What is Celebrate Recovery?
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12-step program based on the 8 principles in the Beatitudes to help us with our hurts, habits or hang-ups.
A hurt, habit, or hang-up is something that hinders our walk with God.
The feeling of being HURT is an emotional reaction to another person’s behavior or to a disturbing situation (abuse, abandonment, codependency, divorce, relationship issues, etc.). A HABIT is an addiction to someone or something (alcoholism, drugs, food, gambling, sex, shopping, smoking, etc.). HANG-UPS are negative mental attitudes that are used to cope with people or adversity (anger, depression, fear, unforgiveness, etc.).
These life problems can be stumbling blocks or stepping stones. Healing is available through applying the principles of a Bible based recovery process to our lives.
Six reasons why Celebrate Recovery is unique to other recovery Programs
- Celebrate Recovery is based on God’s Word, the Bible.
- Celebrate Recovery emphasizes spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ.
- Celebrate Recovery is forward looking.
- Celebrate Recovery emphasizes personal responsibility in order to grow spiritually and emotionally.
- Celebrate Recovery addresses all types of hurts, habits, and hang-ups.
Things Celebrate Recovery Is:
- A refuge
- A place of belonging
- A place to experience God’s Love
- A place to care for others and be cared for
- A place where respect is given to each member
- A place confidentiality is highly regarded
- A place that is loving & non-judgmental
- A place to demonstrate genuine love
- A place to grow and become strong again
- A place for progress
- A safe place where you can take off your mask and allow others to know you
Celebrate Recovery meets every Thursday from 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Contact Pastor Lynda at (570) 421-0750 for more information.
The Journey Begins
- Guide 1: Stepping Out Of Denial
- Guide 2: Taking An Honest and Spiritual Inventory
- Guide 3: Getting Right with God
- Guide 4: Growing In Christ
By working through the lessons and exercises found in each of the 4 Participant’s Guides, you will begin to experience the true peace and serenity you have been seeking, restore and develop stronger relationships with others and with God, and find freedom from life’s hurts, hang-ups, and habits.
The Journey Continues
In the four participant’s guides in The Journey Continues Guide Set, Pastors John and Johnny Baker help you continue and deepen your Celebrate Recovery journey. They have found that by taking you through the eight recovery principles a second time, after completing The Journey Begins (Participant Guides 1-4), you are more likely to grow and maintain momentum as you continue to move forward in your recovery.
Throughout the 25 lessons contained in Guides 5-8, you will experience Christ-centered and biblically-based studies filled with brand-new acrostics, deeper questions, and more helpful Bible verses.
Guide 5: Moving Forward in God’s Grace
Guide 6: Asking God to Grow My Character
Guide 7: Honoring God by Making Repairs
Guide 8: Living Out the Message of Christ
By working through the lessons and exercises found in each of the four participant’s guides of The Journey Continues you will find a deeper sense of true peace and serenity, continue to restore and develop stronger relationships with others and with God, and find deeper freedom from life’s hurts, , habits, and hang-ups.