Skywriting Australia takes $4,000 to write a Jesus message during WorldPride celebrations in Sydney

The company behind the Christian message scrawled across the sky during WorldPride celebrations has revealed he pocketed $4,000 for the job.

Skywriting Australia chief Rob Vance confirmed that a church in Sydney paid him the hefty fee to write Jesus Is Lord, followed by a giant cross in the sky last Sunday.

Mr Vance would not tell the Daily Mail Australia which church had claimed to be the embassy – which was immediately blurred by high winds – but was very emphatic about who it was not.

“It had nothing to do with Hillsong in any way,” said Mr. Vance.

His company has been writing such sky texts for decades, and his bookings often refer to messages that reflect the conservative side of politics – although the strong winds meant it didn’t last long.

Skywriting Australia – which wrote “Jesus Is Lord” (pictured) followed by a giant cross in the sky over Sydney’s WorldPride equality march last Sunday – was awarded $4,000 for the job

Owner Rob Vance declined to say which church was passed off as the message to the 50,000 people at the march – including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) – but was very emphatic about who it wasn’t

In 2017, Skywriting Australia was commissioned to write “TRUMP” in the sky during the Sydney Women’s March shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as US President.

In November 2020, shortly after the US election which Mr Trump lost to Joe Biden, a skywriter wrote “Trump 2020” over Sydney Harbour, visible up to 55km away.

Ahead of Australia’s marriage equality referendum in 2016, Mr Vance’s plane wrote ‘VOTE NO’ in the sky over Sydney.

Skywriting Australia faced criticism for this but doubled down on this by refusing to accept a follow-up booking from the Vote Yes campaign.

In 2019, during a debate in NSW Parliament on abortion legislation, the messages ‘SAVE UNBORN’ and ‘CHOOSE LIFE’ appeared over the city.

Last Sunday, however, God and Mother Nature were not on Mr. Vance’s side.

High winds soon reduced the message “Jesus Is Lord” to little more than a blur.

One of the earliest uses recorded for skywriting was an advertisement for the Daily Mail in England more than 100 years ago.

Skywriting is made by mixing paraffin oil into a light aircraft’s aircraft exhaust and is environmentally friendly.

The experienced pilots who do it sometimes have to turn their heads to get the letters and messages they want—like a love heart for a marriage proposal.

People are pictured taking part in the Pride March across the Sydney Harbor Bridge on March 5, 2023

Around 50,000 people walked over the Sydney Harbor Bridge as part of the Pride March (picture) and demanded global equality

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