Homecoming Sunday — Church Resources
City First LA · Church Resources

Homecoming
Sunday

Sunday, September 20, 2026 One day · Many houses · One number
Homecoming Sunday

Everything your church needs is on this page. You should not have to design, write, or build a single thing.

Download what you need, when you need it. Nothing here expires and nothing costs anything.

Start here: announce it Sunday, September 6

Open the announcement language below, read the first section out loud once, and preach it Sunday. About seventy-five seconds. The ask is simple — every member brings three people on September 20.

Read this first

3 pages · PDF

The Overview & Calendar

What Homecoming Sunday is, the three things we're asking of your church, and every date from now through the 21st.

Download

For your platform and your bulletin

Word · editable

Pulpit Announcements & Promo Language

The September 6 announcement, the reminder for the 13th, the welcome for the 20th, plus bulletin copy, text blasts, subject lines and a social caption.

Download
Word · editable

The Come-Home Letter

Three versions — a full letter for your letterhead, a short email, and a text — for the people who are not in your room anymore.

Download

Print and post

Print-ready

Flyer & Invite Cards

Print as many as you need. Hand the cards to your members for the three people they're bringing.

Download
Instagram · Facebook · Stories

Social Graphics

Sized for every platform. Caption language is in the announcement document.

Download

Make it yours

PDF · type and print

Fill-In Flyer

Open it, type your church name, service time, address and website, and print. Only those four fields can be changed — nothing else moves.

Download
Canva · opens as your own copy

Editable Canva Template

For churches who want to change more than the details. You get your own copy — the original stays untouched.

Open in Canva
1 page · PDF

Designing Your Own

Building a flyer from scratch? Colors, type, what every version must carry, and what not to change.

Download

The two Sundays

1 page · PDF · September 13

The Night of Prayer

6:00–6:45 PM, in person. How the night runs, what to bring, and the four movements of prayer. Location confirmed the week of September 7.

Download
2 pages · PDF · September 20

The Day-Of Guide

How to run Homecoming Sunday in your own house — greeter briefing, welcome language, the altar moment, and how to count.

Download

Report your numbers

The night of September 20 — attendance and altar response. Takes about a minute, and every church's numbers roll into one combined total.

Open the form

Your calendar

Wed, Sept 2
Assets land in your inbox — nothing for you to design
Sun, Sept 6
Announce Homecoming Sunday from your pulpit; give every member the three-person challenge
Week of Sept 7
Run one simple outreach into your neighborhood
Sun, Sept 13 · AM
Second push — every member writes down their three names
Sun, Sept 13 · PM
Night of Prayer, 6:00–6:45 PM, in person
Week of Sept 14
Confirm invitations and prepare the house
Sun, Sept 20
Homecoming Sunday — open the doors
Sun, Sept 20 · PM
Send your two numbers
Mon, Sept 21
The combined total goes out
Questions — [email protected] · (310) 409-5177 City First LA · Homecoming Sunday 2026