What size is a funeral program?

The most common is a US Letter sheet (8.5 × 11 in) folded in half to 5.5 × 8.5 in. The 8-page booklet uses two folded sheets.

Do I need Microsoft Word?

No. You edit in your browser on a phone or computer and download finished PDFs.

How many photos can I add?

The bifold has one photo on the cover. The 8-page booklet adds a page with four more. You can upload up to 12 photos and choose which ones print.

Funeral program templates for a Christian service

18 designs for a Christian funeral service, each with a matching prayer card, memorial card and thank-you card. Pick your church and the order of service fills in.

Free to design and proof. Pay once to download.
Funeral program	Bifold or 8-page booklet	$24
Cards	Prayer, memorial and thank-you cards	$15
Complete set	The program and all three cards	$39

Not right? Unlimited edits for 30 days. If the file has a fault we can't fix, 100% refund within 14 days.

Cover

Celebrating a Life

Robert “Bob” Lindqvist was born on March 14, 1941, in Two Harbors, Minnesota, the second of four children. He grew up fishing the North Shore with his father and singing in the church choir his mother directed, and he kept both habits all his life.

After serving in the Army Corps of Engineers, Bob came home to marry Carol Jensen in 1965. Together they raised three children in the house on Woodland Avenue, where the porch light and the coffee were always on.

Bob taught shop and drafting at Central High School for thirty-one years. Former students still stop by with birdhouses and bookshelves they built in his class. He was a trustee of his church, a Tuesday-morning volunteer at the food shelf, and the man to call when anything with a motor stopped working.

He is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Carol; his children Karin (Mark), Erik (Julie) and Annika; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Lars.

Bob met every day with a steady faith and a dry joke. We will miss his laugh, his patience and his hands that could fix anything.

Obituary

Order of service

Choose a layout: bifold or 8-page booklet

Bifold program	5.5 × 8.5 in, 4 pages: cover, obituary, order of service, back page. One Letter sheet, folded in half.
8-page booklet	5.5 × 8.5 in, 8 pages: adds a full reading, a page of four photos, a hymn with its words and a thank-you page. Two Letter sheets, folded and stapled.

You can switch between them at any time; everything you wrote moves with you.

Templates by style: cross, dove, floral, classic

Traditional

A cross, a dove, flowers, a framed photo: the familiar church look.

CrossA simple Latin cross and quiet rules. Prints well in black and white.
ClassicA plain double border and no artwork. Right for any church.
DoveA dove with an olive sprig on soft blue-grey. Peaceful and gentle.
Green PasturesRolling hills from Psalm 23 across the cover. Warm and calm.
CallaWhite calla lilies in fine botanical line art. Quiet and dignified.
RoseSoft watercolour roses across the top. Lovely for a mother or grandmother.
RosaryA drawn rosary and Marian blue. For a Catholic Mass or vigil.
WindowA stained-glass window in deep jewel tones, used sparingly.
Homegoing GoldBold names, warm gold on ivory. Celebratory, for a homegoing.
GardenMeadow wildflowers in watercolour. For a gardener or a celebration of life.
SunsetAn evening landscape across the cover. Warm, for a celebration of life.
HonorA flag band in navy and red, kept restrained. For a veteran.

Modern

Cleaner type and newer layouts: a full-cover photo, an arch, a magazine cover.

PortraitTheir photo fills the whole cover, the name over it. Modern and personal.
ArchThe photo in an arch, warm sand and terracotta, a pampas sprig.
MinimalLeft-aligned, white space and clean type. Calm and simple.
EditorialA black-and-white photo and a big name, like a magazine cover.
EucalyptusA watercolour eucalyptus spray in soft sage. Fresh and gentle.
Evening SkyDeep navy outside, a gold moon and stars. For a celebration of life.

The samples use an invented family and placeholder photos.

What every funeral program template includes

The cover: a line such as “In loving memory of”, the photo, the full name, the dates, and the service, date and church.
The obituary page, with a check that it fits.
The order of service of your church tradition, ready to change: hymns, readings, prayers, the eulogy.
The back page: a word of thanks, pallbearers, the interment and the repast.
The booklet adds a scripture reading and a hymn with their full words, and a page of photos.
A prayer card, a memorial card and a thank-you card in the same design.

Edit online instead of fighting with Word

Word and Publisher templates break when the obituary runs long or a photo is the wrong shape. Here the pages are built for print: the obituary page tells you when it’s full, photos crop and zoom inside their frame, and the files come out ready for a home printer or a print shop. It works on a phone, saves as you type, and a private link lets family help from anywhere.

A free template vs. our editor: what you get

Price	Downloadable templates are often free or a few dollars. Here, designing and the proof are free and the print files cost one payment ($24 for a program).
Order of service	Templates leave it blank. Here it fills in from your church tradition.
Hymns and scripture	Templates need you to find and type them. Here they come from a library of public-domain hymns and the King James Version.
Printing	Templates need you to set up page order and margins. Here you get home-print, print-shop and share files and a print guide.
Cards	Usually a separate template. Here they match the program.

Questions

What size is a funeral program?: The most common is a US Letter sheet (8.5 × 11 in) folded in half to 5.5 × 8.5 in. The 8-page booklet uses two folded sheets.
Do I need Microsoft Word?: No. You edit in your browser on a phone or computer and download finished PDFs.
How many photos can I add?: The bifold has one photo on the cover. The 8-page booklet adds a page with four more. You can upload up to 12 photos and choose which ones print.

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