It seemed impossible to find a Christian calendar for her
mother, who is a vicar. That was the complaint of Louise Taylor,
daughter of the Revd Rachel Battershell, Team Vicar in the
Ashton-Under-Lyne Team Ministry, in Manchester diocese. Ms Taylor,
aged 21, is currently studying for a BA in Graphic Design and
Visual Communication at Blackpool and the Fylde College, University
Centre, in Blackburn diocese. Last year, she
decided to fill the gap in the market with her own version of a
Christian calendar.
One of the things she has always loved about church, she says,
is the visual impact of stained-glass windows; so she thought she
would try to create that look in her calendar. She found, when
researching stained-glass windows, that they were all very complex,
and sometimes it was hard to see what was going on. That was not
what she wanted in the calendar.
What she tried to do was to create 12 different images that were
"simple to look at but yet tell the story that they need to". Each
of the illustrations had a title and a passage from the Bible to
explain it. And each Sunday and any important date also had its own
reading.
The calendar for 2014 was highly commended at the National
Calendar awards, and proved so popular that Ms Taylor has now had
printed a similar calendar for 2015.
www.lightofchristcalendar.co.uk