For churchwardens

You did not volunteer for the typesetting. Somebody has to do it, and it turned out to be you.

What it is like now

• The file is a Word document that somebody made in 2019 and nobody fully understands.
• Every week is find-and-replace on last week’s, and every few weeks something breaks in a way that takes an hour.
• The readings come from a book, or a website, and get typed in by hand — which is how the wrong psalm gets printed.
• The photocopier fights back, and the booklet comes out with every other page upside down.

What changes

• The readings are already there, correct, for any Sunday.
• The order of service is set once and does not need touching again.
• The booklet arrives imposed — print, fold, done.
• When you go on holiday, somebody else can do it, because there is no undocumented Word document to inherit.

How it works

1. Set up your church once. Name, colour, badge, and whether you pray in traditional or contemporary language.
2. Build your order of service once. Walk through the service, including or omitting each part, pasting your own texts where you use your own. See the full Order One shape.
3. Each week, plan the Sunday. The readings and the psalm are already set out; choose hymns from suggestions matched to them, add the notices.
4. Print. An A5 booklet imposed for your photocopier, or A4 in larger type.

There is a real sample booklet you can download without an account, and this Sunday’s readings are on the site whether or not you ever sign up.