Here are some of my concepts. I've gone for something that's fairly clean and simple, yet striking. Creating an icon that works well within the logo or as a stand alone element, one that can be used for things like favicons or watermarks.
The logos are 100% vector so will scale well to any size, and works well in full colour, B&W and on coloured backgrounds if needed,
It would be my pleasure to work up any variations so please do say. I look forward to your comments or thoughts.
Thanks for the great comments, glad you like them :)
Of course if there are any specific colours you'd like to see, then its not a problem to work those up. My thinking behind them was this based on their psychological implications;
And for those reasons I thought they would work well for your logo.
In terms of symbolism behind the icons; 17 & 23 represent different entities (the different coloured elements) i.e. congregations & communities, coming together and uniting as one team/unit, giving an entire, a whole, closing the circle - so to speak.
Thanks for the additional comments and of course it would be a pleasure to work those up.
I've uploaded a few new options ... Each time trying a new and slightly more unique typeface (for each one), and also experimenting with the colour positioning in the icon.
Of course if there are combinations you'd like to see or experiment i.e. mix and match then please do say and I'll work those up.