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Origin Student Tornado Relief Project on Monday
Posted: August 17, 2011 in service projectsTags: Origin, relief, ringgold, tornado
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Preparations Begin for MASS Ringgold Give-Away
Posted: July 22, 2011 in service projectsTags: free, ga, Giving, ringgold, serving
We are lining up 53′ foot trailers of supplies to give to Ringgold tornado victims. Just when it seems like all giving has stopped, Origin Church has just begun………..
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- Load of furniture- came out of nice hotel
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- Pallets of household goods
Stories from Tornado Relief
Posted: July 20, 2011 in service projectsTags: origin church, ringgold, tornado relief
From Chris Showers, one of the Origin Crew:
The Sunday that the church handed out the bags to give out to families of tornado victims Jessica and I took a bunch of bags and never got a chance to meet and hand them out until Monday. We were both off of work and we made some time to go and hand them out. We met some wonderful people along the way. I wanted to share with you a couple of stories:
1. I really felt like there were some houses close to me that could use the help. So after some prayer we went to some of the houses around here. The first house we stopped at was an elderly man who lost his rental house during the storm and was needing all the help he could get…
2. Ever since the storms, I really have had a burden for one of the houses and the people I knew did not know Christ so I told Jessica that I really wanted to stop at this house and they weren’t home, so, we left a note saying “God Bless You! We Love You and we are praying for you!” We left a few bags on the porch and left.
3. Then thanks to one guy at one of the houses, we found out we weren’t really that far from Cherokee Valley Road. We had a few bags left so we went there to finish up. We stopped at a house where the father of the daughter who lost their entire house, was working on a garage while others were working on the house, so we talked to him for about 20-30 mins and had a good coversation about the Lord and how wonderful he is.
4. And the last but definitely most rewarding: We didn’t receive anything but a blessing from being there. Jessica had a house near her place that she had a burfen for so we took the last two bags there. It was a couple that has nothing but a big heart. A couple that gives back to others. A couple that will feed 30-40 people on Thanksgiving and Christmas because they have no where else to go. It was so amazing to see that their once garage was now their living space until they get the house completely done.
Origin Team Continues Tornado Relief This Week
Posted: July 11, 2011 in service projectsTags: Humanity, ringgold, serving, YMCA
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- Fun with Giving
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- Too much fun in teamwork
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- God’s Provision
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- Terry, our newest Team Member
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- Everybody is “in”
This is What It’s All About Here in Ringgold
Posted: June 27, 2011 in service projectsTags: cedarcrest church, ga, origin church, ringgold, tornado relief
A new friend and sister church partner in Tornado Relief, Brent Harrison, Missions Pastor at Cedarcrest Church in Acworth, GA came to town to go to work this past weekend. The story below is what and why we are ALL doing what we do during this continued relief effort. Enjoy their report!
Brent’s Synapsis:
It was very clear that God brought us there to intercede for Dale and Joy Cope and their Kids (Shea and Seth)…I can’t imagine losing your house and your business in the same day, being neglected by insurance and FEMA, and then losing everything else you own to looters over the next several weeks. Dale confessed he was at his end, and even called his pastor to tell him that he did not think he could carry on…the next day, we showed up at his house! Not only did we give him hope by seeing his prayers answered for help, but we were able to purchase for him much needed supplies for his home, which just so happened to be nearly the exact number that Cedarcrest Church had given towards the relief efforts.
Here are the videos we created to remind us…
Please continue to be in prayer for Dale and his family as they attempt to put their life and faith back together. If you would also like to sent them a note of encouragement, scripture or prayer, please send it to…
Dale and Joy Cope
252 Greystone Dr.
Ringgold, GA 30736
A big huge thanksgiving to all the Origin Team and partners around the nation that are allowing and making this relief effort possible!
All the Best,
Shane
New Tornado Relief Pics
Posted: June 24, 2011 in service projects, UncategorizedTags: 2011 tornado ringgold ga, origin church, serving
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- Mount Peria Baptist Church in a pile…..Ringgold
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- Where the church, Mt. Peria Baptist used to be- Ringgold
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- 40 bags of “Love on a Friday” going out in Ringgold
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- Used to be ALL trees before Tornado
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- Tornado 2011 on Cherokee Valley Road- Homes in a Pile…..
It’s “Love On a Friday” Again Today
Posted: June 24, 2011 in service projectsTags: love, origin church, ringgold, tornado relief
Bags of Love
Origin Church crew ventures out today giving out 40 plus bags of love to tornado victims. Our hope and goal is just when it seems all the giving is over, a bag of love shows up on their doorstep. We are also set to give out gift cards to Home Depot and Walmart today! God, lead us to the right places!!!
Relief Continues for Origin Church
Posted: June 22, 2011 in service projectsTags: ga, ringgold, tornado relief
We launch out for more tornado care, Friday of this week with over 40 bags of supplies going to needy tornado victims here in Ringgold, GA. We go door-to-door looking for the owners of devastated homes, to simply bless. We also will be giving out Home Depot and Walmart gift cards to help. This needs to be an on-going process in our area due to the nature of stages that change in relief efforts. It’s exciting to stay over-the-top in efforts to help when it seems like everyone has concluded caring. We are in the long-term relief stage and people still need people to care. Origin Church is doing our best to stay on the field, in the game, and get the ball to the end-zone in Ringgold, GA. Thanks again to all you many partners around the U.S. that are making this happen!
Origin Team is off to the tornado relief areas today to deliver bags and bags of living goods. We feel like when time has passed and it seems like all are OK, they are not, so we deliver again and again and again. Thanks to so many of you for helping make this possible.
Disaster Challenge
Posted: May 26, 2011 in service projectsTags: disaster, funding, prophecy, relief
In talking with Rev. Ronald Davidson at Gleaning For The World, we have not seen disasters of this magnitude and at this large volume in the last Century. 83% of people that are asked about the church at large say this; “It belongs to someone else and I don’t feel welcome.” Disaster relief as a church allows us all to see this fact change! Here’s the biggy- Most of the foundations and non-profits that provide supplies are empty of supplies as fast as they get full in their warehouses. This is due to the vast need and demand for supplies in Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Georgia, all at the same time. It could get worse!!!
Here is where we need you. We need FUNDING more than ever. We need TEAMS more than ever. We need SUPPLIES more than ever. Going forward, it means we will all have to find ways to purchase large loads of supplies at discounted prices. So, just when you think people are getting back to normal, they are not……..they say the Hurricane season could come on at a strong, strong pace this year which means demand could even be exacerbated going forward. We must leverage our relationships with philanthropists and givers. Give today!
