Hi Kelli,
If this is your first site, you're off to a great start. I spend most of my professional day dealing with first-time webmasters, and your definitely ahead of the curve.
As Tutelage said, your site structure (your navigation and content) is great and well organized. You kept the language human and you didn't break visitor expectations (as in, your titles match the page content).
Couple things I can offer you in the way of suggestions...
Home Page
Overall: You over-complicated it a bit.
1. You don't need so many borders around things. They clutter the content. Use one border (the rounded one, preferably) only when you want to separate a piece of content that is self-contained and can stand on it's own (e.g., NOT the second part of a paragraph started in a different box, as mentioned in point #2 below).
2. Your home page content is a little disjointed. You're expecting the reader to intuit that the headline, sub headline, main paragraph, the caption under the question mark graphic, and the sidebar text box are all one continuous train of thought, even though they are visually represented as entirely separate areas/entities. Just put the paragraphs under one another (like they'd appear in a book/article), break the paragraphs up with your headlines, and be done with it. It may not be as visually "active", but it's easier for the visitor to digest, which is the most important thing.
3. Those little tan arrows ---> If you were trying to use those to guide the reader's eye...to address what I mentioned in point #2, they're not prominent enough or close enough to elements they're guiding between...the relationship isn't apparent enough. Stick your two paragraphs under each other (as mentioned in #2), consider killing the question mark altogether, and then you won't need the arrows because the reader's eye will naturally scan downward.
In general
4. One question mark is sufficient in your headlines. Multiple question marks isn't a question, it's a statement. You want them to read it as a question.
5. When you put your mouse over the links at the bottom (Home, About, Bible Studies, etc) they change to a color that is too light; it looks like they disappear. Make them just turn lighter red or something.
Note: The technical term for the state links are in when the mouse is over them is "mouse-over" or "hover". As in, "when you mouse-over that link it changes color" or "Make that link turn red on hover".
Hope this helps! Let me know if you need any tips on *how* to do any of this!
