📊 Site Analytics

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Add New Event

Quick Announcement

Use this to get an urgent message out to everyone visiting the site right now — closures, weather delays, schedule changes. It scrolls across the top of every page instantly, on every device, the moment you send it.

Post Announcement / Flyer

Vision & Mission

This shows on the Home and About pages, under "Our Purpose."

🎥 Hero Background Video

This is the video that plays behind the "Welcome to..." text at the very top of the homepage. Paste any of the following and save — it goes live for every visitor right away, no other setup needed:

• A YouTube link (or just the video ID)
• A direct video file link — e.g. from Cloudinary or Google Drive (must end in .mp4, .mov, .webm, etc., or be a Cloudinary video URL)

Ministry Photos & Videos

Add photos or YouTube videos to a specific ministry — like footage of Music Ministry singing on Sabbath. These show up when someone taps into that ministry's detail page.

Ministry Details (for the ministry selected above)

Ministry photos are managed on the Ministries tab (sidebar) — edit "Ministry Photo URL" there and click Save Ministries.

Ministry of the Month

Feature one ministry at the top of the Ministries page. Update this whenever you want to spotlight a different one.

Ministry Directory

Add Calendar Event

All events — including the built-in ones — live here now. Click Edit on any event below to change it, or add a new one.

Add Pastor to History

Prayer Requests — Pending Approval

Review and approve or delete each prayer request before it appears publicly on the Prayer Wall.

Approved — Live on Prayer Wall

Weekly eBulletin

Upload your bulletin to Google Drive, make it public, then paste the link below. Members click "Weekly eBulletin" on the homepage to read it.

Add Story, Podcast Episode, or Video

Record kids telling or reading a Bible story, upload the audio to Cloudinary (or anywhere that gives you a link), and paste it below — it'll show up as a playable podcast episode. You can mix audio episodes, videos, and image-only stories all in the same list.

Add Leader Portal Form

These appear in the Leader Portal (footer link → "Leader Portal") for deacons, elders & ministry leaders once they sign in with the portal password.

Site Logo

Replaces the logo everywhere it appears on the site — the small badge in the header and footer, and the full-size logo on the intro splash screen — the moment you save. No code changes needed. Upload a square image with a transparent background for the cleanest result (it's cropped into a circle in the header/footer).

Current logo shown here once one has been uploaded.

Church Photo Gallery

Add photos from church services, events, and community life.

📘 Got a photo from Facebook or Instagram? Save it to your phone or computer first (don't paste the Facebook/Instagram link directly — those expire and will break), then use Upload Photo below. If you'd still rather paste the regular post link, add it under Original Post Link so people can tap through to see it there too.

Curate Praise & Worship Videos

Add praise & worship videos. Supports YouTube, Instagram, and Google Drive links.

Every "Welcome to West Church" and "Serving Our Community" submission shows up right here, live — no need to check email first. (It's still also emailed to westphillysda@hotmail.com as a backup.)

Prayer Wall — Pending Approvals

Prayer requests submitted by members appear here for review before going public.