Sermon series graphics that look like one series.

Sermon series graphics that look like one series on a post, a slide, a thumbnail and a story, with tools to pick fonts and check a thumbnail on a phone.

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One fictional sermon series, The Open Door, shown as a 16:9 slide, a thumbnail, a square post and a tall Story. Each has the same sunset sky, the same gold label and the same large white words Keep asking.

What are sermon series graphics?

Sermon series graphics are the set of images that carry one series name across the screen, social media and YouTube. A series looks like a series when one title treatment, two fonts and a short color list repeat in every size.

  • Most series need four formats: a 1080 × 1080 Square post, a 1920 × 1080 slide, a 3840 × 2160 thumbnail (16:9, minimum 640 px wide) and a 1080 × 1920 Story.
  • Reuse the series title, the same two fonts and one or two colors in every format. That is our own rule of thumb, not a standard.
  • Sermon to Social drafts a week of social graphics from a public YouTube sermon, and Design edits them with your Brand Kit.
  • Design is free with any account, with no card needed.

One series, five slides.

Five slides from a fictional sermon series, The Open Door, drawn for this guide. The sky, the gold and the type stay the same on every slide.

  • The Open Door

    Week 2 · Luke 11:5–13

    Series title slideThe series name and the passage. It is the slide on the screen as people arrive.

  • Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

    Luke 11:9 (WEB)

    Scripture slideThe same sky behind the verse, so the series reads as one set.

  • Week 2

    Keep asking, because you are talking to a Father.

    Point slideOne idea in the series voice, with the week’s line in gold.

  • The verb Jesus chooses is a continuing one.

    Quote slideThe line people will repeat on the way out, set large in the same type.

  • Luke 11:5–13

    The Open Door · Week 2

    Livestream lower thirdThe series line in a strip on the stream, so online viewers see the same look.

Try the look before you commit.

Pick the two fonts for your series, then see the thumbnail at the size a phone feed shows it.

Font pairing previewer

Compare headline and body font pairings on a sample church post.

Social post

Sermon slides

Print flyer or bulletin

Scripture text

Series title art

Your church name

Walk in the light

Join us this Sunday at 10:00 for worship, coffee and a message for the whole family.

Sunday 10:00

Sample post, slide and flyer for a fictional church

Pairing 1: Poppins Bold with Inter

Why it works: Poppins is round and friendly, with generous shapes that hold up when a phone shrinks the image. Inter is built for screens and stays clear at small sizes.

Where to avoid it: Avoid it when your brand is traditional or liturgical, where the geometric shapes may feel too casual.

SIL Open Font License — free for church use

Previews one of 12 Google Fonts pairings on a sample Instagram post, sermon slide or printed flyer, with your own heading and body text. It shows why the pairing works, where to avoid it and the licence (SIL Open Font License, free for church use). The default is pairing 1, Poppins Bold with Inter, on an Instagram post reading Walk in the light. Sample wording is invented.

Thumbnail phone preview

See how a thumbnail looks at the size a phone feed shows it.

Rooted · Part 3

Hold fast

42:18
11% of width

Verdict at phone size

Readable at phone size

Strong contrast and a title big enough for a 120 px wide thumbnail.

Contrast (estimate)

11.0:1

Word count

2 words

A little short. 3 to 5 words usually works best. Estimated contrast between your text colour and the average brightness of the background behind the title. At 120 px wide the title is about 13 px tall.

28:04

Finding Peace in a Loud Week

Sample church · 2 days ago

Rooted · Part 3

Hold fast

42:18

Hold fast

Your church · 2 days ago

51:40

The Table Is Ready | Easter Sunday

Sample church · 5 days ago

Search results, thumbnail 120 px wide
51:40

The Table Is Ready | Easter Sunday

Sample church · 5 days ago

Rooted · Part 3

Hold fast

42:18

Hold fast

Your church · 2 days ago

36:12

Wait Well: Advent Week 1

Sample church · 1 week ago

Up next, thumbnail 168 px wide

A rule of thumb. Contrast uses the WCAG formula, with 4.5:1 as the target and 3:1 as the floor, and is estimated from one average over the area behind the title, so a busy background can read worse than the number. Titles under about 9 px tall at 120 px wide are flagged. Channel names, videos and the feed are fictional.

Previews a fictional sermon thumbnail at full size and at the 120 px and 168 px widths a phone feed uses, beside made-up neighbouring videos. It counts the title words against the 3 to 5 word guide and estimates the WCAG contrast ratio between the text colour and the average brightness of the background behind the title, with 4.5:1 as the target and 3:1 as the floor. It is a rule of thumb from one average, not a measurement of every pixel. The default title, Hold fast, is 2 words in white on purple smoke at 11% of the width: an estimated 11.0:1 contrast, readable at phone size.

The same series in every format.

Choose a format to see the series in it, drawn to scale. Every one carries the same title, gold label and type.

A square series post over a sunset sky with the label The Open Door, Week 2, the large words Keep asking, the passage Luke 11:5–13 and Sunday 10 AM.

Feed post: Square post

1080 × 1080

Put the series name or the week’s line first. Square works in any feed, and Design can copy a finished post into Portrait or Story.

One fictional sermon series in four formats: a Square post, a 16:9 slide, a 16:9 thumbnail and a Story.

How to give a series its own look.

  1. Set the title treatment once

    Decide how the series name looks: its words, case, size and where it sits. Use it unchanged on the post, slide, thumbnail and Story.

  2. Pick two fonts and one or two colors

    One font for the big words and one for the small. One color for the label or reference that repeats. Put them in your Brand Kit so every design starts with them.

  3. Change only the week’s line

    Each week swaps the line, the passage and the number. The sky, the label and the type stay put, so the series reads as one thing.

Make the set from your sermon.

Sermon to Social drafts a week of social graphics from a public YouTube sermon, and Design is where you edit them with your church’s logo, colors and fonts, then download. Design is free with any account.

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The Design editor with an Easter Sunday design open: a tool rail on the left with Design, Elements, Text, Photos, Uploads, Apps and Page, and a page with a photo of a cross on a hilltop at sunrise and the heading Alive forever.

Frequently asked questions

One series, one look.

Set the look once, then make each week’s post, slide, thumbnail and Story from it.

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