Youth Sunday and youth night graphics: themes, flyers and posts students will share

Youth Sunday needs a title slide, lower thirds with the names of the students leading, a social post and a story the students can share. A weekly youth night needs one look that stays the same all semester, a story every week, and its own graphic for each big event. The graphics students actually share are the ones with their friends' names and photos on them, so leave room for both.

Youth Sunday

On Youth Sunday the students lead the service: the music, the readings, the prayers, sometimes the message. The graphics are there to introduce them and get their families to come.

• Title slide. On the screens as people arrive and in the announcements two weeks before.
• Lower thirds with names. One for every student who speaks or reads. Grandparents watching the livestream will screenshot them.
• Social post. The church's announcement, with the date and a line about what the students are doing.
• A story for the students to share. "I'm leading worship this Sunday" with their name. Make one per student and send it to them on Friday.
• Notes slide for the student giving the message, with their title and passage.
• A thank-you post on Monday with photos from the service.

Themes for Youth Sunday

• Own Your Faith. Students say in their own words what they believe.
• Next Generation. Psalm 145:4, one generation telling the next.
• Don't Let Anyone Look Down on You. 1 Timothy 4:12, the most-used verse for this Sunday, for good reason.
• Here I Am. Isaiah 6:8, for a service about calling.
• Students Lead. Plain, and it says what's happening.

Let the students pick. They'll share it more if it's theirs.

Youth night, every week

A weekly youth night does better with one steady look than a new design every week. Students start to recognize it in their feed.

• One title slide for the semester, on the screens as students walk in.
• A weekly story on the youth ministry account the day before: the time, what you're doing, one line about the topic.
• A sermon series slide for each series you teach, with a notes slide for each week.
• Lower thirds if you stream it or record clips for social media.

Events

Big nights get their own graphic: game night, a bonfire, pizza and pajamas, a retreat. Post it two weeks out, again three days out, and as a story on the day. Put the cost and the permission-slip deadline on the graphic, because parents are reading it too.

A flyer that works

Students still take flyers home, and parents still read them. Print the social post as a 4 x 5 inch card, or the story as a half sheet. On the back: the date, time, cost, what to bring and who to text with questions. Hand them out at youth night and leave a stack at the welcome table on Sunday.

Getting it done

Most of our youth templates come with a title slide, notes slide, social post, story and lower third, as ready-made images and layered Photoshop files. Change the names and dates and they're ready. Edit in Photoshop, in Photopea (free, in your browser) or in Remix Studio, our browser editor, where 700+ templates open ready to edit on the Standard and Pro plans. Studio runs in the browser, so a student volunteer can help without installing anything.

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