Church Digital Signage: Announcements, Events, Welcome

What Churches Display

Churches have a unique communication challenge. There’s a constant stream of announcements — service time changes, upcoming events, volunteer needs, mission trips, VBS registration, potluck details — and the bulletin only reaches people who are already in the pew. Digital signage puts those messages where people actually look: on screens in the lobby, fellowship hall, and hallways.

The best part is that screens work even when nobody is actively managing them. Set up your weekly rotation once, schedule seasonal content in advance, and the screens handle the rest. When something urgent comes up — a snow cancellation, a room change, a last-minute event — anyone with dashboard access can update every screen in the building from their phone in under a minute.

Where Screens Go

Most churches have 3–5 natural screen locations where people pause, wait, or gather. Each one serves a different communication purpose.

Managed by Volunteers, Not IT Staff

Most churches don’t have an IT department. They have a volunteer who’s good with computers and an office admin who handles the bulletin. CastHub is built for exactly this situation. The dashboard is drag-and-drop — no design software, no coding, no training manual. If someone can create a Facebook post, they can update a CastHub presentation.

You can create multiple user accounts so different ministry leaders manage their own screens. The youth pastor updates the youth room screen. The children’s director manages the kids’ check-in display. The office admin handles the lobby. Everyone stays in their lane, and nobody needs to funnel requests through a single bottleneck.

Updates happen from anywhere — a laptop at the church office, a phone at home, a tablet at a coffee shop. Change a service time at 10 PM on Saturday, and every screen in the building reflects it before anyone arrives Sunday morning.

Multi-Campus and Multi-Building

If your church has multiple campuses or multiple buildings on one property, CastHub lets you manage them all from a single dashboard. Group screens by campus or building, push campus-specific announcements (different service times, local events) alongside church-wide content (sermon series, giving campaigns, denomination-wide initiatives).

Each campus can have its own screen groups with tailored content, while church leadership maintains visibility across everything. A multi-site church with 5 screens per campus and 3 campuses is still just $100/month on the Enterprise plan — compared to $225/month or more with per-screen vendors.

What It Costs

Here’s what a typical 5-screen church deployment actually costs in the first year.

Works With What You Have

Many churches already have TVs in their lobbies and fellowship halls — often leftover from a previous video announcement system or just playing a loop of slides from a USB stick. If those TVs have an HDMI port, you can plug in a $99 Amazon Signage Stick and start running CastHub immediately. If they’re Samsung Tizen or LG webOS smart TVs, you don’t even need additional hardware.

CastHub runs on Amazon Signage Stick, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Windows, and any modern web browser. Use what’s already in the building and add dedicated devices only where you need new screens.

Frequently Asked Questions