You do not have to start with a blank page.
Look through a finished Order of Service, choose one that feels right, then make it personal with gentle guidance at every step.
Start with the same kind of Order of Service you need.
Open any example and turn through every page. If it suits the service, add the whole example to the builder and replace the highlighted names, details and wording.
From example to printed booklet.
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Step 01
Begin with an example or a design
Look through complete Orders of Service before you begin. You can copy one into the builder and change it, or choose a blank design and start your own.
Church, humanist and modern examples
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Step 02
Add the details you know
Add the name, dates, service details and a favourite photograph. You can move on without having every word or photograph ready.
Save and return whenever you need to
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Step 03
Use our page-by-page guidance
Your inside pages can be pre-filled with a traditional running order, readings, hymns, a tribute, photographs, prayers and a thank-you page.
The details to change are highlighted
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Step 04
Check, order and receive
Preview the full booklet page by page before ordering. We print it on silk paper with a laminated cover and send it by tracked delivery.
Free UK delivery in 2 working days
We help you decide what to add.
Most families have never made an Order of Service before. The builder suggests a familiar structure and helpful wording for each page, so you can check and personalise a booklet rather than write one from scratch.
Read our complete writing guideRunning order
Music, welcome, readings, tribute, prayers and committal
Hymns & readings
Use the full words from our library, or add your own choice
A personal tribute
Share their character, stories and the things they loved
Photographs
Add one special portrait or a page of treasured memories
Thank you
Include wake details, donations and a message from the family
Memories & Tributes
Add a QR code so guests can share messages and photographs
Order of Service
Music as we gather
[Choose a favourite song]
Welcome and introduction
[Name of celebrant or minister]
Tribute and memories
Reading or poem
Closing music
Change as much or as little as you like.
Suggested words and sections are already in place, with the details you need to change clearly highlighted.
Add photographs when you are ready, including full photo pages and pages that combine a picture with words.
Preview the booklet as guests will see it and turn through every page before you place the order.
Begin with something already made.
Choose a complete example to personalise, or browse the collection and begin with your favourite design.