Church social media posts: 15 examples to copy for Facebook and Instagram
Fifteen church social media posts to copy for Facebook and Instagram, from a Sunday invitation to a schedule change, a weekly plan for what to post, and the rules for photos, children and worship songs.
On this page
A church’s social media posts do the most good when they tell people something they can act on: when the church meets, what is happening this week, and what to pray for. Copy any of the posts below and change the names, dates and times to your own.
A weekly plan
| Day | What to post |
|---|---|
| Monday | A verse or a line from Sunday’s sermon |
| Wednesday | This week’s events |
| Saturday | An invitation to Sunday, with the time and the address |
| Sunday afternoon | A photograph from the morning, with the consent of the people in it |
Write the week’s posts in one sitting and schedule them. Type the Saturday invitation below and see it on the schedule. Church Posting Social, a free scheduling app for church accounts, is taking a waitlist now.
Invitations
| For | Post |
|---|---|
| Saturday invitation | ”Join us tomorrow, Sunday, November 8, at 10:30 at Grace Baptist Church, 100 Main Street. Pastor Dan is preaching Philippians 2:5-11. There is a nursery for children under four.” |
| First-time visitors | ”Visiting Grace Baptist this Sunday? Park in the side lot, come in the front doors, and someone at the welcome table will show you around. The service lasts about 75 minutes.” |
| Christmas Eve | ”Our Christmas Eve service is Thursday, December 24, at 6:00, with carols and the reading of Luke 2. Everyone is welcome, and the service lasts an hour.” |
This is how the Saturday invitation reads in a feed. It carries the day, the time, the address, the passage and the one practical detail a family needs.
Join us tomorrow, Sunday, November 8, at 10:30 at Grace Baptist Church, 100 Main Street. Pastor Dan is preaching Philippians 2:5-11. There is a nursery for children under four.
Scripture and the sermon
| For | Post |
|---|---|
| A verse | ""This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24” |
| A line from the sermon | ”From Sunday’s sermon on Philippians 2: Christ “humbled Himself and became obedient to death.” Listen to the whole sermon on our website.” |
| A Monday verse | ""Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28” |
| Encouragement | ""Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!” Lamentations 3:22-23” |
This week
| For | Post |
|---|---|
| Midweek study | ”Bible study meets Wednesday, November 11, at 6:30 in the fellowship hall. We are reading Philippians chapter 3, and there is child care for children under five.” |
| Church dinner | ”Our fall church dinner is Sunday, November 15, after the morning service. Bring a side dish, and we will provide the meat.” |
| Work day | ”Church work day is Saturday, November 14, from 8:00 to noon. Bring gloves, and lunch is on us.” |
Serving and thanks
| For | Post |
|---|---|
| A need | ”Our nursery needs two more helpers for the first and third Sundays. Every helper completes a background check and serves with a second adult. Send us a message to sign up.” |
| Thanks | ”Thank you to everyone who raked, painted and cleaned at Saturday’s work day. The children’s hallway looks new.” |
Prayer and changes
| For | Post |
|---|---|
| Prayer | ”Join us in prayer for our town this week. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6” |
| A cancelled service | ”Because of ice on the roads, Sunday’s service on January 17 is cancelled. We will post the sermon here by noon, and we plan to meet as usual next week.” |
| A new service time | ”Starting Sunday, June 6, we meet at 10:00 for the summer. Sunday school begins at 9:00.” |
Rules for photos and children
- Ask before you post a photograph of anyone, and take it down when someone asks.
- Get a parent’s written consent before a child appears in a post, and never give a child’s last name or school.
- Keep prayer requests about a person’s health or family out of public posts unless that person asks you to share them.
- Describe each photograph in a sentence when the platform asks for alt text, the description that a screen reader speaks aloud for a person who cannot see the picture.
Worship songs in videos
A video of the congregation singing a song under copyright needs a license to post. CCLI, a company that licenses worship songs to churches, sells a Streaming License to “upload recordings of your worship services to your church website or social media channels,” and a Streaming Plus License “if you stream song recordings and multitracks,” which are recorded backing parts. Our guide to presentation and lyrics software explains which hymns are free to use.
The verses on this page are from the Berean Standard Bible. Its publisher dedicated the text to the public domain as of April 30, 2023, so you may post it freely.
For announcements written for Sunday, the bulletin and email, see our announcement examples.
Pages cited
- Church Copyright License, CCLI. Read October 13, 2026.
- Berean Bible: Terms and Conditions, Berean Bible. Read October 13, 2026.
More on communications
All communications articles
Church texting rules: consent, STOP replies and 10DLC registration
What a church does before it texts its people: get each person's consent, honor STOP, and register its number with the carriers through A2P 10DLC or toll-free verification, with Twilio's fees and review times.
Church newsletter: a template to copy, 20 ideas and what email services cost
A church newsletter template for a weekly email and a monthly printed letter, twenty ideas for what to put in it, and prices for four email services read on October 13, 2026.
Church announcements: 27 examples to copy, and how to write your own
Twenty-seven church announcements you can copy for Sunday, the bulletin, email or a text, a four-part formula for writing your own, and a table of where each kind of announcement belongs.
The weekly email
One email a week with the new articles, the new free tools and the new job postings.