Then shall the order of service be made ready.
Sunday’s service,ready by Thursday.
Type your church’s name. We will set next Sunday’s booklet in front of you, with the right readings, before you sign up for anything.
No sign-up to try it. Ten services a year are free. After that, £3 each, or about £1.85 a Sunday for everything.
Publisher support has ended. Your sheet can stay.
Bring last week’s sheet. We will set it properly.
A Publisher file, a Word document, a PDF from Canva, even a photo. We keep your wording and your order, flag anything we are unsure of, and turn it into a booklet.
Before
ST HILDAS CHURCH
Order of Service for Sunday 1st November 2026 - All Saints
10.00am Parish Communion
NOTICES
Harvest supper thanks to all who helped!! Churchyard working party 14th Nov 10am bring gloves. Poppy tins at the door. Please see Jean re Christmas flowers.
After, the same service
Here followeth the week.
A little each day, done by Thursday.
A service is not one job. It is five small ones, and Hymnfold keeps your place in them.
Monday
Your draft is waiting
Hymnfold starts next Sunday for you from last week’s pattern, with the new readings already in place.
Tuesday
Choose the hymns
Search by title, first line, theme or metre, and see when you last sang each one.
Wednesday
Add the notices
A notice written once comes back on its dates, and retires itself when it expires.
Thursday
Print and fold
One PDF, arranged for the photocopier, with the printer settings written out in plain English.
Sunday
Everyone has it
Booklets for the pews, a link for phones, and the whole service filed in your archive for good.
Here the order is set.
What you change on the left, you see on the right.
Drag a row to move it, or use the keyboard if you prefer.
Choose verses without retyping a word.
Pages reflow as you edit. You always see where the page breaks.
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 8 November at 10.15am
Order of service
Drag a row to move it
Nimrod
Elgar. Played by Peter Lacey
O God, our help in ages past
Hymn 417. St Anne. Verses 1, 2, 4 and 6
Prayer of Preparation
Said by all
Amos 5.18–24
Read by Susan Hale
Psalm 70
Said by all, from the pew Bible
1 Thessalonians 4.13–18
Read by Tom Adeyemi
Sermon
The Revd Anna Whitcombe
Then shall the vicar be asked but once.
Stop chasing people for the hymns.
Send a link. The vicar picks the hymns on their phone. The organist sees the tunes. Readers confirm with one tap. Nobody needs an account, and their answers land straight in your draft.
Then shall the sheet be folded once.
A5 booklet, A4 paper, every page in order.
A four-page booklet prints as pages 4 and 1 on one side, 2 and 3 on the other. Eight pages is worse. Hymnfold works it out, so nobody spends Friday morning at the copier with a pair of scissors.
Side one
Pages 4 and 1
Side two
Pages 2 and 3
Folded
Reads in order
Tell the printer:
A4 paperBoth sidesFlip on short edgeActual sizeThen shall be sung a hymn.
What did we sing in Advent?
Every hymn you print is remembered. Search by title, first line, theme or metre, and see when you last sang it, so nobody sits through the same four favourites.
O God, our help in ages past
Isaac Watts, 1719. Common metre
Used in 3 services, last on 14 June
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
John Greenleaf Whittier, 1872. 8.6.8.8.6
Used in 5 services, last on 8 March
Be thou my vision
Irish, trans. Mary Byrne, 1905
Used in 2 services, last on 20 September
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
John Ellerton, 1870. 9.8.9.8
Not used yet
Sample figures
Here may be chosen the setting.
Three settings, drawn by hand.
Traditional
Red rubrics and Garamond, for the Eucharist and Evensong.
Contemporary
One colour, plain and direct, for informal services.
Occasional
Quiet and centred, for funerals and weddings.
For the services that are not every week.
A gentler path for a funeral or a wedding.
The person making these booklets has often never made one, and may be doing it at a hard time. So there is a separate path: a few plain questions, a finished booklet, one payment, and no account to set up.
£24 for a single order, with changes until the day.
An honest word about the alternatives.
Why not use Word or Canva?
They are fine tools. Affinity is free to everyone, and Canva has a free plan, with free Pro for approved charities. If you enjoy design, use them. Hymnfold is for people who would rather the job were simply done.
| What it does | Hymnfold | Word | Canva | Affinity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knows the lectionary and church year | Yes | No | No | No |
| Hymn words, with rights checked | Yes | No | No | No |
| Remembers what you sang and when | Yes | No | No | No |
| Asks each reader by name and fills in the reply | Yes | No | No | No |
| Arranges pages for folding | Yes | With some setup | No | Yes |
| Handles a long, wordy booklet | Yes | Yes | Less suited | Yes |
| A new volunteer can take over next week | Yes | If they have the file | If they have the login | If they learn it |
| Cost | About £1.85 a Sunday | Free online, or Microsoft 365 | Free plan | Free |
Knows the lectionary and church year
- Hymnfold
- Yes
- Word
- No
- Canva
- No
- Affinity
- No
Hymn words, with rights checked
- Hymnfold
- Yes
- Word
- No
- Canva
- No
- Affinity
- No
Remembers what you sang and when
- Hymnfold
- Yes
- Word
- No
- Canva
- No
- Affinity
- No
Asks each reader by name and fills in the reply
- Hymnfold
- Yes
- Word
- No
- Canva
- No
- Affinity
- No
Arranges pages for folding
- Hymnfold
- Yes
- Word
- With some setup
- Canva
- No
- Affinity
- Yes
Handles a long, wordy booklet
- Hymnfold
- Yes
- Word
- Yes
- Canva
- Less suited
- Affinity
- Yes
A new volunteer can take over next week
- Hymnfold
- Yes
- Word
- If they have the file
- Canva
- If they have the login
- Affinity
- If they learn it
Cost
- Hymnfold
- About £1.85 a Sunday
- Word
- Free online, or Microsoft 365
- Canva
- Free plan
- Affinity
- Free
Here the collection is taken.
The Parish plan is £96 a year including VAT, invoiced to the PCC if you prefer.
Questions that are usually asked.
Before you take it to the PCC.
What if it fails on a Thursday?
During your trial and on Parish and Benefice, we email your latest draft as a print-ready PDF every Thursday at 7am. On every plan, you can download it yourself at any time. Keep your old file alongside for the first month, until you trust it.
Will it work with our photocopier?
If it prints on both sides of A4, yes. Print one test sheet first. If it only prints one side, we show you how to turn the paper over.
We are not very technical. Is that a problem?
It was designed for you. If you can write an email, you can make a booklet, and help is built into every screen.
Can we keep our own wording?
Every word. Import your usual service once and it becomes your pattern. You can edit your own words, and undo any change.
What about copyrighted songs?
Our library holds only out-of-copyright texts. For licensed songs you keep the title and add the words under your own licence. Those words stay in your account, and we list the song for your return.
What about names in prayers?
Names leave the archive after four weeks and stay off your phone link, unless you change that on the prayer. Your church needs each person’s permission.
What if Hymnfold closes?
If we choose to close: 90 days’ notice, every service as PDF and Word. Every January we also email your treasurer the year’s services, without names in prayers, so you always hold a copy.
Who is behind this?
Hymnfold Ltd, a small independent company. Our company details are at the foot of every page.
The small print is on the pricing page.