Our Meditation Garden is located near the Columbarium and was designed in the shape of a fish. Jeffrey Cooke, son of Vista’s first pastor, Rev. Donald B. Cooke, designed and built the Meditation Garden as a gift to Vista in memory of his father. In the 1st century the fish symbol (Ichthys symbol – Jesus fish) was used by early Christians to indicate meeting places of worship and to secretly signal that they were followers of Jesus. They were placed on trees, doors and even graves.
The garden offers a tranquil place to sit with God while enjoying his magnificent creation, the Catalina Mountains.