Keeping the Faith ? Advantages of Outdoor Digital Signage for Churches

Modern churches are continually looking for new ways to attract larger congregations and to ensure the local community are aware of coming events in the church calendar.

Traditionally, churches have relayed on static notice-boards, posters and even bill boards to get their message across but now, thanks to the growth of outdoor digital signage, this task has become easier.

Many churches, and for that matter, synagogues, temples and mosques, are installing outdoor digital signage outside their religious buildings to communicate with their congregation – as well as spreading the message of God.

Outdoor displays have great advantages over other mediums for this sort of task. An outdoor digital signage screen cab scheduled to relay content at specific times – so when the congregation is arriving for service, messages about future events can be relayed, yet, when there is no service the device can be used to spread religious messages or encourage other members of the local community to join.

Churches are not profitable organisations so any expenditure on an outdoor digital signage device needs to be kept to a minimum; while financial savings can be made with the use of outdoor screens by doing away with the need to get signs and advertisements printed and erected – further savings can be made in the selection of outdoor digital signage hardware.

Many outdoor digital signage systems are installed using waterproof or outdoor TVs, which seems an obvious choice, after-all no outdoor screen can survive without being protected from the weather, yet, outdoor screens are highly expensive and are often out of the budgetary range of most churches.

But there is a far cheaper and just as efficient method if implementing outdoor digital signage – ideal for churches, schools or other public locations.

LCD Enclosures

An LCD enclosure is, on the outset, a simple metal LCD cabinet; however, the beauty of the LCD enclosure is that it can house any type of flat panel LCD or plasma display and keep it completely protected from the weather.

Not only are LCD enclosures weatherproof but the interior of the enclosures contain temperature control modules such as cooling fans, heaters and even air conditioning (for extremely hot weather locations) to ensure that the LCD screen is continually operating in the perfect environment – despite what the ambient conditions are.

LCD enclosures are being implemented outside churches and other religious buildings up and down the country – enabling all the advantages of outdoor digital signage without the expense.

Richard N Williams is a technical author and a specialist in the digital signage industry helping to develop outdoor digital signage and protection for plasmas. Please visit us for more information about LCD Enclosures or other digital signage solutions.

Benefits For Churches Of Investing In A Quality Weekly Bulletin

Church bulletins are usually a very important element of a church’s worship and social experience. A regular bulletin helps to keep the members updated on future church events, lists people that are sick or have felt the loss of friends and family, announces joyful occasions like births or weddings, and lists the addition of new people in the congregation. By supplying a printed sequence of worship, a church bulletin also lets a congregation experience an organized and beneficial worship service.

Church bulletins come in standard size, 8.5 by 11 inches, and legal dimensions, 8.5 inches by 14 inches. A good number of church bulletin covers will be blank on the inside as well as the back cover to allow for each church to include its own info. The covers for church bulletins often feature full-color inspirational art or photography on high-quality paper stock. Bulletin covers can be found for pretty much every need imaginable, which include church seasons as well as secular holiday seasons.

Church bulletin covers celebrate Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost as well as other religious functions like Communion, Children’s Sunday and Revival Sundays. Some other special events can include Baptism, Infant Dedication, Confirmation, Graduation and Pastor Appreciation Sundays.

Secular holidays like Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day, as well as the Fourth of July are sometimes used in church bulletin cover artwork. These days, wedding brides and grooms are frequently deciding to employ a printed order of worship in their wedding ceremonies. Church bulletins meet the requirements with wedding-themed covers and inserts. When a special, themed bulletin cover is not required, basic bulletin covers can be purchased that deal with seasons or even outdoor scenes.

Many people consider a church bulletin a weekly newsletter for the congregation and also visitors. Individuals creating church bulletins should consider using a font that is readable, make prudent use of white space inside the bulletin design, and make use of relevant and appealing images. Bulletins which have too many inserts tend to be distracting to those who are too busy to read all of them, or who may be tempted to take a look at them all while in the church service.

Church bulletin announcements should be restricted to brief and to-the-point information. Individuals who want more information might then be directed to a website or a contact phone number. Church bulletins can be a good device for evaluating the congregation’s preferences or desires by polls, which may be compiled at the conclusion of a service.

The design of a church bulletin can help fix in a visitor’s mind the impression the church would like to express about its congregation and programs. A number of professionals recommend utilizing the church bulletin to state the church’s mission and vision, which will help it develop its voice inside the neighborhood. The bulletin is a good place to highlight a church’s primary beliefs and its vision for itself and the community it serves.

The church bulletin is frequently the one thing a visitor will keep from a church service. Through its church bulletin, a church can easily share their central values while inviting a visitor to come back the next week. It’s also a good way to help everyone recall an uplifting message.

Many people have a hard time finding religious materials since not all towns have a Christian Bookstore. Not to mention many christian bookstores don’t even carry more specialty items like church bulletins or specific Christian resources. Nevertheless, it is easy to find these types of things online at stores which cater to the needs of individuals and churches alike.

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