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Accepting God’s grace to solve life’s problems

Introduction

Celebrate Recovery offers you the opportunity of a fresh start, new hope, ongoing support and encouragement to both men and women who have struggles with ‘hurts, hang-ups, and habits’.

We seek to help individuals overcome difficulties including overeating, grief, divorce, insecurity, relationships, gambling, control, abuse, alcohol, drugs, smoking, guilt, sexual addiction, lying, perfectionism, anger, rage, fear, anxiety, co-dependency, overspending, procrastination, hypochondria,  and various other problematic issues that many people struggle with and earnestly desire to break free from.

At Celebrate Recovery we believe that all things are possible through the Lord Jesus Christ and that real and lasting life changes are sustainable through Him.

It is our sincere hope that each person will come to know and experience the love of God in a personal way and, through the process of recovery, experience, forgiveness, cleansing, healing, wholeness and freedom.

At the heart of Celebrate Recovery we have a tried and tested programme. It is both practical and Biblical and has at its centre the Lord Jesus Christ.  This programme has been instrumental in the liberating and healing of literally thousands of people, helping them to find a new life worth living.

We are convinced that this programme can do the same for everyone who sincerely works through these 12 steps to recovery with honest commitment.

We know that the Lord Jesus Christ wants us all to have wholeness, happiness and peace in Him, and we sincerely hope that you will find this to be your personal experience.

To The Newcomers!

The purpose of our time together is to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives through the eight recovery principles found in the Beatitudes and the Christ-centred 12 steps of the ‘Celebrate Recovery’ programme.

This experience allows us to be changed as we share our experiences and hopes with one another.

In addition, we become willing to accept God’s grace in solving our life problems.

By working the Christ-centred 12 steps and applying their Biblical principles found in the Beatitudes, we begin to grow spiritually.  We become free from our addictive, compulsive, and dysfunctional behaviour.  This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy, and most important, a stronger personal relationship with God and others.

As we progress through the principles and the steps we discover our personal, loving, and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ.

Welcome to an amazing spiritual journey!

Recovery groups can:

  • Provide you with a safe place to share your experiences, strengths, and hopes with others who are going through a Christ-centred recovery
  • Provide you with a leader who has gone through the Celebrate Recovery programme.
  • Provides with encouragement and support in your recovery.

What happens in the meetings

During our time together there are two meeting formats, both large and small.

Large Group:

The large group meeting is where we all meet together for a time of teaching. There are 25 lessons spread over a 12 month period. Some lessons will take two weeks; others will only take one. Our large group time together will be around 30 to 40 minutes.

Small Groups:

The small group meetings will be in single sex groups. There are 2 types of small group: Open Share and Step Study. Open share will finish at 9.30pm.  During this time each member will be focusing on their own situations and will be encouraged to share whatever they feel they can.

The Celebrate Recovery programme is currently being used in thousands of churches worldwide, 33 or more of them in the UK.  The material was written by Pastor Rick Warren and John Baker from Saddleback Church.  Since Celebrate Recovery began at Saddleback 16 years ago, over 10,000 people at Saddleback have completed the program and have found victory over their hurts, hang-ups and habits through Christ’s power.  We have been able to start the programme in over 10,000 churches and over 500,000 courageous individuals have completed it.

For More Information on Celebrate Recovery as a whole please visit

www.celebraterecovery.co.uk or www.celebraterecovery.com

Who:     James Smith (james1recovery@gmail.com)

What:    Celebrate Recovery course

When:   From Spring, every Tuesday evening from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, and running all year round.

Where:  Epping Forest Community Church, Grosvenor Hall, Grosvenor Drive, Loughton, Essex.

Cost:     Free