Origin Scotland
Introduction
History  Origin Scotland is a non-denominational Christian ministry and registered charity based in the United Kingdom city of Edinburgh. Founded in 1997 as a ministry of Charlotte Chapel, Carrubbers Christian Centre and Bellevue Chapel, it was created to promote unity in the church and outreach through holding large and small-scale events in central Scotland. In 2002 it became independent of the founding churches, but appointed members of their leaderships to an oversight committee to hold the Origin Scotland executive accountable. In 2005, following two previous exploratory visits, Origin founded a daughter mission Origin South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa.
Music Origin Scotland founded the musical collective  Exile to further its aims. The collective is made up of the Exile Band and Choir and the Exile Chamber Orchestra, who perform several major (audiences above 1,500) and up to ten smaller events each year. The group have also performed live on BBC Radio Scotland, recorded for BBC Television and in 2009 released their first original album  'un|broken'.Origin holds outreach and praise & worship events across central Scotland throughout the year.
Discography un|broken (Mucmara Studios 2009)
Publishing Origin publishes a comprehensive online directory of  churches in Edinburgh, along with bi-annual printed publications Tourist Church Guide and Student Church Guide. Since 2007 the Student Church Guide has been extended to cover Churches in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, St Andrew's and Paisley - most of the university towns in Scotland, and is distributed through University Christian Unions, churches, Scripture Union, iOS and Android apps, while the Tourist Church Guide covers only churches in Edinburgh.
Major events since 2000 Christmas with J.John, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 7 December 2019Resurrection 2019, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21 April 2019Christmas with guests, Usher Hall, Edinburgh 1 December 2018Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 29/30 September 2018Resurrection 2018, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 1 April 2018It's Christmas!, Usher Hall, Edinburgh 2 December 2017Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 3/4 June 2017Resurrection 2017, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16 April 2017Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 4/5 June 2016Resurrection 2016, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27 March 2016Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 30/31 May 2015Resurrection 2015, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5 April 2015Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 21/22 June 2014City Praise 2014, Usher Hall, 4 May 2014Light of the World 2013, Usher Hall Edinburgh 7 Dec/Royal Concert Hall Glasgow 8 Dec 2013City Praise 2013:FREEDOM, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 October 2013Symphonic Praise, St Mary's Cathedral, 1 June 2013Resurrection 2013, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 31 March 201315th Anniversary Christmas Concert, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 1 December 2012City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29 April 2012Christmas According to Hollywood, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3 December 2011Resurrection 2011, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24 April 2011Live at the HMV Picturehouse, Edinburgh, 5 March 2010Light of the World, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4 December 2010City Praise, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 3 October 2010Light of the World, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5 December 2009City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18 October 2009Resurrection, Highland Hall, Royal Highland Society, Ingliston, 8 April 2007Not Another Silent Night Again, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9 December 2006City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22 October 2006Resurrection, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16 April 2006Not a Bleak Midwinter, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10 December 2005City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16 October 2005Gospel According to Hollywood, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 12 March 2005Not Another Silent Night, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11 Dec 2004City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17 October 2004Not A Silent Night, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, December 2003Gospel Night, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9 March 2003Gospel Night, Edinburgh Playhouse, 13 March 2001Man Behind the Millennium, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 2 January 2000
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