Church Bulletin Size, Paper and Printing
The common US bulletin is an 8.5 × 11 in sheet folded to 5.5 × 8.5 in (4 pages). Larger parishes use 11 × 17 folded to 8.5 × 11; outside North America, A4 folded to A5.
How it works
- 1
Tell us your church
Denomination, name, town and website. Optional: last week’s bulletin.
- 2
The assistant researches and builds
It reads your website, saves your service times, staff and photos, and lays out the issue: usually 2 to 4 minutes.
- 3
Review, refine, print
Ask for changes in plain words. Download the PDF and the Word file. Next week: “this week’s bulletin”.
Made by the assistant
Paper
20–24 lb (75–90 gsm) copy paper for weekly bulletins; 28–32 lb (105–120 gsm) or a light cover stock for Easter, Christmas and programs. Pre-printed bulletin shells with a colour cover are an option for churches with a black-and-white copier.
Printing at the office
Print duplex, flip on the short edge for folded booklets. Keep 0.5 in margins so copiers don’t clip text. Our PDFs are built with safe margins.
Questions
What size is a standard church bulletin?
8.5 × 11 in folded to 5.5 × 8.5 in in the USA; A4 folded to A5 in Europe and most other countries.