The official emblem of the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women is the Tree of Life, based on Revelation 22:2.
“On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”
- Revelation 22:2 (NIV)
The tree is an evergreen signifying continuous life and vitality. It’s branches stretch upward adn outward, symbols of our thought and action reaching upward to God and outward to our neighbours.
The twelve fruits of the tree are:
- Evangelism
- Medical work
- Education
- Literature
- Children
- Youth
- Home and family life
- Rural projects
- Economic justice
- International friendship
- Temperance
- World peace
These are symbols of those graces of Christian service that will always be found in the lives of people who are rooted in Christ.