A free tool for churches
One QR code. A church full of invitations.
Build a QR code for your Christmas Eve services. When someone scans it, their phone opens a message already written — a warm invitation and a link to your Christmas page, ready to send to someone they love.
No account. No cost. Nothing for your congregation to download.
How it works
Three fields and a message in your own voice.
No design software, no login, and no new app for anyone to install. You need the link to the Christmas page you've already built — Candlelight handles the rest.
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Add your church
Your church name, the address of your Christmas page, and your service times. That's the whole form — about forty seconds.
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Read the invite
We start you with a warm, plain-spoken message. Rewrite it however your church actually talks. You can see the exact words before anyone sends them.
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Put the code on the screen
Download a slide-ready graphic and the QR on its own. Show it on Sunday, and let your congregation do the inviting.
From the pew to their phone
They scan. They choose. They send.
The invitation takes three taps, and it arrives from someone they actually know — which is the whole reason it gets opened.
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The camera comes up
An iPhone or Android camera pointed at your slide. No app, no download, no account for them.
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Your invite page opens
Your church's name, your service times, and the exact message they're about to send.
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Messages opens, written
One tap and their texting app is open with your invitation typed out. They choose who it goes to and hit send.
Ready for Sunday
A slide, a square, and the code by itself.
Every card comes with the files your media team already knows what to do with, plus a line for whoever's holding the mic.
- A 16:9 slide graphic with your church name, times, and the code
- A square version for social posts, bulletins, and door hangers
- The QR alone as a high-resolution PNG, plus SVG for your print shop
- A thirty-second announcement script to read from the stage
Slide graphic
1920 × 1080 PNG · 16:9
Square post
1080 × 1080 PNG · 1:1
Questions
Good to know
The short answers, so you can decide before you make one.
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no card, no trial that expires in December. Candlelight is a free tool for churches, and you can make as many cards as you have services.
Does my congregation need an app?
No. iPhone and Android cameras both read the code straight from the camera app. It opens a web page, then their messaging app — the ones already on the phone.
What exactly happens when someone scans it?
They get a short page with your church's name, your service times, and the invitation you wrote. One button opens their texting app with that message and your link already typed in. They pick the person and press send.
Will it work from a projector?
Yes, if the code is big. The slide graphic puts the QR on a white plate with a wide quiet zone, and the code is generated with high error correction. Keep it at roughly a third of the screen height and give people a few seconds to focus.
Can I fix a typo after the slide is made?
Yes — on the same device and browser you made it in. Your QR code and short link stay exactly the same, so anything already printed or projected keeps working. Make your edits a few days before Christmas, not during the service.
What if someone's phone blocks texting?
Every invite page also has a copy button. They can paste the message into Messages, WhatsApp, email, or anywhere else it needs to go.
What do you store?
The church name, your Christmas page link, your invitation text, and a count of how many times the link was opened. Nothing about the people who scan it — no names, no phone numbers, no contacts.
Christmas is coming
Your Christmas Eve invitation, ready in two minutes.
Make one card, put it on the screen this Sunday, and let your church do the inviting.
Create your QR codeFree · No account · Nothing to install