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Back to Symbolism
The Banners
The banners which fly beside our entrances on Mount Vernon Highway and Johnson Ferry Road are colorful proclamations of the gospel to our community. As do the paraments in the sanctuary, they follow the church year.
Ordinary Time
All four of the green Ordinary Time banners feature the hand of God reaching out from heaven toward all the earth. The four panels reflect the creation story as told in Genesis depicting day and night, land and sea, flora and fauna, and humanity made in God's image. |
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Advent
Our Advent banners are designed on the royal color purple. Each panel features the Latin cross, a reminder of our Lord's redemption of humanity. One panel features four candles, representing the four weeks of advent preparation. The other three carry symbols of the nativity story: the manger, the angels' trumpets, and the skyline of Bethlehem. |
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Christmas and Epiphany
Four banners announcing the Christmas season and Epiphany are creations in gold on white, the liturgical color of the season. The manger panel proclaims the nativity of Jesus with the Il nimbus representing the divinity of the long-awaited child. A second panel depicts the three crowns of gold worn by the regal visitors to the nativity. A blazing gold star recalls the prophesy that "a star shall come out of Jacob" (Numbers 24: 17) and reminds us of the star which led the Wise Men to Bethlehem. Lastly, the cross crosslet conveys the spread of Christianity to the North, East, West, and South-to the ends of the Earth-through the person of the Christ Child. |
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Lent
The four Lenten banners recall the events of Passion Week using dramatic tones of black and white on purple, the color for this season. The first panel displaying the crown of thorns, placed on Jesus' head by the Roman soldiers, and the three large nails used to secure him to the cross, remind us of Jesus' suffering. Three Latin crosses on another banner are reminiscent of the three crosses used in the crucifixion of Jesus and the two thieves at Golgotha. The third banner is dominated by coins falling from a bag given to Judas by the Romans for his betrayal of Jesus. And the last banner conveys, in the form of wheat sheaves and a chalice, the Last Supper, the Communion sacrament of bread and wine given to us.
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Pentecost
The four Pentecost panels, created in red and white, feature very familiar symbols associated with the birth of the church. The seven flames represent the seven gifts of the Spirit. The church which spread to the four corners of the earth is represented by the cross surrounded by the four smaller crosses. The descending dove reminds us of the gift of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost. And the ship with the Chi Rho monogram signifies Christ as the holy navigator of the church.
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Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church • 471 Mount Vernon Highway • Sandy Springs, Ga. 30328
404-255-2211• (fax) 404-255-4619 • church@mvpchurch.org |
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