How much do WordSites' site cost?

Free! This point of WordSites is to allow confessional Lutheran organizations to get access to a quality web presence when budgets are not available or not sufficient. The sponsor of WordSites and our volunteers make this possible.

Note: There are some longterm costs associated with any website's maintenance. Those aren't included. But the upfront costs, creation, and support are! Ask us questions if you want to discuss.

Your schedule seems very fast, how do you get a quality results?

Our schedule is fast, by design. Professionally, the founders of WordSites come from the startup/entrepreneurial community in our vocations. We are applying such "new ways" of doing work to this project to allow Lutheran organizations to get their web presence/sites. You may have heard of "agile" or "scrum" work methods; we use versions of those for much of this project.

Further, we have a team of awesome volunteers from around the United States who work work with us to allow us to get alot done in a short period. By the time we get to the "Work Weekend" day, we are ready to all put in a full day's work and more or less complete the project within a 24 hours period.

Is my Lutheran organization a good candidate for WordSites?

This depends first on what the organization is, believes, teaches, and confesses. WordSites was specifically created to support traditional confessional Lutheran organizations because that is what the founders and subsequent volunteers identify with and believe. We don't have a specific "statement of beliefs" beyond a firm commitment to Book of Concord. Generally speaking, most of those involved with WordSites are members of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, though not all.

Secondly, organizations interested in WordSites should be adaptable and ready to "try something new" with regards to their website and online presence. Professionally, the founders and many volunteers of WordSites come from the startup/entrepreneurial community in our vocations. We are applying such "new ways" of doing work to this project to allow Lutheran organizations to get their web presence/sites. You may have heard of "agile" or "scrum" work methods; we use versions of those for much of this project. Therefore, your organization, those applying, and point-of-contact should be open to and ready to try such ways of work. These "new ways" of applying our vocations allow us to do "free" sites and help Lutheran organizations!

Am I or my organization required to come to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the Work Weekend or other meetings?

No. You are not required to do so. We have had clients who have done it both ways. Some clients, who are near to our Work Weekend headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa have comes to join us for the weekend. But others have been too far away to do so and we then just did everything remote. We have many volunteers who are the same way, some local to us in Iowa and other who remote work to support this effort.

All of this said, we would like clients to consider joining us in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the Work Day if at all possible. This helps us get more done, faster, and at a higher quality. But again, it is not required. Further, all meeting before and after the Work Day are typically done remotely.

Who is the creator, sponsor & manager of WordSites?

WordSites was created by the team at McNary Marketing & Design in 2014 after we were contacted by a number of Lutheran organizations who wanted website help. Since the Founder of McNary Marketing, Joshua McNary, and some staff at the company are confessional Lutherans, they decided to start WordSites using their entrepreneurial and business knowledge to help such organizations.

In 2017, WordSites remains managed and sponsored by McNary Marketing, but also has dozens of independent volunteers involved. Further, we are always looking for other sponsorship partners, new volunteers, etc. Please feel free to contact us to discuss.