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Hi 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

Name: 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!