Every Friday Night | 7-9pm | Evangel Church (use the Courtyard Entrance) | 18+

Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a biblically-based recovery program that addresses life’s Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits using a 12-step approach based on the Beatitudes in the book of Matthew. CR leaders and participants understand your struggles as we have experienced freedom from addictive, dysfunctional and compulsive patterns in our own lives. CR provides a safe environment to work through life controlling issues in an authentic and accountable community.

OUR PURPOSE:

The purpose of a Celebrate Recovery program is to gather and celebrate God's healing power in our lives through the 12 Steps and 8 Recovery Principles. This allows us to "be changed". We open the door by sharing experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God's grace in solving our problems. By working and applying these Biblical Principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive 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.

Is Celebrate Recovery for You?

Ask yourself whether you or someone you are in a close relationship with may:

Do too much, On your phone too much, Work too much, Exercise too much, Spend too much, Lust too much or too often, Sleep too much, Gamble too much, Use illicit drugs, Feel used too often, Act compulsively too often, Get frustrated too easily, Drink too much, Smoke too much, Rush too much, Obsess too much, Procrastinate too much, Diet too much/often, Seek excitement too often, Yell or scream too often, Get angry too often, Act sexually inappropriately, Lose control too often, Become jealous too often, Feel guilty too often, Feel hopeless, Feel trapped, Feel unloved, Feel like a failure, Eat too much, Worry too much, Give to others too much, Become sad too often, Feel overwhelmed, Feel envious too often, Feel anxious or afraid, Be late too often, Feel resentful too often, Feel lonely too often, Feel unlovable, Feel worthless, Feel unattractive, Feel unforgivable, Play video games too much.

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". Matthew 5:3

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". Matthew 5:4

3. Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.

"Happy are the meek". Matthew 5:5

4. Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.

"Happy are the pure in heart." Matthew 5:8

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". Matthew 5:6

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". Matthew 5:7 & "Happy are the peacemakers". Matthew 5:9

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". Matthew 5:10