Hi! It's cool to see a church of Christ on here - we get a lot of church contests, but I don't remember a c of C one before. I'm of the church, too! (went to Harding - class of '02)
My concept shows depicts a literal circle to represent Christ's sphere of influence as it pertains to this event and how it touches different people. I went with a warm color palette to show warmth / caring, but if you want to keep it the same as the previous years it's an easy change.
Overall, the design is more modern. I thought that might help with the outreach and the representative help being offered - indicates up-to-date service :)
My daughter attended two years at Harding (2007-2009), but she finished at Sam Houston State University. Harding is a great school! The winning logo will be used as part of the website header as well...
#9 Here's an adjusted palette :) I pulled the colors from the website so they'd match exactly.
Oh wow - my youngest sister was there at the time! (she actually started out in Abilene at Abilene Christian for two years and transferred) She's a detective for the White County Sheriff's Dept now. I feel like the campus doubles in size every time I've been to her in Searcy! (Which is no surprise as I'm still paying on my tuition - haha. It was worth it though; Harding is where I met my wife :) )
If there are any changes you'd like to see or ideas that you'd like me to try, please just let me know.