1 | AA |
| Button text | Aa | 7.19:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 6.92:1 | AA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 15.63:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.1:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 7.19:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 4.63:1 | AA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
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| Body text on page | Aa | 15.96:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 14.66:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 6.96:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 8.45:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 8.51:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 9.51:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 16.77:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.34:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 8.51:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.36:1 | AA |
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