Case Studies - Churches Emily has designed for.
A growing set of churches across the country who trust Emily with their visual identity. Each one is a work in progress as the full archive is added, but the partnership is real.
Fort Worth, TXPast projectCalvary Fort Worth
A bilingual sermon, Easter, and signage rollout for Calvary Church Fort Worth, with Pastor Anthony Morehead and Production Pastor Chris Carbajal as the main points of contact. The graphic design subscription ran from February through April 2026.
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Eagle Mountain, UTPast projectCenterpoint Church
A multi-ministry design subscription with CenterPoint Church in Utah, working with Communications Director Ethan Closson and Executive Pastor Chris Allen across sermon series, youth events, signage, and class branding. The subscription ran from spring 2025 through October 2025, when CenterPoint moved the role in-house.
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Central Coast, CAPast projectCentral Coast Young Adults
Monthly First Friday event branding for Central Coast Young Adults, a young adult ministry on California's Central Coast. The work ran from summer 2023 through summer 2024 with Erica Hardy as the main point of contact, ending when the group wrapped up.
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MarylandActive since July 2024Community Christian Church
A multi-year engagement with Community Christian Church (CCC) that started as a monthly subscription and shifted to per-project work in early 2025. Adam Hawkey on the executive side has been the main contact across postcards, Christmas mailers, kids ministry signage, sermon series graphics, and logo work.
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Bluffton, IndianaPast projectCornerstone Church
A multi-pastor church running ongoing teaching series, weekly events, and a full calendar of branded graphics. I sat in as the outside design seat for almost a year before they brought the role in-house.
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Manteca, CaliforniaPast projectCornerstone Manteca
Weekly bulletins, sermon artwork, postcards, banners, and a visual direction shift that the worship pastor described as the look the whole church should move toward.
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Concord, CaliforniaPast projectEastown Church
Sermon graphics, mailers, holiday calendars, and digital invites for a church in the middle of a rebrand. Three different staff members owned different lanes, and the work moved fast through Dropbox and email.
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Edmond, OklahomaPast projectFaith Bible Church
Missions prayer cards, individual missionary profiles, presentation slides, and ongoing print design for a Bible church with active overseas work. The relationship ran through about ten months and a brand refresh.
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Trussville, ALActive partnershipFaith Community Fellowship
Active design partner for a growing Alabama church. Sermon series, kids ministry, men's and women's events, holiday campaigns, branded merchandise, and event-specific banners and 2-up flyers.
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Santa Maria, CAActive since May 2021First Christian Church Santa Maria
Five years and counting as the design partner for a full-service church in California. Sermon series, banners, business cards, VBS branding, giving envelopes, social sizes for every campaign.
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IndianaActive partnershipFor The One Church
Active design partner for ONE Church, working directly with Pastor Andy Riemersma and Michelle. Easter campaigns, worship night graphics, retractable banners, sticker and lanyard production, plus print coordination with Fineline Printing Group.
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United StatesPast projectHolland Chapel
Past client. Held a graphic design subscription with Pastor Grant Yazza from June through December 2023, transitioning to as-needed project work and then winding down as the pastor stepped into a new role.
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Pekin, ILPast projectIgnite Church
A subscription design partnership with Pastor Russ Shearer and Laura Schussele covering sermon series art, slides, banners, and event collateral. Wrapped at the end of October 2024 after roughly five months of weekly work.
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Wilmington, NCPast projectLifepoint Church
A high-volume subscription partnership with Melissa Swann, Creative Project Manager at Lifepoint Wilmington, covering sermon series art, kids ministry collateral, care room cards, social posts, and print pieces during a stretch when their in-house designer was at capacity.
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DeWitt, MIPast projectNorthpointe Community Church
A subscription design partnership with Lead Pastor Rick Ruble, Associate Minister Jake Howard, and Worship Director Jamie Bohrer covering sermon series art, Fall Fest blade banners, a magazine ad, and the With Christmas series. Wrapped at the end of November 2024 when the church moved graphics in-house.
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Sanibel, FLPast projectSanibel Community Church
A subscription design partnership with Michele Herman and Pastor Jeff covering weekly email header images, event flyers, Easter and Good Friday service collateral, baptism certificates, and pre-service slides. Ran through April 2026 when the church brought a designer on staff.
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Shelbyville, IndianaPast projectShelbyville Community Church
A monthly subscription engagement with Shelbyville Community Church (SCC) running through 2021 and 2022. The work covered sermon series art, student ministry graphics, women's ministry branding, banners, and connection materials, mostly directed by Pastor Brad Davis and the rest of the staff team.
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Indianapolis, IndianaPast projectSWG Leadership
A short, intense engagement with Stephanie Wood Group, an executive coaching and leadership development firm in Indianapolis. The work was billed hourly and ran from May through October 2024, covering a client playbook for HMH Leadership, an SWG proposal document, and an SWG capabilities booklet. This is the only non-church client among my case studies.
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Sacramento, CaliforniaPast projectThe Crossing Church
A monthly subscription engagement with The Crossing Church in Sacramento. Started March 2024 with Kelly Johnson, the Director of Communications. We launched fast into Easter, ran for two months at full subscription pace, then shifted to a pause and per-project posture before fully closing in early 2025.
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Marysville, WashingtonPast projectThe Grove Church
A monthly subscription engagement with The Grove Church in Washington state that ran for roughly a year, starting with Evan Westerfield on the media team and transitioning to Eli Angulo as Creative Director in June 2024. The work spanned sermon series art, youth and kids ministry signage, missions content, and a steady stream of event graphics through February 2025.
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