Every Life Has Its Own Story
We provide personalised order of service booklets that capture your loved one’s true character.
An order of service booklet frequently serves as a comforting keepsake that family and friends keep close to hand for years to come.
In the weeks and months after a funeral, it is the service sheet that sits on the mantelpiece, tucked into a drawer, or pressed between the pages of a book. For the people who were there, it is a way of returning to the day. For those who could not attend it is often a comforting connection to the farewell.
At HL Hawes & Son, we have been helping our families create service sheets for generations. We will sit with you, go through the content at your pace, and take care of the design, layout and printing so that this detail, is handled with the same care as everything else.
What Your Service Sheet Can Include
Every funeral service sheet is entirely unique to the life it commemorates. Depending on your family's personal wishes or specific faith requirements, common elements often include:
- The Service Timeline: The precise structure and timing of the ceremony so attendees can easily follow along on the day.
- Service Leaders & Speakers: The names of the guiding ministers, imams, pandits, priests, celebrants, or family readers.
- Readings & Sacred Texts: Selected scriptural passages, poems, or heartfelt tributes so guests can follow the words.
- Music & Faith Hymns: Chosen musical pieces, sacred hymns, or meaningful songs that hold personal significance.
- Photographs & Imagery: An optional front portrait or a collection of family photographs, where culturally appropriate.
- Donations & Receptions: Clear details regarding charitable contributions, expressions of family appreciation, or invitations to a gathering afterwards.
Service Sheet Designs
We offer a range of elegant, professionally designed templates that can be personalised with your loved one’s photograph, name and details. For families who would like something more individual, we can create a completely bespoke service sheet, from the layout to the paper stock, the cover image to the typeface.
Our Support
We can help design service sheets that honour the uniqueness of the life lived and we will work alongside you to get every detail just right. As well as the design we can handle the proofing, printing and the delivery, so you have one less thing to manage.
We Are Here to Support Your Choices
Whenever you are ready to talk through the service sheet, even if you are not sure yet what you want on it, please call us. We will guide you through it, one step at a time.
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Families We’ve Helped
