Signage

Finally was able to get my head back around to the Easter Signage.  Designed a sign myself as time was short and the graphic design firm I was talking to may not have been even able to slot us any longer in time to make a deadline for Good Friday.  We ordered an A-Frame/Sandwich board/Standee and an extra print to go into the case & over the current sign letterboard/felt.

We still need a temporary 4x8 pole pocketed banner for the front area with general church info to be there temporarily as we try and raise funds for the new permanent sign.

I had to deep six the other more ambitious Easter plans for time and money.  Saving those ideas for the next round.

A-FRAME FINAL COST for purchase of A-Frame and 3 - 24"x36" prints was: $350 including $135 of that being for the A-Frame itself and $80/for signs when done on a longer lead time.  The A-Frame is reusable we can either create a  standard design with a "blank area in the middle" that we can then print and post or run entirely new signs from time to time.

YARD SIGNS for weekend post/take down:

Yard signs & wire stake
(25)   $30.78 ea. (plus tax)
(50)   $22.80 ea. (plus tax)
(100) $15.75 ea. (plus tax)


TEMP BANNER/SIGN -- to sink the cement boots, buy the pipes and print a 4' wide by 8' double sided banner with pole pockets is 776.80.  Replacement banners would be $480+tax and we could run them as needed after the permanent sign is made and installed.


Temporary Banner & poles
$ 603.00   (1)ea. 4'x8' banner & poles
    58.80    tax
  115.00    Install labor
$ 776.80

Configuration Gyrations on WP Mu

So it has taken the better part of two days to get things on the server straightened out.  The original install was quick but flawed and we needed the tech support folks at the hosting service to really understand the problem/s.

By the end of the day today they had gotten it 90% of the way there and then after I was busy tweaking -- some plug-in busted and is causing a minor issue.  I need c-panel access to the server as my only way to do anything is through the WP Mu Admin side -- and both to edit bad *.php files and also to manually upload and troubleshoot some themes and plug-ins.

Went ahead and had to purchase access to MP Mu Dev site for 3 months/$159 which gave me access to several new pay plug-ins one of which we really needed to get the "Blog Network" side of things running. They also offer tech support and advice live and on forums in addition to the plug-ins and templates.

I also went ahead and spent $65 to license the "Grace" template as the starting point of St. A's site.  It is traditional but it seems to fit closest to the aesthetics and the functionality we are looking for in a template.  It should do until we get a real design done by a designer.

So there are 4 unresolved issues in with the Alchemy tech support and hopefully those will be solved ASAP tomorrow so I can get Grace installed and I can get working on getting content and information into and organized on the new site.

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Network For Good (powered by Emma)
Constant Contact
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Holy Week Info

http://www.crivoice.org/cyholyweek.html

The Days of Holy Week

Dennis Bratcher

 Palm/Passion Sunday  Maundy Thursday  Good Friday  Holy Saturday

Holy Week is the last week of Lent, the week immediately preceding Easter or Resurrection Sunday.  It is observed in many Christian churches as a time to commemorate and enact the suffering (Passion) and death of Jesus through various observances and services of worship. While some church traditions focus specifically on the events of the last week of Jesus’ life, many of the liturgies symbolize larger themes that marked Jesus’ entire ministry. Observances during this week range from daily liturgical services in churches to informal meetings in homes to participate in a Christian version of the Passover Seder.

In Catholic tradition, the conclusion to the week is called the Easter Triduum (a triduum is a space of three days usually accompanying a church festival or holy days that are devoted to special prayer and observance). Some liturgical traditions, such as Lutherans, simply refer to "The Three Days."  The Easter Triduum begins Thursday evening of Holy Week with Eucharist and concludes with evening prayers Easter Sunday.

Increasingly, evangelical churches that have tended to look with suspicion on traditional "High-Church" observances of Holy Week are now realizing the value of Holy Week services, especially on Good Friday (see Low Church and High Church). This has a solid theological basis both in Scripture and in the traditions of the Faith. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was executed by the Nazis, wrote of the Cost of Discipleship and warned of "cheap grace" that did not take seriously either the gravity of sin or the radical call to servanthood: "When Jesus bids a man come, he bids him come and die."

It is this dimension that is well served by Holy Week observances, as they call us to move behind the joyful celebrations of Palm Sunday and Easter, and focus on the suffering, humiliation, and death that is part of Holy Week. It is important to place the hope of the Resurrection, the promise of newness and life, against the background of death and endings. It is only in walking through the shadows and darkness of Holy Week and Good Friday, only in realizing the horror and magnitude of sin and  its consequences in the world incarnated in the dying Jesus on the cross, only in contemplating the ending and despair that the disciples felt on Holy Saturday, that we can truly understand the light and hope of Sunday morning!

In observing this truth, that new beginnings come from endings, many people are able to draw a parable of their own lives and faith journey from the observances of Holy Week. In providing people with the opportunity to experience this truth in liturgy and symbol, the services become a powerful proclamation of the transformative power of the Gospel, and God at work in the lives of people.

The entire week between Palm Sunday and Holy Saturday is included in Holy Week, and some church traditions have daily services during the week. However, usually only Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday are times of special observance in most churches.

Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday)

Holy Week begins with the sixth Sunday in Lent.  This Sunday observes the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem that was marked by the crowds who were in Jerusalem for Passover waving palm branches and proclaiming him as the messianic king. The Gospels tell us that Jesus rode into the city on a donkey, enacting the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9, and in so doing emphasized the humility that was to characterize the Kingdom he proclaimed. The irony of his acceptance as the new Davidic King (Mark 11:10) by the crowds who would only five days later cry for his execution should be a sobering reminder of the human tendency to want God on our own terms.

Traditionally, worshippers enact the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem by the waving of palm branches and singing songs of celebration. Sometimes this is accompanied by a processional into the church.  In many churches, children are an integral part of this service since they enjoy processions and activity as a part of worship. This provides a good opportunity to involve them in the worship life of the community of Faith. In many more liturgical churches, children are encouraged to craft palm leaves that were used for the Sunday processional into crosses to help make the connection between the celebration of Palm Sunday and the impending events of Holy Week.

This Sunday is also known as Passion Sunday to commemorate the beginning of Holy Week and Jesus’ final agonizing journey to the cross.  The English word passion comes from a Latin word that means "to suffer," the same word from which we derive the English word patient.

In most Protestant traditions, the liturgical color for The Season of Lent is purple, and that color is used until Easter Sunday. In Catholic tradition (and some others), the colors are changed to Red for Palm Sunday. Red is the color of the church, used for Pentecost as well as remembering the martyrs of the church. Since it symbolizes shed blood, it is also used on Palm Sunday to symbolize the death of Jesus. While most Protestants celebrate the Sunday before Easter as Palm Sunday, in Catholic and other church traditions it is also celebrated as Passion Sunday anticipating the impending death of Jesus. In some Church traditions (Anglican), the church colors are changed to red for thefifth Sunday in Lent, with the last two Sundays in Lent observed as Passiontide.

Increasingly, many churches are incorporating an emphasis on the Passion of Jesus into services on Palm Sunday as a way to balance the celebration of Easter Sunday.  Rather than having the two Sundays both focus on triumph, Passion Sunday is presented as a time to reflect on the suffering and death of Jesus in a Sunday service of worship. This provides an opportunity for people who do not or cannot attend a Good Friday Service to experience the contrast of Jesus’ death and the Resurrection, rather than celebrating the Resurrection in isolation from Jesus’ suffering. However, since Sunday services are always celebrations of the Resurrection of Jesus during the entire year, even an emphasis on the Passion of Jesus on this Sunday should not be mournful or end on a negative note, as do most Good Friday Services (which is the reason Eucharist or Communion is not normally celebrated on Good Friday).

Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday

There are a variety of events that are clustered on this last day before Jesus was arrested that are commemorated in various ways in services of worship. These include the last meal together, which was probably a Passover meal, the institution of Eucharist or Communion, the betrayal by Judas (because of the exchange with Jesus at the meal), and Jesus praying in Gethsemane while the disciples fell asleep. Most liturgies, however, focus on the meal and communion as a way to commemorate this day.

During the last few days, Jesus and His disciples had steadily journeyed from Galilee toward Jerusalem. On the sunlight hillsides of Galilee, Jesus was popular, the crowds were friendly and the future was bright. Even his entry into Jerusalem had been marked by a joyous welcome. But in Jerusalem there was a growing darkness as the crowds began to draw back from the man who spoke of commitment and servanthood. There was an ominous tone in the murmuring of the Sadducees and Pharisees who were threatened by the new future Jesus proclaimed.

Even as Jesus and his disciples came together to share this meal, they already stood in the shadow of the cross. It was later that night, after the meal, as Jesus and His disciples were praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, that Jesus was arrested and taken to the house of Caiaphas the High Priest. On Friday He would die.

There is some difference in the chronology of these events between the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and John’s account (see Synoptic Problem). In the Synoptics, this last meal was a Passover meal, observing the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt when death "passed over" the Hebrew homes as the tenth plague fell upon the Egyptians. Yet, in John’s account the Passover would not be celebrated until the next day. And while the Synoptics recount the institution of Communion (Eucharist) during this final meal, John instead tells us about Jesus’ washing the disciples’ feet as a sign of servanthood.

In any case, this Thursday of Holy Week is remembered as the time Jesus ate a final meal together with the men who had followed him for so long. We do not have to solve these historical questions to remember and celebrate in worship what Jesus did and taught and modeled for us here, what God was doing in Jesus the Christ. And the questions should not shift our attention from the real focus of the story: the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Traditionally in the Christian Church, this day is known as Maundy Thursday. The term Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum (from which we get our English word mandate), from a verb that means "to give," "to entrust," or "to order." The term is usually translated "commandment," from John's account of this Thursday night.  According to the Fourth Gospel, as Jesus and the Disciples were eating their final meal together before Jesus’ arrest, he washed the disciples' feet to illustrate humility and the spirit of servanthood. After they had finished the meal, as they walked into the night toward Gethsemane, Jesus taught his disciples a "new" commandment that was not really new (John 13:34-35):

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, you also ought to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

The colors for Maundy Thursday are usually the colors of Lent, royal purple or red violet. Some traditions, however, use red for Maundy Thursday, the color of the church, in order to identify with the community of disciples that followed Jesus. Along the same line, some use this day to honor the apostles who were commissioned by Jesus to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world.

The sharing of the Eucharist, or sacrament of thanksgiving, on Maundy Thursday is the means by which most Christians observe this day. There is a great variety in exactly how the service is conducted, however. In some churches, it is traditional for the pastor or priest to wash the feet of members of the congregation as part of the service (John 13:3-15). Increasingly, churches are observing some form of the Passover Seder as a setting for the Eucharist of Maundy Thursday (see Introduction to a Christian Seder and Haggadah for a Christian Seder). Some churches simply have a "pot-luck" dinner together concluded with a short time of singing and communion.

In some church traditions all of the altar coverings and decorations are removed after the Eucharist is served on Maundy Thursday. Psalm 22 is sometimes either read or sung while the altar paraments are being removed. Since the altar in these traditions symbolize the Christ, the "stripping of the altar" symbolizes the abandonment of Jesus by his disciples and the stripping of Jesus by the soldiers prior to his crucifixion.  This, like the darkness often incorporated into a Good Friday service, represents the humiliation of Jesus and the consequences of sin as a preparation for the celebration of new life and hope that is to come on Resurrection Day.  Some churches only leave the altar bare until the Good Friday Service, when the normal coverings are replaced with black.

However it is celebrated, the Eucharist of Maundy Thursday is especially tied to the theme of remembering. As Jesus and his disciples followed the instructions in the Torah to remember God’s acts of deliverance in their history as they shared the Passover meal together, so Jesus calls us to remember the new act of deliverance in our history that unfolds on these last days of Holy week (see Remember! A Service of Communion).

Good Friday, or Holy Friday

Friday of Holy Week has been traditionally been called Good Friday or Holy Friday. On this day, the church commemorates Jesus’ arrest (since by Jewish customs of counting days from sundown to sundown it was already Friday), his trial, crucifixion and suffering, death, and burial. Since services on this day are to observe Jesus’ death, and since Eucharist is a celebration, there is traditionally no Communion observed on Good Friday. Also, depending on how the services are conducted on this day, all pictures, statutes, and the cross are covered in mourning black, the chancel and altar coverings are replaced with black, and altar candles are extinguished.  They are left this way through Saturday, but are always replaced with white before sunrise on Sunday.

There are a variety of services of worship for Good Friday, all aimed at allowing worshippers to experience some sense of the pain, humiliation, and ending in the journey to the cross. The traditional Catholic service for Good Friday was held in mid-afternoon to correspond to the final words of Jesus from the cross (around 3 PM, Matt 27:46-50). However, modern schedules have led many churches to move the service to the evening to allow more people to participate. Usually, a Good Friday service is a series of Scripture readings, a short homily, and a time of meditation and prayer.  One traditional use of Scripture is to base the homily or devotional on theSeven Last Words of Jesus as recorded in the Gospel traditions.

Father, forgive them . . . (Luke 23:34)
This day you will be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43)
Woman, behold your son . . .(John 19:26-27)
My God, my God . . . (Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34)
I thirst.  (John 19:28)
It is finished! (John 19:30)
Father into your hands . . . (Luke 23:46)

Some churches use the Stations of the Cross as part of the Good Friday Service. This service uses paintings or banners to represent various scenes from Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, trial, and death, and the worshippers move to the various stations to sing hymns or pray as the story is told . There is a great variety in how this service is conducted, and various traditions use different numbers of stations to tell the story (see The Fourteen Stations of the Cross).

Another common service for Good Friday is Tenebrae (Latin for "shadows" or "darkness"). Sometimes this term is applied generally to all church services on the last three days of Holy week. More specifically, however, it is used of the Service of Darkness or Service of Shadows, usually held in the evening of Good Friday. Again, there are varieties of this service, but it is usually characterized by a series of Scripture readings and meditation done in stages while lights and/or candles are gradually extinguished to symbolize the growing darkness not only of Jesus’ death but of hopelessness in the world without God. The service ends in darkness, sometimes with a final candle, the Christ candle, carried out of the sanctuary, symbolizing the death of Jesus. Often the service concludes with a loud noise symbolizing the closing of Jesus’ tomb (see The Empty Tomb). The worshippers then leave in silence to wait.

Some churches do observe communion on Good Friday. However, traditionally Eucharist is not served on Good Friday since it is a celebration of thanksgiving.  Good Friday is not a day of celebration but of mourning, both for the death of Jesus and for the sins of the world that his death represents. Yet, although Friday is a solemn time, it is not without its own joy. For while it is important to place the Resurrection against the darkness of Good Friday, likewise the somberness of Good Friday should always be seen with the hope of Resurrection Sunday. As the well- known sermon title vividly illustrates: "It’s Friday.  But Sunday’s a’comin’!"

Holy Saturday

This is the seventh day of the week, the day Jesus rested in the tomb. In the first three Gospel accounts this was the Jewish Sabbath, which provided appropriate symbolism of the seventh day rest. While some church traditions continue daily services on Saturday, there is no communion served on this day.

Some traditions suspend services and Scripture readings during the day on Saturday, to be resumed at the Easter Vigil after sundown Saturday. It is traditionally a day of quiet meditation as Christians contemplate the darkness of a world without a future and without hope apart from God and his grace.

It is also a time to remember family and the faithful who have died as we await the resurrection, or to honor the martyrs who have given their lives for the cause of Christ in the world.  While Good Friday is a traditional day of fasting, some also fast on Saturday as the climax of the season of Lent.  An ancient tradition dating to the first centuries of the church calls for no food of any kind to be eaten on Holy Saturday, or for 40 hours before sunrise on Sunday.  However it is observed, Holy Saturday has traditionally been a time of reflection and waiting, the time of weeping that lasts for the night while awaiting the joy that comes in the morning (Psa 30:5).

Book Trading Network

Trying to get kids reading in the city.  Honor system based lending and exchange/trade points at churches and other spots of books that have been "tagged" with a simple sticker that could be printed from any laser/inkjet.  So anyone could tag their own / favorite books and leave them at an exchange site or someplace out into the community (bus / bart / etc) with a tag saying you can return this to the nearest exchange site go to the web address.

Goal would be to have kids who may not have access to kids books and new kids books get them into their hands.   If they really loved a book they could keep it.  If they liked it they could be encouraged to write a message to the next reader and leave it inside (possibly on a bookmark).

Yard Signs / Political Size for Lawns

To go with the broad diocesen marketing campaign

African American Web Sites

http://www.thegrio.com/

http://www.blackweb20.com/

Simple Words on inclusion and community

THE Ohio State Buckeyes Coach on how he'd deal with gay player, "We strive to teach and model appreciation for everyone. One, we are a family. If you haven't learned form your family at home that people have differences and those strengthen the whole, then you are hopefully going to learn it as a part of the Ohio State football family.

Two, every part of our team is important and every role has value - no job is too small and no person is irrelevant - that's a great lesson that transcends society. When I think of the diversity on our team the past few years, it goes way beyond just a racial, sexual or ethnic mix... Whatever a young man feels called to express, I hope we will help him do it in a supportive environment."

http://issuu.com/outlookcolumbus/docs/2010-03-01_outlook_columbus__reduced/33?zoomed=&zoomPercent=&zoomX=&zoomY=&noteText=&noteX=&noteY=&viewMode=magazine

National Urban League - Combination Site

http://iamempowered.com/

Books for educating new members to Episcopal Church

BOOK for Welcoming Recipients / Members

• http://standrewsbookstore.com/yourfaithyourlife.aspx
• http://standrewsbookstore.com/thenewepiscopalwaymasterbook.aspx 
• http://standrewsbookstore.com/episcopalhandbook.aspx 
• http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Common-Prayer-Vicki-Black/dp/0819221309/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268138936&sr=8-4
• http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Episcopal-Church-Introduction-History/dp/0819218200/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

What is calling you?
- Branding campaign possible idea

Book of Common Prayer Versions

BCP Paperback (Link Text Wrong)

http://standrewsbookstore.com/aprayerbookforthearmedservices-1.aspx

BCP Economy Hardback <19.99>

• http://standrewsbookstore.com/bcp1979personaleconomy.aspx
• http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&ISBN=9780866835404&ourl=Book-of-Common-Prayer-and-Administration-of-the-Sacraments-and-Other-Rites-and-Ceremonies-of-the-Church%2FBcp7230&cm_mmc=Google%20Product%20Listing%20Ads-_-k232270-_-j12871747k232270-_-Primary&IF=N - B&N $15.34
• http://www.walmart.com/ip/1502526?wmlspartner=GPA&sourceid=44444444440131321439 - $12
• http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9129512&findingMethod=rr  - $12
• http://glyde.com/products/912813/Book-of-Common-Prayer?utm_source=k232270&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=GAN&sid=GAN_131321470 - $12
• http://www.amazon.com/Common-Prayer-Economy-imitation-leather/dp/0195287762/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268138936&sr=8-16  - Amazon 13.56

Prayer Book for the Armed Service (2008) - $5
http://episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=3983

Book of Common Prayer (Chapel Sized)
http://episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=2203

Book of Common Prayer (Pew Sized)
http://episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=561

Hip Hop Prayer Book

• http://episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=2699
• http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159627090X/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0819221457&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1FD00PF8BP8KMJ7GKTRS
• Same theme:
• http://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Remix-Reaching-Hip-Generation/dp/0817015078/ref=pd_sim_b_1
• http://www.amazon.com/Hip-Hop-Church-Connecting-Movement-Shaping/dp/0830833293/ref=pd_sim_b_2
• http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Hip-Hop-Prophets-Spiritual-Insights/dp/0830832343/ref=pd_sim_b_3
• http://www.amazon.com/Disciples-Street-Promise-Hip-Church/dp/159627087X/ref=pd_sim_b_4
• http://www.amazon.com/Word-Was-Hip-Hop/dp/0898695333/ref=pd_sim_b_5

Book of Uncommon Prayer
http://episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=2869

Prayer Dice

Bedtime Prayer
http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=3472

• God, hold me and bless me, Grant me Rest, When You are with me, I sleep the best. Amen.
• Angels bless and angels keep, Angels guard me while I sleep, Bless my heart, bless my home, Bless my spirit as I roam. Guide and guard me through the night. Wake me with the morning light. Amen.
• Good evening, God, I come to rest. I hope today I did my best. Forgive me if I missed Your mark, Be with me always in the dark. Amen.
• Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. May angels cradle me at night And bless me in the morning light. Amen.
• God, I thank you for this day! Be with me while I sleep. Comfort all who weep. Guard your world tonight! Bless us with your might. Amen.
• Angle of God, My Guardian dear, To whom God’s love commits me here. Watch over me throughout the night, And keep me safe within your sight. Amen 

Table / Meal Blessing Dice

• Bless our food, dear God we pray, and bless us, too throughout this day. Keep us safe and close to you. Keep us just in all we do. Amen.
• We thank you, Lord, for generous hearts, for sun and rainy weather. We thank you, Lord, for drink and food, and that we are together. Amen.
• For life and food, for love and friends, for everything Thy Goodness sends, Almighty God, we thank Thee. Amen.
• Thank you for the earth so sweet. Thank you for the food we eat. Thank you for the birds that sing. Thank you, God, for everything! Amen.
• God, bless this food we are about to receive. Give bread to those who hunger, and hunger for charity and justice to us who have bread. Amen.

• Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty! Amen

 Traditional Prayer Dice

• Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 
• Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. 
• Lord Jesus Christ, fill us with your love that we may count nothing too small to do for you, nothing too much to give, and nothing too hard to bear. Amen. 
• O my God, I love you with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all my love. Amen. 
• Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, rule and guide. Amen. 
• Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen

Other Shield Branded Items

Pendant with Call a Priest on Back
http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=4225

Shield Small Lapel Pin
http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=1183

Shield & Cross Lapel Pin 12 Pack
http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=2989

Clip Art Collection
http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=1568

Clergy Window Decal/Cling
http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=2732

Correspondence Note Card
http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=1570

Stained Glass
http://standrewsbookstore.com/stainedglassshieldwithstars.aspx

Baseball Cap
http://standrewsbookstore.com/ballcap.aspx

Pocket Token
http://standrewsbookstore.com/pockettoken.aspx
http://standrewsbookstore.com/episcopalhandbook.aspx

T-Shirt with funny back
http://standrewsbookstore.com/t-shirt-top10reasonsforbeinganepiscopalian.aspx

Greeter Lapel Pin with Shield

http://www.episcopalbookstore.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=4956

Usability Consulting

Another area that doing a more massive web project can get us is a shared usability / user experience consultant to really help us identify and resolve key issues and develop "standards" to really make the experience the best possible.

Branding / Logo for St. Augustine's

I am very interested in incorporating two concepts into the existing logo:

• one would be a stripe of african textile/cloth/pattern along the left side to represent the people/tapestry of the community inside
• It would need to be 1/3 to 1/4 the width of the logo and need to look amazing in color and clear/understandable in black & white (All sizes of the logo -- i.e. can't be overly detailed but could be zoomed in stripe pattern), and easy to reproduce on logo'ed items (signage, tshirts, clothing, etc).  
• Kente Prints: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=chrome&q=Kente%20Prints&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
• one would be leather & wood beadwork chair rail border that is inside the church to further emphasize the "historic" nature of the building and its preservation and beauty
• It would go across the bottom of the logo running the full width and equal to 1/4 or 1/5 the entire height of the logo.  Again the color version needs to look amazing and the black and white version needs to hold up.
• We could/should keep the existing window/facade in my opinion.  
• Alternate is drawing of St. Augustine (or St. Augustine & St. Monica) that would represent his ethnic heritage accurately.  Possibly a woodcut/block cut style look and if we need inspiration -- look back at old priests we've had in the church.

UPDATE:

Could go more simply -- existing church logo superimposed over a kente patterened quilt/tapestry that could be multicolored and drop the wood/leather border element from the logo perse but use it as part of the look and feel/treatment whenever there is a line needed i.e. footer of the web page or screened background image of left column on the letter head, etc.

Edited Email Exchange with Ed:

PETER:

Yep mentioned most of those issues in my post -- will add your comments to the post so they are "collected".

Pretty much is the church has chosen an identity that it is a traditionally "African" or "Black" church but open to all -- as the current mission/statement supposedly says then out logo should try and incorporate that but also with the text could/should say "all are welcome". Similarly trying to tie some signature "historic" piece" to the logo it could just be the current drawing -- but another element might work -- but I get the fear of overly complex.  The logo does not have to tell the entire story but it should tell an accurate story (or aspirationaly accurate story).

We could do a more "Africanized"/interpreted drawing of the rose window -- have seen a few things online that could serve as inspiration.  As far as the pattern -- yes it would need to be simple but clear / representative in nature and easy to duplicate in black & white/line drawing, etc.  whatever it is -- original artwork is going to be key -- so no direct copying but "inspirational" source material.  

I think we need a small group of people to ideate around the qualities that a logo could try to include and then check any designs against those vs. design by committee.  Then take whatever designs/alterations back to that same group and test each one against that standard vs. free for all.

On Mar 8, 2010, at 1:46 PM, ehofmann@disivion.com wrote:

the concept is great, if that's the image the church wants to go with...

the inclusion of the kente might present a "we only want african-americans

here" statement -- intentionally or unintentionally.

the execution of the logo is going to be tricky.... it can be done, but

here are the things to note (including what you've noted on the blog):

1. logos need to "work" in black/white before they work in color. this is

particularly important since the church will be producing the logo via the

photocopier. most logos have a single-color, grayscale, and color versions

that are only slightly modified for readability.

2. logos should be simple and easy to understand. this helps to make them

memorable and recognizable. kente cloths are very complex patterns. this

is also important for production processes.... for example, the existing

rose window logo is pretty complex. if you were going to make a stencil or

get a vinyl banner made with it on it, it could potentially raise the cost

due to cutting labor. another potential issue with kente is the possible

"copyright" of the pattern. 3M was sued by a scottish family that

supposedly "owned" the tartan pattern they used on scotch tape. while i

don't anticipate the logo becoming a worldwide target, it is just another

thing to think about.

3. logos need to be readable in a wide variety of sizes... from the size

of a postage stamp and larger. the complexity of the church architecture

and the kente could be very difficult to read.

4. you might want to consider a focus group or round-table approach to

discuss the concepts St. Aug's could use. this could be an all-volunteer

group of "concerned" congregants. or you could use a survey format to

figure out what kind of imagery, elements, colors, (etc.) the congregation

would want. the downside to this is "design by committee".

if i can find my old logo concept sketches at home, i'll send them over.

Solar Spotlights for Sign/Front of Church

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Also might want to look into a streetlamp type LED/Solar that can be bolted down.
http://www.outdoorsolarstore.com/solar-lamp-post-lights.aspx

Printers we've used & Signs

SuperPrint (Suzy & Peter)
- No Profit Rate
On Franklin

Sign-a-rama
- have done our vinyl signs in the past for ed
- signs are in sacristy on vestment closet

Targeting: Political Donors

Obama Donors
Barbara Lee
Barbara Boxer
Anti-Prop 8
School Campaigns
etc.

Sister Cities / Sister Churches

Another thing we could try and do is to link up Bay area churches with those of their sister cities.  I.e. anglican church in those already designated matched cities.