Hillcrest Church Logo and Branding

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We need a logo and icons for Hillcrest Church, located in WA state. Our four priorities are Connect, Grow, Serve, Go, and we need a graphic for each one such that they thematically work together. Nothing is firm, but the idea would be to incorporate the idea of a hIll or climb along with the name of the church. Our Slogan is "Jesus First" and our mission is "helping people find and follow Jesus." Green seems to be a good color for us, but nothing is firm. I will upload our current imagery just for reference, along with a couple of logo's I like. The logo should be able to be easily applied in both color and black and white.
Updates
Project Deadline Extended
Reason: Still trying to get it right. Need to get other people's input.
Added Monday, February 1, 2016
Target Market(s)
Hillcrest is in town of 25,000 people with deep rural roots but rapidly is becoming a feeder community to a major city. Target Market is age 25-40 with families.
Industry/Entity Type
Church
Logo Text
Hillcrest Church
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Requirements
Nice to have
- In general the designs I am seeing are too strong, corporate, jagged. It should have a sense of playful, fun, casual, but also be memorable.
Should not have
- changed my mind...don't necessarily need mission or slogan built in.