Christmas Eve service times video for a congregation, from photos

A congregation or community group can announce Christmas Eve and Christmas Day service times with a 15-second vertical notice made from real photos of its own building. Christmas Day is Friday, December 25, 2026 (OPM, read 2026-10-03), so Christmas Eve is Thursday, December 24. Use the captions route with cues to burn the times exactly as you type them, animate one or two photos with a slow camera move, and keep the rest as held stills. No speech is needed, which also avoids a generated voice for something people take seriously.

OPM supplies the date only. Service times, addresses and any accessibility information are for your leaders to supply and check.

Three cards

Short is better. A notice that fits on three cards is a notice people read.

Motion and respect

Ask for slow camera movement only. Do not generate images of religious figures, scenes or text; use photographs of your own space. If a clip shows people, get their consent first, and be careful with children.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/video-captions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: christmas-eve-times" \
  -d '{
    "video_url": "https://example.com/clip.mp4",
    "style": "slam",
    "cues": [{"text": "Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec 24", "start": 0.3, "end": 3.0}]
  }'

Limits

Cues do not check the times you type, so have a second person read the finished clip against your printed bulletin. Sume does not post to social platforms or a church website; upload the MP4 yourself. The sample cue is a placeholder, so replace it with your own times.