Welcome! First and foremost, I pray God's blessings on your ministry as you build His kingdom!
As for my designs, I will try and give the feel of community. A logo (especially for a church) should work from the inside out. It needs to be something that your body of believers can embrace and get excited about first, as well as being an attractive "calling card" to those we are called to reach. Only when it does both of these can it truly be a "brand".
Paul, You are so right about a logo for a church. It does needs to be something that our church can embrace and get excited about. It also needs to look good. I know that trying to create a brand logo is a hard thing to do.
I am ready to grant you as the winner as the designer but I'm still not sure about the design yet. Here is where I am right now.
I am leaning towards #114 but I would like to see it with the icon of #111 but turned the same direction as #114.I also like #108 but with the puzzle pieces not in a circle, I think it would look great to have 3 pieces connected a one being connected.
Thank you for understanding and working with us. I want the right logo for our church.