Moved our church to Drupal

If you don't plan on having too much in the left or right column (right now there isn't) I would go to a two-column layout (with a right OR left column, and then a content area).

Also, I would make it fixed with only because when I look at it fully stretched out on my widescreen monitor I see a huge picture in the content area with not much text. You may also want to try making those photos smaller thumbnails and then the user can click on it for a bigger version.

I hope you don't take what I say negatively! You've done a lot of work I can tell!

One last thing, I personally don't like the color choices of "Duke" blue and burgundy? Those do not complement one another at all. Not trying to be an ass, but something like that could make a "seeker" not visit your church.

I can't recommend any prepackaged themes, I do all mine custom using http://drupal.org/project/ninesixty

Keep at it. I've been working on my church's website for over a year now and I still am not done! :\

Hi John,

I too am building out a new Drupal website with a team of folks - I'm the only "technical guy" so a lot is falling on my shoulders to get it started. I was excited and curious to see your new site but I confess my jaw dropped when I saw the theme. It's the exact one I'm currently playing with for our site - I installed it in our sandbox site yesterday! In our case, people liked something similar so I figured it would be a good starting point to build upon. This isn't our first attempt at a website though - it's the fourth! One thing different is that we've been blessed with "momentum" such that I've now got a team working with me on the site and who will maintain it going forward. Let's pray it's not a horse designed by a committee (a.k.a. a camel)!

I agree with Branjawn's comment regarding the two column versus three. Since I'm no expert, I would like to offer some suggestions where I've been getting information from. First is the Using Drupal book written by the Lullabot team (http://www.amazon.com/Using-Drupal-Angela-Byron/dp/0596515804/) as well as the Lullabot site. Also, the Geeks and God podcasts (http://geeksandgod.com/) have at least a dozen or more episodes devoted to Drupal. One of the podcast hosts also has videos on his other site called Mustard Seed Media (http://mustardseedmedia.com/).

We'll be going live next month and I'll share the link here as well.

Merry Christmas and God Bless!

I think the theme you have is fine. Fine enough :) If you wanted to make it a two column layout, I'm pretty sure all you would need to do is go to admin > blocks and move the MFBC Schedule block to the left column. The right column, with nothing in it, should disappear.
As for my church's new site, it will go "live" in about 2 weeks.
Here is the old church site (try not to vomit!) www.fellowshipofchrist.org
Here is the new site I am working on: www.foc4u.org

Feel free to click around, keep in mind I'm actively working on it though! Also, there is some content that is only available to authorized (logged in) persons.

Thanks for any critique.

Thanks again for the good tips on 960. I'm a developer rather than a themer so my inclin`ation is to reuse what I can find rather than start from scratch. I also "dread" that part of it which means I can always find code and such to tinker with instead of tackling the design work ;) Alas, I'll only be able to put it off until I get some free time over the holiday stretch then we'll have to wrap it up and something will be delivered. I'll look for the PSD overlay as well.