Celebrate Recovery
"Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand!" Galatians 5:1
CELEBRATE RECOVERY IS A CHRIST-CENTERED RECOVERY PROGRAM
TRY CELEBRATE RECOVERY FOR SIX WEEKS!
To explore whether or not Celebrate Recovery may hold some advantage for your life, simply ask yourself whether you or someone you are in a close relationship with may:
- Do too much
- Owe too much
- Yell or scream too often
- Feel envious to often
- Be anxious or afraid
- Feel resentful too often
- Feel lonely too often
- Feel worthless to often
- Fell unlovable
- Exercise too much
- Spend too much
- Lust too much or too often
- Sleep too much
- Fantasize too much or too often
- Grieve too long
- Gamble too much
- Feel like a failure too much
If you answer 'yes' to 2 or more of these questions, you have a hurt, habit, or hang-up. Come join us on the Road to Recovery:
- Do you believe, or want to believe in God, yet can't seem to?
- Do you want to trust God with your whole life, yet live in fear?
- If you are honest, do you know you are not happy?
- Do you find your personal life is troubled?
- Do you have resentments, anger, fear or loneliness?
- Have you tried to change the behaviors of people around you?
- Have you not old anyone of your secret pain?
- Do you have difficulty and want to change?
- Have you tried to change your behaviors without success?
How Does Celebrate Recovery Work?
The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to celebrate God's healing power in our lives as we share our experiences and discover together our personal, loving and forgiving High Power - Jesus Christ. By following the 12 Steps and 8 Recovery Principles, we grow spiritually and receive God's grace in solving our lives' problems. As we progress, we find freedom that results in peace, serenity, joy and a stronger relationship with God - freedom that allows us to share our strengths and hopes with others.
Celebrate Recovery meets every Tuesday.
Large Group Session: 6:00-7:00pm
Open Share Small Group: 7:00-8:00pm (Men's & Women's Groups/Issue Specific)
The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to celebrate God's healing power in our lives as we share our experiences and discover together our personal, loving and forgiving High Power - Jesus Christ. By following the 12 Steps and 8 Recovery Principles, we grow spiritually and receive God's grace in solving our lives' problems. As we progress, we find freedom that results in peace, serenity, joy and a stronger relationship with God - freedom that allows us to share our strengths and hopes with others.
Celebrate Recovery meets every Tuesday.
Large Group Session: 6:00-7:00pm
Open Share Small Group: 7:00-8:00pm (Men's & Women's Groups/Issue Specific)
The Road to Recovery
Listed below are the 8 Recovery Principles, based on the Beatitudes, by Pastor Rick Warren
Realize I’m not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. (Step 1)
“Happy are those who know that they are spiritually poor.” Matthew 5:3a TEV
Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover. (Step 2)
“Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 TEV, NIV
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. (Step 3)
“Happy are the meek.” Matthew 5:5a TEV
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. (Steps 4 and 5)
“Happy are the pure in heart.” Matthew 5:8a TEV
Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. (Steps 6 and 7)
“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires” Matthew 5:6a TEV
Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others when possible, except when to do so would harm them or others. (Steps 8 and 9)
“Happy are the merciful.” Matthew 5:7a TEV; “Happy are the peacemakers” Matthew 5:9 TEV
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will. (Steps 10 and 11)
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words. (Step 12)
“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” Matthew 5:10 TEV
Listed below are the 8 Recovery Principles, based on the Beatitudes, by Pastor Rick Warren
Realize I’m not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. (Step 1)
“Happy are those who know that they are spiritually poor.” Matthew 5:3a TEV
Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover. (Step 2)
“Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 TEV, NIV
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. (Step 3)
“Happy are the meek.” Matthew 5:5a TEV
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. (Steps 4 and 5)
“Happy are the pure in heart.” Matthew 5:8a TEV
Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. (Steps 6 and 7)
“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires” Matthew 5:6a TEV
Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others when possible, except when to do so would harm them or others. (Steps 8 and 9)
“Happy are the merciful.” Matthew 5:7a TEV; “Happy are the peacemakers” Matthew 5:9 TEV
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will. (Steps 10 and 11)
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words. (Step 12)
“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” Matthew 5:10 TEV
To ensure that Celebrate Recovery is a safe place, the following five guidelines are followed in all small groups:
- Keep your sharing focused on your own thoughts and feelings. Limit your sharing to three to five minutes.
- There is NO cross talk. Cross talk is when two individuals engage in conversation excluding all others. Each person is free to express his or her feelings without interruptions.
- We are here to support one another, not "fix" another.
- Anonymity and confidentiality are basic requirements. What is shared in the group stays in the group. The only exception is when someone threatens to injure themselves or others.
- Offensive language has no place in a Christ-centered recovery group.