Just Inducted
Posted in Tribute with tags allen shamblin, texas hall of fame on November 21, 2009 by shanecravenAllen Shamblin at Puckett’s
Posted in Tribute with tags allen shamblin, miranda lambert on November 21, 2009 by shanecravenSongwriters in Nashville love to go hang and play at Puckett’s. Puckett’s has a location in Leiper’s Fork and downtown Franklin……..awesome purity in this place as songwriter’s share what they’ve written. This song is a true story and I get chills simply because we love this family and can literally feel every fiber of this song. I love Allen’s deep thinking.
Kathy’s Story
Posted in change with tags life-change on November 21, 2009 by shanecravenHi Shane & Jeff:
I’m Kathy Scheivelhud, (my daughter, Tonee Goff, is Kim’s hair stylist)… anyway, Today was my second visit to Origin and I truly feel as though I have found a church home to become an integral and vital part of. Folks seem so sincere and the atmosphere is as such that there is absolutely no competition as to whose got their act together the best, and so on as sometimes we tend to encounter within other organizations of worship. The young man (lead singer) in Nov. 8th’s service, I did not get his name, however I truly enjoyed his sincere songs of praise and afterward I mentioned to him about a song I requested he may research. I told him it is a song by “Hall n Oats”, ….but I was wrong,…. It is actually a song by Brooks n Dunn and it is entitled “Believe”. If you could pass this information along to the singer because he stated he would research it for me. Also, as you instructed, I listened to Miranda Lambert’s (The House the Built Me), written by Allen Shamblin, son of your friends in Franklin…. and you are correct, a very touching song as well. Makes us ’stop’ and think about our roots and some of the smallest lessons which in fact were actually some of the larger lessons we learned intentionally or unintentionally. Anyway, just wanted to remark on these few thoughts and if you would be so kind as to ask the singer to research the Brooks n Dunn song “Believe’ . I would really appreciate it. Perhaps your computer/laptop guys may even be able to project the video that is ‘on line’ if you google it to this song. Thanks so much for all your hard work, thoughts, and prayers and following direction from God that are making Origin grow step by step, snowflake by snowflake.
Thanks again,
Kat
Laura’s Story
Posted in change with tags life-change on November 18, 2009 by shanecravenName: Laura Hicks
What did you notice first at Origin Church? The building and the branding.
What did you like best at Origin Church? My fiancee and I recently relocated to the area. He is from Chicago and regularly attended a fairly traditional Methodist church. I am also from Chicago, but moved here after spending four years in Kennesaw, GA. While in Kennesaw I located a church that really was my home, where I was meant to accept Christ for the first time in my adult life. It is called North Metro and it is different from any church I have ever attended. Since moving here I have been looking for something like it, I was growing nervous that this rural area was too conservative to foster the type of church I need in order to commit to going weekly and donate my time.
On Friday of last week I had decided that my best shot was a particular church in town, but I wasn’t thrilled about it. Then on my way home from lunch I noticed a tiny roadside sign that had an interesting logo on it. It didn’t say much and it was on the ground, so I was surprised that I noticed it; but it was enough to make me go home and google it. When we came in to the Depot this weekend I knew that I had found what I was looking for. The message was like it was tailored for me by God. I heard what I needed to, just like when I used to attend North Metro. I will be back, I will bring my children, and I will tell anyone who will listen about Origin.
Do you have any church background? (tell us about it) I was raised in the church but rejected it as a young adult until I found a church that felt like home. Now I am back!
One Life at a Time!
Posted in change with tags life-change, testimonies on November 18, 2009 by shanecravenBoomtowns in 2008
Posted in Statistics with tags fastest growing ciites 2008 on November 12, 2009 by shanecravenFastest growing cities in 2008
- New Oleans, LA 8.2%
- Round Rock, TX 8.2%
- Cary, NC 6.9%
- Gilbert, AZ 5%
- McKinney, TX 4.8%
- Roseville, CA 3.8%
- Irvine, CA 3.8%
- Raleigh, NC 3.8%
- Killeen, TX 3.8%
- Fort Worth, TX 3.6%
Encouragement to Church Planters
Posted in Church Planting with tags anthem church, chad clemons, Church Planting on November 9, 2009 by shanecravenSometimes it may feel like all you do week in and week out is “block and tackle.” My good friend Chad Clemons, pastor at Anthem Church, Gainesville, FL, describes what has happened at Anthem over the last few weeks as such. “We were just doing blocking and tackling drills and all of a sudden we are now over 200.” It does often feel like that in a new church…same old thing, same old result UNTIL, something mysterious appears into the mix, and bumps your church up to the next level. Often times you don’t even know what you did or didn’t do or God did or didn’t do to make that happne….Now that gets fun! So, keep doing what you do, make it better each week, keep fundraising, keep loving people even with 30 and 40 and 50, keep trusting, “when you’re going through hell, keep on going” (as the song says), and stay with it. Hey, I like that for myself…I needed that, what about you?
Another Hit
Posted in Tribute with tags allen shamblin, miranda lambert on November 6, 2009 by shanecravenGod has ways. We moved to Franklin, TN in 2000 to launch a new church. It didn’t get out of the ground very well….it didn’t work……many different circumstances. However, one day my phone rang and it was a man asking about our service times. He was really checking me out for his brother’s church who needed a pastor. He came to visit that next Sunday. What a man! Kim and I went to lunch with him and the rest was history. Jim Shamblin, early 70’s, and I began to connect immediately, as did all our family. We shared our stories……..we felt like we had known he and his family all our lives. The short story is, Jim moved with me to my next church and became one of our staff members. Our kids love the Shamblins. They think Jim hung the moon! We remain very close to this day! I love this man and his family! They are amazingly gifted, outrageously talented, and off the chain discerning. To Jim’s kids, Kim, Allen, Stacy; We love you all!
Allen co-wrote this song below, “The House That Built Me,” and it recently came out on Miranda Lamberts’ new cd. It’s a true story of their life. Miranda says she “cried for two hours” when she heard this song. The tears are tough on this one for me too……wow! It was a challenging day yesterday for me, after hearing this song. Did we and do we do enough? Life is real short, let’s make it count!
The Mind
Posted in Attitude on November 6, 2009 by shanecravenIt plays funny games with us. It can think right or it can think wrong. It can have your body in a funk, or it can have your body thrilled. So weird, huh? I’ve concluded that we have full authority with what it gets stuck on. In other words, it’s a mental discipline to camp out in despair, or like driving a car, you push the accelerator and move on. It doesn’t just go away or come naturally. Everybody is different:
- Some are happy go-lucky kinds of people who are consistently fine with just about everyday.
- Others struggle with ups and downs who have to work hard at keeping the right mindset.
- Another group must have medical help to master the chemical makeup of their genetics.
Whatever we are, we need help from God himself. For me, I fit the #2 description. Kim fits the #1 description. We all need each other to make it in this life, thus, the joy of a church where you can come like you are. If you find yourself in a funk, get busy, get involved at church, and meet somebody else’s need. It’s worked for me.
Interesting……..by Focus on the Family
Posted in Thoughts on November 5, 2009 by shanecravenHalloween has become a major unofficial American holiday. Researchers at Hallmark Cards report that 65 percent of us decorate our homes and offices for the annual event. It is second only to Christmas in retail spending at about $5 billion, and it is the third biggest party day of the year in the U.S.
The treat ends there for many thoughtful Christians, however, who understand a very troubling reality. Halloween is the high holy day for real witches and pagans, not just a night of “pretend.” Several hundred thousand American pagans, Druids, and witches celebrate Halloween as a holy day called Samhain (pronounced “sow-en”) or Shadowfest, a 2,000-year-old Celtic festival held to honor Samhain, the lord of earth. Pagans considered it to be the end of “life” (summer) and the beginning of “death” (winter).
Although today’s pagans don’t roam in black or bloody garb, snatching children, they nevertheless gather to sing ritual songs and chant ancient prayers, most of which were condemned by the early Christian church. Some still put out food offerings for the dead.
Halloween is still the primary festival celebrated by those who follow Satan, but most of our culture has absorbed the festival by embracing its supposedly innocent customs. In fact, modern witches, warlocks, pagans, and Satanists have long used the holiday as a “hook” to present their belief system as a fascinating, even benevolent religious alternative.
Certainly, for Christians to shun Halloween and other pagan practices is to swim against the cultural tide. But redirecting Halloween celebrations for our children and ourselves is one of the easier ways we can take a quiet stand.
“Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft” (Deut. 18:10).
