The background image can be removed or changed by navigating to:
Appearance > Customize > Front Page Background Images
To set up this widget area navigate to:
Appearance > Widgets > Front Page 1
( Keep in mind, if you imported the widget file, you should already have these widgets in place. )
Here is how we have this widget area set up:
Here is the text widget:
In this text widget, we are using a specially styled class to display the personal touch of the handwritten font. You can copy and paste the text below:
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Here is the Genesis Enews Widget: