Mae Runions

The Historic Church & The Ongoing Church

Tenth Avenue Alliance Church, Vancouver, B.C., 2000

The church was celebrating it’s 65^th anniversary, and wanted banners to reflect something of their history and also their present ministry. I worked with the visionary Rev Ken Shigematsu and Karen Wood to create the designs.

Left:

The Historic Church

This church was very cognizant of the natural beauty of Vancouver and wanted to acknowledge God’s presence and faithfulness seen in mountains sea and sky. They also noted that Vancouver is a city of bridges which have brought people together in this place for 65 years. Bridges can carry symbolism of reconciliation, passage, journey, shelter, and Christ as Mediator (GRACE).

Right:

The Ongoing Church

In this place, people of diversity gather to the message of Christ. With the cross central to community, there is unity in this diversity. The mosaic of color and shape conveys this. Now the bridge suggests the idea of linking the present to the past.

In both banners water can suggest cleansing, renewal, reflection and refreshment. And the image of the bird, over and beside, is the ever-present Holy Spirit.