# Origin Scotland
## 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 2019 Resurrection 2019, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21 April 2019 Christmas with guests, Usher Hall, Edinburgh 1 December 2018 Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 29/30 September 2018 Resurrection 2018, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 1 April 2018 It's Christmas!, Usher Hall, Edinburgh 2 December 2017 Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 3/4 June 2017 Resurrection 2017, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16 April 2017 Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 4/5 June 2016 Resurrection 2016, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27 March 2016 Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 30/31 May 2015 Resurrection 2015, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5 April 2015 Symphonic Praise, Glasgow Cathedral/St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, 21/22 June 2014 City Praise 2014, Usher Hall, 4 May 2014 Light of the World 2013, Usher Hall Edinburgh 7 Dec/Royal Concert Hall Glasgow 8 Dec 2013 City Praise 2013:FREEDOM, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 October 2013 Symphonic Praise, St Mary's Cathedral, 1 June 2013 Resurrection 2013, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 31 March 2013 15th Anniversary Christmas Concert, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 1 December 2012 City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29 April 2012 Christmas According to Hollywood, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3 December 2011 Resurrection 2011, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24 April 2011 Live at the HMV Picturehouse, Edinburgh, 5 March 2010 Light of the World, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4 December 2010 City Praise, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 3 October 2010 Light of the World, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5 December 2009 City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18 October 2009 Resurrection, Highland Hall, Royal Highland Society, Ingliston, 8 April 2007 Not Another Silent Night Again, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9 December 2006 City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22 October 2006 Resurrection, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16 April 2006 Not a Bleak Midwinter, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10 December 2005 City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16 October 2005 Gospel According to Hollywood, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 12 March 2005 Not Another Silent Night, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11 Dec 2004 City Praise, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17 October 2004 Not A Silent Night, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, December 2003 Gospel Night, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9 March 2003 Gospel Night, Edinburgh Playhouse, 13 March 2001 Man Behind the Millennium, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 2 January 2000