Cornerstone Manteca

Cornerstone Community Church in Manteca runs a full weekly print and digital calendar. The cadence was project-numbered from the start. Every email subject line carried a project number. Project 006, Project 014, Project 017. The numbering climbed past Project 020.

The work

The weekly bulletin was the core deliverable. Inside and outside spreads, every week, with finance numbers, the event list, and the Sunday schedule. Tithe totals, missions totals, the "ALL IN" capital campaign running total. Children's Ministry times, Adult Sunday School, Youth Discipleship, 6th Grade Confirmation. The volume of detail was high and the deadlines were tight, often turning in 24 to 48 hours.

Around that core ran sermon artwork series and a string of event promos. A senior adults ministry graphic (60+ ministry). A water baptism promo. A welcome dinner concept designed to feel like a recurring logo rather than a one-time graphic, which became the "fork and leaf" direction. A Balance postcard for the church's mailing campaign, with two design rounds and print-prep coordination on file specs.

The exterior banner was a turning point. After seeing a rebuilt version with a cleaner direction, the worship pastor decided that look should become the church's broader visual standard and asked for it to be carried into everything coming through. That reframed the engagement from executing one-off requests to setting the visual standard.

In their words

"Emily this look really excites me. I think this is the look we should move toward in general for the church right now. I like the cleanliness of it but it's still artistic."

Worship Pastor, Cornerstone Community Church, June 2021