Funeral Program

A funeral program (also called a memorial service bulletin, or an order of service booklet) is a printed document that lists the events of the funeral or memorial service, and celebrates the important milestones of the deceased's life. Funeral programs come in a wide variety of designs and often serve as a keepsakes for family members and friends.

Funeral programs come in a wide variety of designs, themes and layouts. Usually, the design reflects you loved one's personality. Often a favorite color or flower is selected for the graphics on the funeral program. Also, hobby (such as hiking, golf or sailing), or a favorite memory (such as beach or mountain scenery) is used. Religous themes are very commonly used as funeral program covers, with designs ranging from crosses, bible an other religious symbols.

The funeral program may include a variety of information including the following:

• Title -- Titles include "In Loving Memory", "In Remebrance" "A Celebration of Life" "Homegoing Celebration" and many others
• Name, Birth Date, Death Date
  
• Front Cover Photo -- Can be a recent photo, or an older photo. Photo can be optional
  
• Order of Service or Order of Events -- This is an outline of the actual funeral or memorial ceremony. Lists the events of the service including songs, scriptures tributes and other parts of the ceremony. Often lists who will be performing the events.
• Obituary of Tribute -- This is a biography of the deceased. Lists major accomplishments and family members of the deceased.
• Poems, Song Lyrics Scriptures, Favorite Sayings
• Additional family photos and collages
• Acknowledgements and special thank you notes
• List of pallbearers or flower bears (if used)

When designing a funeral program, remember that the funeral program is a keepsake that represents the life of your loved one. Creating a funeral program can be much easier if you use a professionally-formatted funeral program template. Elegant Memorials has funeral program templates in a wide range of themes and layouts and also has an extensive memorial resources section that has a wide variety of information for planning funeral and memorials as information on funeral speeches, funeral readings, writing eulogies and obituaries tha can be used when creating funeral programs.