Terms of Service

Effective date: August 21, 2026

St. Francis by the Sea

These terms govern your use of the website operated by St. Francis by the Sea at stfrancisbythesea.org . They apply if you visit, create an account, book or buy, donate, comment, manage the site, or follow a link from Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, email, or search. The site is provided with the Digital Faith platform. By using the site you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy.

Who these terms apply to

• Visitors using public pages.
• People who use this site with an account, including email, Google, or Facebook sign-in where offered.
• People who book, buy, donate, subscribe, or send a message.
• People who work on the site and who publish to social networks from it.

The site

We publish pages, news, events, and related content for St. Francis by the Sea, Salter Path. What you can do on a given visit depends on how this site is set up (for example bookings, accounts, donations, or social sharing). Content you see on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn is also subject to that network’s terms.

Visitors

You may browse public pages without an account. Do not misuse the site (see Acceptable use). If you follow a link from social media, these terms apply as soon as you use this website.

Accounts

Some areas require an account. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide and for keeping your login details confidential, including access through Google or Facebook Login. Notify us at stfrancisbts@gmail.com if you believe your account has been misused. We may suspend or close accounts that violate these terms or that we reasonably believe are a risk to the site or other people.

Bookings, purchases, and donations

If you book, buy, or donate through this site, payment is processed by the provider configured here (such as Stripe or an external checkout). Confirmations, cancellations, and refunds follow that provider’s process and any additional policy St. Francis by the Sea publishes.

Your content

If you submit comments, profile information, or other material, you grant St. Francis by the Sea a non-exclusive license to host, display, and use that material as part of operating the site. You must have the right to submit it, and it must not be unlawful, infringing, or harmful. We may remove content that violates these terms.

Content we publish (articles, images, design, and similar material) remains owned by St. Francis by the Sea or its licensors. You may not copy or reuse it except as allowed by law or with our permission.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• break the law or infringe others’ rights;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, other accounts, or our systems;
• interfere with or disrupt the site;
• scrape, harvest, or use automated means to access the site except for ordinary search indexing;
• misrepresent your identity or affiliation;
• upload malware or content that is abusive, hateful, or sexually exploitative, especially involving minors.

Social media

Staff may connect Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn and share site articles to those services. Those posts are subject to the third party’s terms as well as these terms. Connecting an account does not make St. Francis by the Sea responsible for Meta’s or LinkedIn’s services.

If you interact with our Page, profile, or posts while you are on a social network, that network’s terms apply there. If you then visit this website, these terms apply here. Visitors are not required to log in with Facebook to read public pages.

Third-party services

The site may link to or embed third-party services (maps, video, analytics, social networks, payment, sign-in, booking). Those services have their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for their content or practices.

St. Francis by the Sea SMS Program Terms

Program name: St. Francis by the Sea Customer Communications.

Program description: After you expressly opt in, St. Francis by the Sea may send conversational SMS or MMS messages concerning an estimate you requested, responses to your service questions, project updates, scheduling, and appointment reminders.

Message frequency varies according to your request and project activity. Message and data rates may apply. Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchase.

To stop receiving messages, reply STOP to any message. You may receive one final confirmation that your opt-out has been processed, after which no further messages will be sent unless you provide new consent.

For assistance, reply HELP or contact St. Francis by the Sea at stfrancisbts@gmail.com.

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Our handling of personal and mobile information is described in our Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer

The site is provided “as is.” We do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components. To the fullest extent permitted by law, St. Francis by the Sea and the Digital Faith platform disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, St. Francis by the Sea and its operators, including the Digital Faith platform, are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the site.

Changes

We may change these terms or the site. The effective date at the top will be updated when the terms change. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to stfrancisbts@gmail.com or by mail to 920 Salter Path Road, Salter Path, North Carolina 28512 . To ask us to delete personal data, use the Data deletion instructions.