Where to Find It: Sermon Graphics

If you are at a church with a full staff of graphic designers and videographers, this post probably won’t apply to you. But for the majority of churches, when you want to have great looking graphics for your bulletins, video screens, and website, you turn to the internet for help.

I like preaching in sermon series. It builds continuity from week to week and allows me to teach the Bible as a story. But it also saves time because I don’t have to create new graphics each week. When I’m planning sermon series, I first pick a book of the Bible or a topic and start my preparation. After study and research, I start listing possible series names. I then start looking for graphics that will reinforce what I’m teaching. At times, I can’t find anything and I decide to create the graphics myself, but many times, I find great graphics that are readily available for download and use. My only caution for you is that you should start with what God is teaching you, then find a graphic that works. If you reverse the order you will struggle with connecting the sermon to the topic.

It can be hard to find what you’re looking for, so I wanted to share a few great places to look. Check these links out for sermon graphics. Some even have photoshop files, powerpoint backgrounds, video openers, countdowns, and video loops included.

Free Sermon Graphics

• Open from LifeChurch.tv 
• Elevation Church Resources
• Stuff I Can Use – from Southeast Christian Church
• Resources from Newspring
• Vintage Church Resources
• Seeds from Church on the Move
• Creation Swap
• Muddy River Media
• Open Resources
• The Church Box
• Inspiks

For Purchase

• Graceway Media
• Sermoncentral Pro
• Outreach Church Campaigns
• SermonView
• Midnight Oil Productions
• Church Leader Insights – click on sermon series
• Creative Pastors
• Saddleback Resources
  
• Church-wide Journeys by Zondervan

Sermon Series based on Books or Ideas

• r12 – Chip Ingram study on Romans 12
• Not a Fan by Kyle Idleman
• One Month to Live by Kerry and Chris Shook
• 40 Days in the Word
• The Elephant in the Church by Mark Batterson
• Chase the Lion by Mark Batterson
• Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson

What else would you add to the list?