Most church bulletin templates are a Word or Publisher file somebody made years ago: text boxes that jump when you type, a photo that won't stay put, and a printer that puts the back page upside down. The template below is different — it's a form. You type the week's details, the layout takes care of itself, and the download is a PDF already imposed for your printer.

What goes in a church bulletin

Bulletins vary by tradition, but almost all of them carry the same five things, and the template has a place for each:

• Cover — church name and logo, the date and service time, the sermon title, scripture and preacher, and a line of welcome.
• Order of worship — the sequence of the service, with hymn numbers, readers and anthems on a detail line under each part. Sample sequences and wording here.
• Announcements — a short title and a sentence or two each. Fewer, clearer announcements are read; a wall of them is not.
• Prayer list — names and requests, one per line, with a note on how to add someone.
• Contact & giving — address, phone, email, website, service times, office hours, an online-giving line, and optionally a QR code.

Half-fold booklet or flat sheet?

The template prints two ways. The half-fold booklet is the classic: one Letter (or A4) sheet printed on both sides and folded once, giving four faces — cover, two inside pages, back. It feels like a proper bulletin and hides the prayer list inside. The flat sheet is one page printed front and back with nothing to fold: order of worship on the front, announcements, prayer list and contact details on the back. Choose it when volunteers fold reluctantly or when the bulletin is mostly announcements.

Either way the PDF is built for double-sided printing at actual size. Because printers disagree about which edge they flip on, the maker includes a one-sheet calibration test: print it once, answer one question, and every future bulletin comes out the right way up.

Three designs, one form

Traditional is a centred serif with a hairline rule — what most people picture when they hear "church bulletin". Liturgical adds spaced small-caps headings, a double rule and a deep burgundy accent. Contemporary is a clean left-aligned sans-serif with a short accent bar. Switch between them at any point; the content stays.

Nothing is uploaded

A bulletin holds a prayer list — members' names, illnesses, family news. The template runs entirely in your browser: nothing you type is sent anywhere, there is no account, and the only copy that ever exists is the PDF you download. The trade-off is that next week starts from a fresh form; most churches keep the standing details in a note and paste them in, since only the date, sermon and announcements change.

And the online copy

Once the PDF exists, hosting it online for the livestream audience and latecomers is a two-minute job — and with a permanent link, the QR code on the pew card never has to change. See a permanent QR code for the bulletin.