Jehovah’s Witness Memorial Program
A simple memorial program: songs, prayers and the memorial talk, with no cross.
1 sheet, printed both sides, folded once · US Letter
Memorial service
Jehovah’s Witness Funeral Program Template
A memorial service for one of Jehovah’s Witnesses is short and plain: a song, a prayer, a Bible-based talk given by an elder, and a closing song and prayer. The program should be just as modest. This template has that order in place and uses a design of sky and clouds, with no cross or other religious emblem.
No cross on any of these
Memorial service program templates
The first has the memorial service order. The others are plain designs with a general order you can retype.
Inside the program
A memorial service program, opened
Program and life sketch
What happens
Order of a Jehovah’s Witness memorial service
- Opening song
- Opening prayer
- A brief life sketch, often read by the chairman or included in the talk
- Memorial talk, a Bible discourse of about thirty minutes on the hope of the resurrection
- Closing song
- Closing prayer
The service is held at a Kingdom Hall or a funeral home and generally lasts under an hour. Many programs print the scriptures used in the talk so that guests can follow in their own Bibles; the template has a place for them on the back panel.
The elders of the congregation arrange the talk and can tell you what is customary locally. Show them the program before it is printed.
Keeping it simple
What a Witness program usually leaves out
Witnesses avoid crosses, candles and customs they regard as unscriptural, and the service honours the person without lengthy praise. A program in that spirit carries a photo, the name and dates, the short order above, a modest life sketch and the family’s thanks. Song numbers are printed rather than lyrics.
The sample verse on the template is quoted from the King James Version because it is in the public domain. Replace it with the wording from the translation the family uses.
Non-religious
Bifold Funeral Programs
Sixteen designs, several without symbols.
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Scripture
Poems, Verses and Quotes
Verses on comfort and the resurrection.
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Wording
Acknowledgement Wording
Thank-you messages for the back panel.
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Questions families ask
Is it called a funeral or a memorial service?
Either may be used. Memorial service is common when the burial or cremation has already taken place, and funeral when the casket is present. Head the program with whichever the family prefers; the template’s heading is a single line you can retype.
Should the program include a eulogy?
Not as a separate item. The talk is given by an elder and centres on the Bible’s message, with a few minutes about the person’s life and faith woven in. A written life sketch on the inside panel does the work a eulogy does elsewhere.
Which designs are suitable?
Any without religious symbols. The four on this page use sky, plain rules or a simple band of colour. Avoid the Cross and Catholic templates elsewhere in this section.
Free funeral templates · Updated through October 2026 · by David Nelsen. Every name, date and place printed on these templates is invented sample wording; each file is opened in Microsoft Word and Google Docs before it is published.