Designers at a Marlow creative agency took on their most challenging client yet last year when they offered to lend some earthly inspiration to a heavenly cause.

In a pioneering attempt to create a new look for the four churches in Marlow parish, team rector Dave Bull turned to FST to help deliver the message to a new audience.

And the creative souls at the High Street agency gave up their time for free for the challenge - which they dubbed the ‘Brief from Above’ - eventually receiving the divine inspiration for the ‘4U’ vision.

Rev Bull said: "Something new is happening in the churches around Marlow, but from the outside, you’d never know - the buildings look the same as they always have.

"With this outstanding work, the team at FST are helping us to open up the churches and invite our community to come and see for themselves that we are ordinary people, loved by an extraordinary God.

“It’s such a great example of a community working together. They’ve been amazing and not charged us anything for the creative work, and they’re so modest about it too."

The two organisations originally set to create a simple ‘look’ for all four churches to work across one website, social media and community newsletters, helping to communicate both inside and outside the church using the same vision.

And trying to get across the message of four churches working for the Marlow community, the parish 4U idea was born.

Mark Howard, Ethos Director said: "The church is no different from any other business, organisation or global brand, all must engage with their audience in a relevant and engaging way.

"We saw this as an exciting and challenging opportunity to be involved in our local community and we found it very rewarding."

Rev. Bull said he is not aware of any other parish that have taken on such an ambitious scheme to bring its ‘brand’ into the 21st century.

And FST creative director Richard Gray said the team were only too happy to help dispel the myths surrounding the Church of England in the modern age.

He said: "The church is part of the community, but it’s often seen as divided from it and has this austere or uninviting image. But it’s about the people, not the buildings.

"It was as much about reflecting Dave’s vision that was already there."