Accessibility Statement
Riverwood Church wants everyone to be able to use this website — whoever you are and however you browse. This page explains where we currently stand, what we know still needs work, and how to reach us if something gets in your way.
How this site is meant to work
We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA — the current version of the international standard for web accessibility.
In practice, that means the site should:
- Work entirely from a keyboard, without a mouse, with a clearly visible outline showing where you are on the page
- Offer a “Skip to main content” link so you can jump straight past the navigation
- Use real headings, landmarks and lists, so screen readers can navigate and summarise pages properly
- Describe every meaningful image, so that what the picture shows reaches you whether or not you can see it
- Reflow to a single readable column on a narrow screen, or when text is enlarged, without side-to-side scrolling
- Let you stop anything that moves on its own — the quotes on our home page have a pause button, and they never start moving if your device asks for reduced motion
- Give every button and link a target big enough to hit comfortably, including on a phone
- Label every form field with text that stays put while you type, and tell you clearly what went wrong if something needs fixing
- Tell you when a link will open in a new tab
Where we currently stand
This site is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA. “Partially conformant” means most of the site meets the standard, but some content does not yet.
We would rather tell you exactly what is outstanding than claim we are finished.
Known issues we are working on
- Not every sermon has a written version yet. Every sermon we publish from now on is accompanied by a written post covering the same content as the spoken message, reachable from the “Read this message” link directly beneath the audio player. That written version is not a word-for-word transcript. Most of the sermons already in our archive have one, but a number of the older recordings are still audio only. If you would like the content of one of those, ask us and we will get it to you.
Things outside our direct control
Some parts of the site are provided by third parties, and we cannot always change how they behave. These include our giving and event registration pages (Church Center), the sermon audio player, embedded maps, and the spam protection on our forms. If one of these blocks you, please tell us — we can usually give you the same information another way.
If something gets in your way
If you cannot access something on this site, or you run into a barrier we have not listed here, please tell us. We will help you get to the information directly, and we will use what you tell us to fix the underlying problem.
- Email: [email protected]
- Text or call: (319) 529-9924
- In person: 2704 5th Ave NW, Waverly, IA 50677
Please tell us the page you were on and what you were trying to do. We aim to respond within five working days. If you need something urgently — service times, directions, or how to get in touch with a pastor — say so and we will get it to you straight away in whatever format works best for you.
How we test
We check this site using a combination of automated tooling and manual testing, including keyboard-only navigation, browsing at 320 pixels wide, enlarging text, and increasing text spacing. Automated tools catch only a portion of accessibility problems, so manual checking matters and we keep doing it.
We have not yet commissioned an independent third-party audit, and we have not carried out formal testing with a range of assistive technology users. We are describing our own findings honestly rather than presenting a certification.
Technical information
Accessibility on this site depends on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Where JavaScript is unavailable, core content and navigation are still designed to work — for example, archive pages fall back to standard pagination links.