Logo Explanation

The Logo for our New Church Plant

The Hill Country logo is more than just a cross and some pleasant hills and coulees, reminiscent of the Vernon countryside.

The cross is in the center, because Christ crucified is the core of Biblical teaching and the foundation of our hope of eternal life (1 Cor 1:23–24;  2:2).

From that cross, blessings flow from Jesus Christ to his church. Blood and water, representing the sacraments of Holy Communion and Baptism, flowed from Christ’s side as he hung on the cross (John 19:34; 1 John 5:6). From Christ’s pierced body, which is the true temple (John 2:19–22), the River of Life flows (Ezek 47:1–12; Rev 22:1–5).

After dying on the cross, Jesus rose from the dead at dawn on Easter morning (Mark 16:2, 6). As the new sun rose, the Light of the World was raised, bringing new life with him (John 8:12). God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh (Gen 1:1–2:3). Jesus Christ rested in the tomb on the Sabbath, the seventh day, and rose to begin a new day, a new week, a new age and creation. Thus, the Age of the Church is called the eighth day, represented here by the eight rays of light. That light of the glory of God will enlighten us in the world to come, and there will be no darkness at all (Rev 21:23; 22:5).

The four hills are four different colors, three subtly different greens and one gold or yellow. These represent the four soils (Matt 13:1–9). The River of Life and the Light of the World do not fail to touch and shine over all the soils. In one way or another, three of these are prevented from bearing fruit, but the fourth produces an abundance of golden wheat, to the glory of our great Savior and Lord.

May the river from the side of our crucified Lord and the light of his resurrected life produce eternal life in you and abound in thanksgiving and praise to his glorious name!