Church Anniversary and Homecoming Planner

A church anniversary or homecoming takes a year to plan and a committee to carry. Somebody has the box of old photos, somebody is calling former pastors, and somebody has to know who is bringing the green beans. This planner keeps all of it in one binder you print and fill in by hand.

It is made for the member chairing the celebration: a 25th, 50th, 100th or 150th anniversary, or the yearly homecoming Sunday with dinner on the grounds. It fits any congregation and uses plain words like "church", "pastor or church leader" and "council or board". It holds no history of its own; your church writes its own story in the decade boxes.

THE 26 PAGES (US Letter PDF, prints on A4)
Page 1: Cover, with lines for your church, what you are celebrating and the date
Page 2: How to use this planner, with a contents list
Page 3: The celebration at a glance: date, place, rain plan, chair, who signs off on spending, theme, guest speaker or musicians
Page 4: Planning timeline, 12 to 7 months out: 10 suggested tasks and 10 blank rows, each with who and by when
Page 5: Planning timeline, 6 to 2 months out: 10 suggested tasks and 10 blank rows
Page 6: Planning timeline, the last month to the day: four to two weeks out, the week of, and the day
Page 7: Committee roster, 12 rows, plus meeting time and how you share news
Page 8: Committee task tracker, 19 rows with who, due, status and notes
Page 9: Committee meeting notes, to print for each meeting
Page 10: Budget worksheet, planned and actual, with a total line to add up for each column
Page 11: History timeline, decades 1 to 10, a box for each decade
Page 12: History timeline, decades 11 to 20
Page 13: Photo and keepsake collection log, 16 rows with an item-number column you fill in, numbering on from page to page: lent by, date in, copied yes/no, returned yes/no, date back
Page 14: Keepsake tags to cut out, 8 per page
Page 15: Display cards to cut out, 6 per page, to set beside each photo or keepsake
Page 16: Former pastors and church leaders, 15 rows with invited and coming columns
Page 17: Former members and families, 18 rows
Page 18: Invitation and guest tracker, 19 rows
Page 19: Program planner for the day, 14 rows of time, what happens, who and what they need
Page 20: Dinner on the grounds sign-up, 18 rows
Page 21: Display and room setup checklist, with 13 rows for your own rooms
Page 22: Keepsake booklet planner: sections, who writes them, due dates, proofreaders, printer details
Page 23: Homecoming sign-in sheet, 19 rows: name, years attended, where you live now, a memory
Page 24: Welcome Home sign for the doors, with lines for your church name and occasion
Page 25: Thank-you log, 18 rows
Page 26: After-event wrap-up, with notes for whoever plans the next one

HOW IT IS USED
Download the PDF, print it at home or at a copy shop, and keep it in a binder. Print pages 9, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20 and 23 again as you need them. Everything is written in by hand. No dates are printed, so it works for any year.

This planner is a set of blank forms. It gives no tax, legal, accounting, insurance or food-service advice; for those, follow your church's own policies and ask your treasurer, council or board, or denominational office.

This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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