Funeral order of service, ready to print
Type the service once. Get an A5 booklet laid out for A4 paper, with the pages already in folding order.
Your proof is ready
Each rectangle is one side of a sheet of A4, turned sideways. The dashed line is the fold and the two marks are the staples. The pages look out of order because they are in folding order: fold the sheets together and they read 1, 2, 3.
Print-ready booklet
£12Free during launch
- Home-printing file: A4, pages in folding order
- Print-shop file: single A5 pages in reading order
- No watermark
Booklet and matching cards
£18Free during launch
- Both booklet files
- Memorial card and thank-you card, A6, four to a sheet
- No watermark
How printing works
Home-printing file
A4 pages with two booklet pages on each, already in folding order. Print on both sides, flip on the short edge, at actual size. Fold the stack in half and staple the fold.
Print-shop file
Single A5 pages in reading order. Two UK printers we checked ask for booklets this way. Ask yours what it needs before you order.
- Print one copy first and check it reads 1, 2, 3.
- If every other page is upside down, change “flip on long edge” to “flip on short edge”.
- No double-sided printer? Print the fronts, then the backs.
Hymns and a poem you can add by name
- Abide with MeHymn
- The Lord's My ShepherdHymn
- Amazing GraceHymn
- The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is EndedHymn
- Guide Me, O Thou Great RedeemerHymn
- JerusalemHymn
- Love Divine, All Loves ExcellingHymn
- Dear Lord and Father of MankindHymn
- All Things Bright and BeautifulHymn
- Crossing the BarPoem
- Which hymns are out of copyright?Table
Price
Proof
Free. Page through it on screen or download it with a watermark to share with the family.
Print-ready booklet: £12
Free during launch. Both files, no watermark. One payment, no account.
With cards: £18
Free during launch. Adds a matching memorial card and thank-you card.
Wording examples
Cover
In loving memory of · A service of thanksgiving for the life of · A celebration of the life of
Back page
The family would like to thank you for your kindness and support, and for being here today.
Afterwards
Please join us afterwards for refreshments at [place].
More wording examples · Template sizes and page plan · Using Word instead
Questions
- What size is the booklet?
- A5 (148 by 210 mm): sheets of A4 folded in half and stapled on the fold. You can have 8, 12 or 16 pages.
- Why do the pages in the home-printing file look out of order?
- They are in folding order. Page 1 sits beside the last page on the first sheet so that, when the sheets are folded together, the booklet reads 1, 2, 3. The diagram under your proof shows every sheet.
- Are my words and photo uploaded?
- No. The booklet is laid out and the PDF files are made inside your browser. Nothing you type or add is sent to a server.
- Are readings and prayers built in?
- No. Nine hymns and one poem that are out of copyright in the UK are built in. For a reading or a prayer, add it, type its title and paste the words from your own copy.
- Can I add a hymn that is not in the list?
- Yes. Add its title, and paste the words if you have permission to print them. Some well-known hymns and poems are still in copyright in the UK, Morning Has Broken and Lord of the Dance among them; the copyright table lists them.
- What does it cost?
- The proof is free. The print-ready files are free during launch; the planned price is £12, or £18 with a memorial card and a thank-you card.