LDS Funeral Program
Ward funeral program: conducting, hymns, life sketch, speakers, dedication of the grave.
1 sheet, printed both sides, folded once · US Letter
Latter-day Saint services
LDS Funeral Program Template
A Latter-day Saint funeral is a Church meeting, usually held in the ward chapel and conducted by the bishop. The program is simple and lists the same roles from ward to ward: who presides and conducts, the hymns, the prayers, the life sketch and the speakers. This template has those lines in place so that you only need to fill in names.
The ward program, and two other folds
Latter-day Saint funeral program templates
The first has the LDS order of service. The trifold and one-page use the same design with a general order to retype.
Inside the program
An LDS funeral program, opened
Program and life sketch
The usual outline
LDS funeral service program outline
Most ward funeral programs list these, in roughly this order:
- Presiding and conducting (normally the bishop or a counselor)
- Family prayer, offered privately before the service
- Prelude and postlude music; organist and chorister
- Opening hymn
- Invocation
- Life sketch or eulogy
- Musical number
- Speaker or speakers
- Remarks by the bishop
- Closing hymn
- Benediction
- Dedication of the grave, at the cemetery
Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers, the place of interment and any luncheon provided by the Relief Society usually go on the back panel.
The bishop plans the service together with the family, and he approves the program. Share your draft with him before printing.
Spirit of the meeting
What sets a Latter-day Saint funeral apart
Talks and music are meant to comfort and to teach the plan of salvation and the Resurrection, so a life sketch tends to be warm and brief rather than a long eulogy. Hymns come from the Church hymnbook; families often choose “How Great Thou Art,” “I Am a Child of God,” “Abide with Me!” and “God Be with You Till We Meet Again.”
The grave is dedicated by a man who holds the Melchizedek Priesthood, usually a family member, and he is named on the program. Print hymn titles and numbers rather than lyrics.
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For the back panel
Acknowledgement Wording
Thank-you messages from the family.
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Questions families ask
Who is listed as presiding and conducting?
The bishop normally conducts when the funeral is held in a Church building. If a member of the stake presidency or another presiding authority attends, he is listed as presiding. Your bishop will tell you how to word it.
Is the family prayer printed on the program?
Often it is, with the name of the family member offering it, even though it takes place privately before the service begins. Some families leave it off. Either is common.
Can I add a photo of the temple or a picture of the Savior?
You can place any picture you have the right to use. Images from the Church’s media library have their own terms of use, so check those before printing, or use a family photograph.
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.