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| The Purpose of Celebrate Recovery The Purpose of Celebrate Recovery experience God's healing power in our lives through the 12 Steps and 8 Recovery Principles. This experience allows us to "be changed." We open the door by sharing our experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God's grace in solving our lives' problems. By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive, compulsive, and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy, and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others. |
| Psalms 147:3: He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. |
| Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered 12-step program that promotes healing for all types of hurts, habits and hang-ups. Currently in over 4,000 churches worldwide, Celebrate Recovery is a recovery ministry based on biblical principles with the goal of letting God work through us in providing His healing power through a Christ-centered twelve-step program. This experience allows people to be changed spiritually by working through sound biblical principles. Participants open the door by confidentially sharing their experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, they become willing to accept God's grace and forgiveness in solving life's problems. Celebrate Recovery provides a safe place for individuals to begin their journey by breaking out of their bondage and moving into God's grace (II Corinthians 12:9). The program is founded upon Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. In this sermon Jesus began by stating eight ways to be truly happy. These eight principles form the basis of God's road to recovery, wholeness, growth and spiritual Christ-like maturity. Celebrate Recovery relies on the biblical truth that we need each other in order to grow both spiritually and emotionally. It is built around small group interaction and the fellowship of a caring community based upon the New Testament principle that we don't get well by ourselves. Fellowship and accountability are two necessary components of spiritual growth. Instead of playing the "accuse and excuse" game of victimization, this program helps people face up to their own poor choices and deal with the things they can actually do something about. Celebrate Recovery focuses on the future. Regardless of what has already happened, the solution is to start making wise choices now and depend on Christ's power to help make needed changes. Celebrate Recovery calls on people to surrender their lives totally to Christ. Lasting recovery cannot happen without this step. Everybody needs Jesus. While some recovery programs deal only with alcohol or drugs, Celebrate Recovery addresses all types of habits, hurts and hang-ups. Celebrate Recovery is a "large umbrella" program under which a limitless number of issues can be resolved. If you or someone you know has been hurt by divorce, sexual or physical abuse, domestic violence, or struggles with alcoholism, drug, sex, food or gambling addiction, Celebrate Recovery can help. |
Celebrate Recovery is...
A safe place to share and a place of belonging
A refuge
A place to care for others and be cared for
A place where respect is given to each member
A place where confidentiality is highly regarded
A place to learn
A place to grow and become strong again
A place where you can take off your mask
A place for healthy challenges and healthy risks
A possible turning point in your life
A safe place to share and a place of belonging
A refuge
A place to care for others and be cared for
A place where respect is given to each member
A place where confidentiality is highly regarded
A place to learn
A place to grow and become strong again
A place where you can take off your mask
A place for healthy challenges and healthy risks
A possible turning point in your life
| The Benefits of Celebrate Recovery 1 Celebrate Recovery is based on God's Word, the Bible. 2 Celebrate Recovery is forward-looking. Rather than wallowing in the past or dredging up and rehearsing painful memories over and over, Celebrate Recovery focuses on the future. Regardless of what has already happened, the solution is to start making wise choices now and depend on Christ's power to help make those changes. 3 Celebrate Recovery emphasizes personal responsibility. Instead of playing the "accuse and excuse" game of victimization, this program helps people face up to their own poor choices and deal with what they can do something about. 4 Celebrate Recovery emphasizes spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ. The third principle calls for people to make a total surrender of their lives to Christ. Lasting recovery cannot happen without this step. Everybody needs Jesus. 5 Celebrate Recovery utilizes the biblical truth that we need each other in order to grow spiritually and emotionally. It is built around small group interaction and the fellowship of a caring community. Celebrate Recovery is built on the New Testament principle that we don't get well by ourselves. We need each other. Fellowship and accountability are two important components of spiritual growth. 6 Celebrate Recovery addresses all types of habits, hurts, and hang-ups. Some recovery programs deal only with alcohol or drugs or another single problem. But Celebrate Recovery is a "large umbrella" program under which a limitless number of issues can be dealt with. 7 Celebrate Recovery is a leadership factory. Because it is biblical and church-based, Celebrate Recovery produces a continuous stream of people moving into ministry after they've found recovery in Christ. |
| How Does Celebrate Recovery Work? Celebrate Recovery is comprised of three groups Large Group This is where we Praise and Worship the Lord, read the steps or principles, have announcements and have a teaching on the Eight Principles and 12 Steps, a testimony, or guest speaker, and say the Serenity Prayer. There is no obligation to share. This is a mixed group. Open Share Small Groups These are gender specific small groups that meet for one-hour following the Large Group. We share our experiences, our victories through Jesus Christ, our hopes, and our struggles with each other. We relate to the lesson or the testimony. Open share groups are a place to find a sponsor or accountability partner. We also read and follow the five small group guidelines. Small Open Share Groups will not attempt to offer any professional clinical advice. Our leaders are not counselors. Also we do not try to "fix" one another. Step Study Groups These groups meet on a separate night than the Large Group and people need to sign up for the step study groups. The step study groups are gender specific. We use the Celebrate Recovery participant's guides. We answer and discuss questions at the end of each lesson of the guides. These groups have a high level of accountability. Weekly attendance is expected. |
Celebrate Recovery Is Not...
A place for selfish control
A place for therapy
A place for secrets
A place for excuses
A place to look for dating relationships
A place to rescue or be rescued
by others
A place for perfection
A place to judge others
A quick fix
A place for selfish control
A place for therapy
A place for secrets
A place for excuses
A place to look for dating relationships
A place to rescue or be rescued
by others
A place for perfection
A place to judge others
A quick fix
| Have you experienced a divorce? Have you experienced the hurt of an abusive relationship? Do you or someone you love struggle with an addictive habit? Is there something that prevents you from moving forward with your life? |
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| Ebenezer Baptist Church |