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The Road to Recovery
Eight Recovery Principles
based on the BEATITUDES
REALISE I'm not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the
wrong thing and my life is unmanageable. "Happy are those who know they are
spiritually poor"
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"
CONSCIOUSLY
choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control. "Happy are
the meek"
OPENLY examine and confess my faults to God, to
myself, and to someone I trust. "Happy are the pure in heart"
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"
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"
RESERVE a daily time with God for
self examination, Bible readings and prayer in order to know God and His will
for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
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"
- Eight principles by Pastor Rick Warren (senior pastor,
Saddleback Church, USA
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The Purpose of
Celebrate Recovery:
The purpose of The Celebrate Recovery ministry is to fellowship and celebrate
God's healing power in our lives through the "Eight Recovery Principles". This
experience allows us to "be changed". By working and applying these Biblical
principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive,
compulsive and dysfunctional behaviours. 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, the one and only true Higher Power.
Pastor John Baker,
founder
Our regular meeting times are:
5pm: Light meal (gold coin donation)
6pm: Worship and topic introduction
7pm: Small group activity
8pm: Fellowship over coffee
* Supervised activities are run for the children of all ages
by leaders with current Blue Cards.
WHERE DO WE MEET
The large group meeting is held in the worship centre at The
Salvation Army Stafford, 32-54 Hayward Street, Stafford
The 8pm fellowship is held in the Solid Rock Cafe in the foyer of the worship
centre
OPEN SHARE GROUPS
After the Large Group meeting on a Sunday night, Open Share
groups are run for "area specific issues". Other groups are introduced as the
need dictates
At the moment, we run groups for:
Gambling recovery (women)
Co-dependancy (men and women)
Sex Addiction (men)
Abuse
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physical, emotional, sexual (women)
STEP STUDY GROUPS
Step Study groups are where the real "pick and shovel" work of recovery takes
place. In these groups we work our way through the four Celebrate Recovery
Participant's Guides.
Separate men's and women's Step Study groups are run on Thursdays from 7.15pm at
the Stafford complex
CELEBRATE RECOVERY 101
FIRST-TIME VISITOR? Wondering how to get plugged in? What group is
best for you? How do you get started? All first-timers are taken through
Celebrate Recovery 101 which is an introduction to the program
CONTACTS
Training Leaders:
Nerylie
Whitecross
Assimilation Coach:
Mike Nelson. Keithl
Encouragement Lead.
Sandy
Ministry leaders:
Major Thelma Ashford
WEBSITES TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CELEBRATE RECOVERY
The program in
Australia: The Australian website
The Saddleback Church
website: Where it all began.
Pastor John Baker's
Testimony: The man who had the vision to start Celebrate Recovery.
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