Invite Your Town to Christmas Eve: Outdoor Banners for Your Candlelight Service

Christmas Eve is the night your community is most likely to look for a church to visit. Families home for the holidays search for a candlelight service nearby, and neighbors notice what's posted along the road on their way to work. An outdoor Christmas banner out front tells all of them exactly when to come.

Here's how to plan an outdoor banner for your Christmas Eve candlelight service, what to put on it, and when to order so it's up in time.

What to Put on a Christmas Eve Banner

Keep the wording short enough to read from a passing car:

• The service name: "Christmas Eve Candlelight Service"
• The date and time: "December 24 • 6 PM," or list each service if you have more than one
• Your church name and, if there's room, your website
• A simple image: candles, a star, or a nativity scene reads well from a distance

Every one of our outdoor Christmas banners can be customized free of charge. Our design team will add your church logo and your candlelight service times and send you a proof the next business day.

Where to Hang It

• Along the street: a chain-link fence or a spot staked in the grass near the road is where drive-by traffic will see it.
• Face it toward traffic: hang it perpendicular to the road rather than parallel, so drivers coming from both directions can read it.
• Consider two: if your church sits on a corner or has two entrances, a banner on each side reaches both streets.

Pair It With Your Campus

Once guests turn in on Christmas Eve, a few more touches make the whole campus feel ready:

• Christmas light pole banners for the parking lot
• Indoor Christmas banners for the lobby and sanctuary

Sizes and Specs

• Sizes: 3ft x 6ft, 3ft x 8ft, 4ft x 8ft, 4ft x 10ft, 4ft x 12ft, 5ft x 10ft, 5ft x 12ft and 5ft x 15ft.
• Material: 13 oz matte vinyl with grommets every 2 ft all around.
• Sides: single sided or double sided.
• Free design: your logo, service times, colors and wording at no charge.
• Turnaround: 2 days from artwork approval, plus shipping. Ground shipping is 3–5 business days to the lower 48 states, and shipping is free on orders over $100.

When to Order

Christmas Eve is a Thursday this year. A banner does the most good when it's been up for two to three weeks, so plan to have yours hung by the first week of December. Working backward, that means ordering by mid- to late November to leave time for your proof, production and shipping.

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Need help with wording or sizing? Call us at (888) 453-0060 or email support@churchbanners.com.