Need Some Help Designing a Letterhead Logo/Flier for Youth Event

First, I want to say thank you for the time you will spend going through this post.

I normally dont do this kind of thing. However, I am currently planning a free, large scale, youth event for my Church district. Every other event we do as a district costs the teens a minimum of $45. Most are closer to $150, even for a weekend. The district and churches themselves can't afford many costs either, every penny above standard operating costs is sent to the mission field. It is the way the denomination is set up financially. To keep it free, I am trying to find a way to cut all the costs I can. Hence, I am asking for help. To say I would be appreciative is a massive understatement.

The event is called Recur 2015 and will be the night of July 31st. It is an overnight event where no one will be sleeping. Movies, games, music, and a Bible study will all be going at different times.

Being an overnight event, I was thinking a darker background with directional lighting over reclaimed industrial style lettering would be the best motif possible. Large and Centered have Recur 2015. Then say July 31st in the bottom right hand corner. Basic lettering would be best for that. Maybe also find a way to add a simple two word phrase. Go Back wherever you might think is best. One word in each top corner maybe? Whole phrase in bottom left, or centered? I dunno. I want one image for both the logo and flier. No need to do two things.

Background idea is something similar to one of these.









Those last 2 are probably my favorite.

The lettering is probably going to be more difficult. I was hoping for something industrial-ish, maybe slightly 3 dimensional, and at a angle to the background . Obviously someone better at seeing and understanding modern visual cues would probably have a superior idea.


Here is my idea for lettering itself, and again, I dont really know how this would work. This is the closest I can find to the image in my head. At least, that is graphics based.



From a non graphics based perspective.





I realize what I am asking someone to do for free is insane. Please do not bend over backwards if it seems too much. If you think you have a better idea, that would be easier to make and still be visually appealing, which you are willing to do. Then by all means do that. I am not stuck on everything I said. I am simply grateful for anything someone is willing to do.

Email me if you need to, whether with questions, thoughts or to send me the design. I'll also check this thread regularly if you ask anything in here. VaBamaManTD @ yahoo.com

I would also like to apologize for the jumbled, frenzied, and haphazard way this post was thrown together. Sorry guys.