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Irene
Potts - Celebrate
Recovery Ministry Team Leader A CHRIST-CENTERED RECOVERY PROGRAM
Overcome Your Hurts, Habits, and Hang-ups
Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm
What is Celebrate Recovery? It is a ministry that equips people with the tools to experience freedom and peace in the midst of trials. For example, when someone goes through a divorce, those in the family experience hurt and disappointment. The divorce becomes the place where people may get hung-up in the hurt. If a person does not have the tools to deal with this hurt, then a habit will develop to cover the pain. The use of alcohol, drugs, smoking, over-eating, over-working, people pleasing, perfectionism, depression, shopping, gambling...anything to help numb the pain! Life does hurt but God heals! In Celebrate Recovery we experience the Lord's presence in a powerful way as He brings healing and hope to those who seek Him. Anger, grief, depression, physical & sexual abuse, co-dependency, domestic violence, drug addiction, sexual addiction, eating disorders, post abortion, alcoholism, gambling, adult children of alcoholics, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...are all issues that seriously affect many people in our community that a sermon or Bible study alone will not solve. However, there is hope and a way that the Church can help the hurting move beyond their wounds to experience the healing liberty of Christ. Celebrate Recovery is a Christian 12-step alternative based on eight principles from the Beatitudes. ************************************** Celebrate Recovery Purpose The purpose of First United Methodist Church's "Celebrate Recovery" is to help us find hope and healing for our hurts, hang-ups, and habits through fellowship and God's healing power in our lives through the 12 steps and 8 Recovery Principles. We choose to open the door to our healing by sharing our experiences, strengths, and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God's grace in solving the problems in our lives. By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our compulsive, dysfunctional, and destructive behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy, and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others. As we progress through the program, we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power, Jesus Christ. ************************************* Celebrate
Recovery's focus is to fellowship and celebrate God's healing power in our lives
through Eight Recovery Principles and the Christ Centered Twelve Steps. This
freedom creates peace, serenity, joy, and most importantly, a stronger personal
relationship with God and others when we work the program. As
we progress through the program, we discover the personal, loving, and
forgiving
Power of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
GOD NEVER WASTES A HURT Celebrate Recovery Meets Every Sunday
Evening 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Large Group Celebration Sanctuary 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Open Share Groups for Men &
Women Various Rooms 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM Solid Rock Café: Refreshment and Fellowship Gym 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Celebration Station 6 yrs - 5th grade Nursery available: infants-5 yrs . What
is a CR Large Group? It
is a time where the Celebrate Recovery groups (Men & Women) get together for
a time of worship, a lesson, or a testimony. Lessons taught come from the
Celebrate Recovery Leader’s Guide. What
is Newcomers 101? A
small group designed with the newcomer in mind. This group is offered during the
Open Share group time. It is a “One time only” informational meeting to
introduce Newcomers to the ministry and to answer any questions they may have
about CR. What
is an Open Share Group? These
groups follow the Large Group time. They are intended to provide a safe place
for sharing, and do not use the Celebrate Recovery Participants Guides. Two
questions are presented for sharing related to the teaching or testimony that
was just heard during the Large Group time. Participants do not have to share…
they can just listen to what others are sharing. These groups are gender
specific. The small group guidelines are used to keep the group “safe.” Celebrate Recovery Small Groups Can:
Celebrate Recovery Small Groups Will Not:
July 2010 CR Meetings
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Leadership Meetings July 5th Monday at 6:30 pm Group Leader Mtg. Parsonage
July 12th Monday at 6:30 Precovery Team Mtg. Chapel
July 19th Monday at 6:30 pm T.E.A.M. Meeting Conference Room
July 26th Monday at 6:30 pm “The Last Addiction” Book discussion at the parsonage
Don’t
give up! There is Hope… CR is helping me deal with all my various hurts, habits, & hang-ups. It is helping me get to the point where I can let go of my “stuff,” give God total control of my life; to simply trust that He will reveal to me what I need to know day to day, so that my future will fall in line with His perfect plan. I am absolutely convinced that God does have a plan for my life, and that it is good! But I’m learning that for this plan to take full effect, I must be willing to surrender completely to His will and maintain complete trust in Him. For me this surrender and trust is coming much harder than I think it should. Yet I continue to work on it, and I’m glad to say thanks to CR. I’m making progress. Quite simply, the CR program works. It works because we do not work the program alone. As we work the various steps and principles in CR, we have the help of our higher power, Jesus Christ. Also, here I have found abundant love & support from the entire CR community. There is no judging here. Plus, there’s an atmosphere of safety & confidentiality. I cannot say enough good things about the help I have received from my sponsor and my accountability partners as well as all the guys in my open-share group. They see to it that I stay focused and on-track. It has helped beyond description to have such wonderful people working with me & praying for me. They genuinely want to help me reach my goal. I thank God for them all. Thanks for letting me share! SR
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY 1. 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. Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor. 2. Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover. Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 3. Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control. Happy are the meek. 4. Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. Happy are the pure in heart. 5. Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires. 6. Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I've done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others. Happy are the merciful. Happy are the peacemakers. 7. 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. 8. Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words. Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.
Opportunities
for Service: If you love to rock
babies and play with children, we are looking for volunteers to come one Sunday
a month to help in the nursery from 6-9 pm.
This is a great opportunity to meet some new people who are visiting our
church. Call
Irene at 580-355-0298 or email her at irene.potts@yahoo.com for more info. |
