Printing Funeral Programs

If you are creating funeral programs at home, you may have questions about the what paper you should use. Here are some quick tips for choosing paper to print your funeral programs.
1. Choose a heavier paper — Thicker paper will make your program more durable and professional looking. Paper weight is measured in pounds. Standard copy paper is 20 pounds. Choose a 24 or 28 pound paper to increase durability and reduce “showthrough”.
2. If using card stock (paper with a weight of 40 – 100 pounds), check your printer specifications to make sure that your ink jet or laser printer can handle cardstock. If so, allow more time for printing, to allow for slower printer times and possible jams.
2. If using a colorful funeral program template with graphics and photos, select a paper with a higher brightness. Paper brightness ranges from 80 to 100. Select the highest brightness available to make your graphics and images clear and sharp.
3. If printing a colorful funeral program, avoid colored paper and paper with textures. Colors and textures can distort the colors on the funeral program and photos, giving unexpected results. If printing a program with minimal colors or in black and white, get a sample of the colored or textured paper and print a copy so that you can see how your program colors will print before you print them all.
4. Check your local office supply or copy store for paper availability. Funeral programs are usually needed quickly, and you may not have time for a special order or an order from the Internet.

Homegoing Service Celebration

One way of accepting the loss of a loved one is to have a homegoing service. Homegoing services are similar to funerals, but focus on celebrating the life of the deceased. It also celebrates the entry into heaven. Traditional funerals can be a very solemn service with somber music playing with a room full of people sad and crying. The homegoing service is just the opposite. Christian folks get together to celebrate the deceased life. They celebrate their loved one “going home to heaven”. The music is joyous and there is a lot of praise. They talk of pleasant memories of the deceased and are not afraid to tell jokes or reminiscent about experiences they shared with the deceased. These services typically have many of the same elements as a traditional funeral including:

• Musical prelude
• Processional
• Prayers
• Funeral Songs (Hymns of Comfort)
• Funeral Readings (Scripture, Poem, Prayer, Old Testament, and New Testament) Acknowledgments
• Reading of Cards & Condolences
• Reading of Resolutions
• Obituary Reading
• Eulogy or Tribute
• Final Viewing
• Benediction
• Recessional, and Interment or Committal

Homegoing services usually have homegoing funeral program sometimes created by using a funeral program template. These programs are colorful and full of pictures and beautiful poems and scriptures as well as an obituary and order of service.