Celebrate Recovery
This ministry is for people with Hurts, Habits, and Hang-Ups who desire fellowship and to celebrate God's healing power as we work our way along the road to recovery. We are changed as we share our experiences, strengths, and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God's grace and forgiveness in solving our life's problems and addictive, compulsive or dysfunctional behaviors. We discover this freedom and healing from our one and only higher power- Jesus Christ. CR is every Friday night. The program includes dinner at 6:15 p.m., worship at 7:00 p.m., and small groups at 8:00 p.m. (men with men and women with women) afterward coffee and dessert. Also men's and women's Christ-centered step groups are offered during the week for those who wish to participate.
For More Information call or write: Lori 571-6676 or Mike 207-0931
Friday July 25
Lesson 15 VICTORY
Principle 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.
Step 6: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10
Step 7: We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
6:15 Dinner up-stairs room 201 a/b in the Johnston (education) building. Adults $5 Kids under 5 $2
7:00 Large Group Worship upstairs in the Johnston Building: room 203, Live music provided by "Turning Point" The Heart and Soul of our Celebrate Recovery
7:00 Kids CR in Johnston Building room 208.* Ages K-6th
8:00 SMALL GROUPS. Gender and issue specific. We currently offer the following small groups:
CR 101 Newcomer Orientation
Men's Alcohol and Chemical addictions
Men's Codependent (other issues included)
Women's Dependent
Women's Codependent
9:00 Coffee and Dessert. This is a time to fellowship and meet new people. Light refreshments served.
Child care provided FREE of charge 6 pm-9:30
-Celebrate Recovery at B.U.M.C. will be hosting this years "City Wide CR" October 17. We need your input on a theme ("you are not alone", "God never wastes a hurt") that type of theme. If you have any ideas for a catchy theme please submit them back to me or tell us on Friday night.
- Dinner Rotation: We now have a "cook sign up sheet" fill in a slot for cooking a pot of beans, salad, french fries, chips or bringing desert. If each person brings one of these dishes every 2-3 weeks then the load is shared. We have a lot of fun and we're all serving. Whoever brings food needs to have it at the church, prepared by 6pm on Friday's
-Kids CR is in room 208 in the Johnston Building.
- Service opportunities: Kids CR, Dinner rotation, small group room set-up.
All are welcome to help clean up after dessert !!
If you don't attend CR but would like to help or support us in any way call Lori 571-6676 email seebrez3@aol.com or Mike 207-0931 email captmikem@bellsouth.net
-Kenny W. was injured badly in a motorcycle accident July 4. He needs prayer as he faces a long road to recovery.
-Pray for our Kids CR.
-God is at work healing family members and friends of our CR. "I cry out to the Lord and He heals me. " Psalm 30:2
-Pray that God will bring the hurting to our doors each Friday night.
-Pray for the lost to be "watched over and protected" until their day of surrender.
-Pray for the CR Leadership Team, that more volunteers will step up and lend a much needed hand.
-Pray for the men and women currently doing step studies! Great healing and awesome fellowship are a couple of the many blessings manifested each week.
-Our intercessory prayer team here at BUMC prays over all our requests. Remember to submit them Friday nights and put them in our prayer box.
-Pray for all CR's around the area, so that we find Christ in Recovery every night of the week.
Recovery is a lifelong process of being changed and conformed more and more to the image of God, from which ALL of us have fallen due to our sins. We all are in this lifelong process. No one is better because they haven't relapsed. Relapse is there waiting. We all have to be on guard, sometimes every minute. There are CR, AA, NA, OA, CODA meetings everywhere everyday. We are in this together, no one is alone and if there's a slip...."He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
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