parish news
Church news bulletin
Parishes and churches that use the bulletin mainly for weekly life and communication.
Typical starting sections
Templates that remember the weekly work
Choose the kind of bulletin first. Shape the design second.
Begin with church news, an order of worship or a combined issue. Then choose a tradition profile, arrange the sections and save the result as the church’s reusable starting point.
Three practical starting points
Select the job the bulletin needs to do
A template sets more than fonts and columns. It keeps the normal sections, print format and mobile structure together.
worship guide
Order of worship
Churches that guide the congregation through a particular service.
Typical starting sections
hybrid
Combined bulletin
Churches that need the service order and weekly news in one publication.
Typical starting sections
A useful default, never a rigid rule
Add, remove and reorder without rebuilding the visual system
Each section has a clear content purpose. The template handles the visual rules while the church office decides what belongs in this issue and what should return next week.
Custom section
Heading
Add a body, optional image, link and call to action. Duplicate the issue later when this section should carry forward.
Tradition-aware starting structures
Begin with vocabulary and sections the church recognizes
Every profile remains editable. The church—not the software—chooses the local order, section names, recurring content and final wording.
Roman Catholic parish bulletins
Roman Catholic
Create weekly Catholic parish bulletins with recurring Mass schedules, liturgical details and simple team collaboration.
Starting sections: Sunday and liturgical season, Mass, Confession and Adoration schedules, Mass intentions, Reading references and original summaries and more.
See the Roman Catholic structureEpiscopal and Anglican service bulletins
Episcopal / Anglican
Organize the service, music, ministers and parish news while keeping local rites, wording and weekly details clear.
Starting sections: Service and rite, The Word of God, Holy Communion, BCP or authorized-source references and more.
See the Episcopal / Anglican structureLutheran worship bulletins
Lutheran
Manage a short service outline or a full worship folder without losing the movement of the service or the practical needs of printing.
Starting sections: Gathering, Word, Meal, Sending and more.
See the Lutheran structureMethodist church bulletins
Methodist
Bring the order of worship, participants, discipleship and the week’s ministry opportunities into one reusable workflow.
Starting sections: Welcome and gathering, Hymns and music, Prayers and readings, Sermon and more.
See the Methodist structurePresbyterian and Reformed bulletins
Presbyterian / Reformed
Prepare worship and church news with a structured starting point that remains flexible for the congregation’s book of worship and local practice.
Starting sections: Prelude and call to worship, Confession and assurance, Readings, Sermon and more.
See the Presbyterian / Reformed structureBaptist church bulletins
Baptist
Keep the service information concise while making classes, missions, prayer, events and next steps easy to find.
Starting sections: Service time and welcome, Message title and Scripture reference, Song list or service order, Sermon notes and more.
See the Baptist structureOrthodox parish bulletins
Orthodox
Organize the feast, tone, readings, services, hymns and parish life without presenting generic Christian content as Orthodox liturgical authority.
Starting sections: Sunday or feast, Tone and calendar details, Epistle and Gospel references, Troparia and kontakia references and more.
See the Orthodox structureNon-denominational church bulletins
Non-denominational
Begin with a practical Sunday structure, then shape it around the language, ministries and next steps your church actually uses.
Starting sections: Welcome, Worship set, Message title and text, Sermon notes and more.
See the Non-denominational structurePentecostal church bulletins
Pentecostal
Create an adaptable Sunday bulletin that supports the church’s worship language, prayer ministries, message and community life.
Starting sections: Welcome and service information, Praise and worship, Scripture and message, Prayer and response information and more.
See the Pentecostal structureOne content structure, several reader-friendly outputs
Choose the page format without duplicating the issue
Letter booklet
Fold-aware pages for common US office-printer workflows.
Letter page
Single- or multi-page portrait layouts with readable columns.
A4 booklet or page
International paper sizing without manual page reconstruction.
Large print
A clearer edition for readers who benefit from larger type.
Mobile bulletin
Responsive reading with tappable links and no pinch-to-zoom PDF.
The best template is last week’s reviewed issue
Duplicate, review and update only what changed
Carry forward
Bring over the design, church identity, schedules, contacts and sections.
Review every item
Confirm that copied content is still accurate and remove anything that no longer belongs.
Replace the weekly parts
Request the new message, music, worship details and announcements through assigned sections.
Prepare both outputs
Preflight the print issue and share the live mobile version from the same reviewed source.
Already have a bulletin your congregation knows?
Keep the recognizable structure and replace the fragile file workflow
Export a representative issue to PDF and rebuild it yourself, or use the $149 one-time migration service. The service rebuilds one current PDF as a reusable template; it is not direct .pub file conversion.
A starting point for this Sunday and the Sundays after it