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These are the people that make up the Origin Scotland team (scroll down for the South Africa team). In addition to these, we have an oversight committee who's only role is to keep tabs on the leaders of the ministry and our decisions. They are made up of ministers and Christian leaders from Edinburgh.

	Rev Sam Torrens Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Board Rev Torrens is the minister of Slateford Longstone Church of Scotland in Edinburgh, and was appointed to the board of Origin in 2009.
	Fraser McLaren Non-executive Director Fraser is managing director of Room 3 Records and an experienced event promotor and sound engineer. As such he brings valuable insight and wisdom to the leadership team. He worships at Bruntsfield Evangelical Church, is married to Lynn and has two boys.
	Cara Thompson Non-executive Director Cara joined us in April 2015. She is a member at St Columba's Free Church along with her husband Andrew. She works as a Data Visualisation Consultant, helping organisations turn their data into clear and compelling visual stories. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, writing songs, running, and reading. Having grown up in France with her parents involved in full time ministry through music in an interdenominational context, she is passionate about using songs which are both musically and theologically rich to inspire the Church in worship.
	Alistair McLeod Company Secretary/Finance Director Alistair works as an IT manager for the NHS in Edinburgh. He has been involved in Origin first as a member of the technical events staff and later as finance director. He worships at Charlotte Chapel, is married to Louise and has two children.
	Colin Peckham Artistic director/Ministry director Colin founded Origin in 1997 while working as Director of Music at Carrubbers Christian Centre in Edinburgh. He studied music at Edinburgh University and theology with the University of South Africa, is married to Norma and has a young son. Colin serves on both the Origin Scotland and Origin South Africa leadership teams. Colin is also our liaison to Artists in Christian Testimony Intl, where he serves on the leadership of Origin Ministries USA. He is a member at Protea Valley Church in South Africa and Carrubbers Christian Centre in the UK.
	David Biddulph Band director Dave has played bass guitar for The Exile Band for a number of years, brings considerable talent and natural arranging ability to the band and assists with programme creation. He worships at Charlotte Chapel, is married to Wendy and has two daughters and a son.
	Jamie Lang Choir director Jamie studied music at Edinburgh Napier University graduating in 2015. Since then he has worked as a freelance pianist in and around Edinburgh and now works for George Watson's College as a piano teacher and accompanist. He is a member of Musselburgh Baptist Church where he has led the music ministry for a number of years and joined Origin in 2019.
	Norma Peckham Office Manager Norma joined the choir in 1999 and was elected choir rep to exec, where she stayed taking on several roles ending up with publicity. She is a qualified physiotherapist, but now works full time for Origin in research and data entry, office manager, publicity, and as a choir manager. She is married to Colin and has a young son. Norma serves on both Scottish and South African leadership teams. She is also a liaison to Artists in Christian Testimony Intl, where she serves on the leadership of Origin Ministries USA. She is a member at Protea Valley Church in South Africa.
	Heather Merriman Choir Manager Heather is a qualified paediatric nurse who has been involved with Origin since 2005. She worships at Currie Community Church where she is involved in a wide range of ministries (children and youth, worship, teaching). Heather believes being part of God's plan and doing His work to be the most important and ultimately satisfying thing in life. She serves as manager of the choir.
	Raymond Donaldson Exec member Raymond is a customer support engineer for a scientific instrumentation company. He has played guitar in worship bands since the early 90's in various churches and events. He's married to Claire, has two daughters and lives in Newtongrange. Raymond attends Gorebridge Parish Church.
	Marc Jones Graphic Designer Marc is responsible for Origin's in-house design. He worships at the Esk Valley Church in Newtongrange (Free Church of Scotland).
	David Wright Technichal assistant David is often to be found with a pile of cables strewn about him and crawling under floors in the Usher Hall to put in cables for our larger events. David grew up on Tyneside, before Uni in Edinburgh & Glasgow. he has been involved in serving Origin on the tech crew of Room3 since 2003, and the staff of Origin since 2007. David is a junior Doctor in Glasgow and attends Bruntsfield Evangelical Church in Edinburgh.

These are the people that make up the Origin South Africa team. In addition to these, we have an oversight committee who's only role is to keep tabs on the leaders of the ministry and our decisions. They are made up of ministers and Christian leaders from Cape Town.

	Colin Peckham Managing Director/Artistic Director Colin founded Origin SA in 2005 as a daughter ministry of Origin Scotland. He studied music at Edinburgh University and theology with the University of South Africa, is married to Norma and has a young son, Andrew. Colin serves on both the Origin Scotland and Origin South Africa leadership teams. Colin is also our liaison to Artists in Christian Testimony Intl, where he serves on the leadership of Origin Ministries USA.
	Norma Peckham Office Manager Norma is a qualified physiotherapist. She is married to Colin and has a young son, Andrew. Norma serves on both Scottish and South African leadership teams. She is also a liaison to Artists in Christian Testimony Intl, where she serves on the leadership of Origin Ministries USA.
	Judith Sher Exec member Judith has a Diplma of Biblical Studies from CEBI and is a qualified skipper with SA Sailing and SAMSA. She and her husband Russell have a son, Justin. She has been singing with Origin almost since it started and attends Meadowridge Baptist Church.
	Petersa Flaendorp Exec Member Petersa Flaendorp joined the choir in 2016 and became part of the exec team in 2017. She is a fulltime missionary and currently serves with Perspectives on World Christian Movement South Africa as the Administrator. She has obtained degrees in theology and ministry with Team Impact Christian University and Vision to Victory College International. She is a liaison between the exec and choir.
	Maria Assim Exec Member Maria joined the choir in 2016 and became part of the exec team in 2019. She is married to Righteous, and they attend Christian Missionary Fellowship International (Cape Town Assembly), where she is also a part of the Leadership Team. Maria is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape. She is a liaison between the exec and the choir.
	Lee-ann Rolfe Treasurer Lee-Ann is a qualified chartered accountant. She is married to Trevor and they have two daughters. Lee-Ann attends Protea Valley Church in Cape Town. She joined the Origin management team in 2019.

While these are the members of the leadership team, there are many others that serve as volunteers in publicity distribution, technical teams, front of house staff and so on, quite apart from all the musicians and singers. We are extremely grateful to all who make up the various teams that keep things going - you know who you are!

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