About Recovery @ CCC

The Purpose of Christ Community Church's Celebrate Recovery Ministry is to celebrate God's healing power in our lives by working and applying the eight Recovery Principles that are based on the Beatitudes. This process of recovery allows us to grow spiritually and opens the door for God's grace to free us from the bondage of our addictive, compulsive, and dysfunctional behaviors. With this new freedom we find hope, help, and healing through the one and only Higher Power - Jesus Christ.

What Celebrate Recovery is about?

Hurts, habits, and hang-ups! We all have them. The Bible clearly tells us it is our nature to sin and "all have sinned." None of us is untainted. We've all hurt ourselves, we've all hurt others, and we've all been hurt by others. We all need recovery and repentance in order to live the way God intended.

Maybe you have heard the expression "time heals all wounds." Unfortunately, it isn't true. The truth is that time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended fester and spread infection throughout our life. Time only extends the pain if the problem isn't dealt with. Many of us carry hurts from thirty or forty years ago. What we need is a biblical and balanced program to help us overcome our hurts, habits, and hang-ups. Celebrate Recovery is that program. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place where people can find help, encouragement, support, and unconditional love.

Maybe you are familiar with the classic 12-step program of AA which uses the term "higher power". While Celebrate Recovery also uses the 12 steps, we are very clear on the fact that Jesus Christ is the only true "Higher Power." Here are several reasons why Celebrate Recovery is unique:

• Celebrate Recovery is based on God's Word, the Bible. CR is based on the actual words of Jesus.
• Celebrate Recovery is forward-looking. Rather than wallowing in the past or rehearsing painful memories over and over, CR focuses on the future.
• Celebrate Recovery emphasizes personal responsibility. CR helps people face up to their own poor choices, face up to faults, and stop hurling accusations so that the healing power of Christ can begin to work.
• Celebrate Recovery emphasizes spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ.
• Celebrate Recovery utilizes the biblical truth that we need each other in order to grow spiritually and emotionally.
• Celebrate Recovery addresses all types of hurts, habits, and hang-ups. Some recovery programs deal only with alcohol or drugs. CR deals with all types of issues.

Celebrate Recovery truly is from the heart of God. God loves us and cares deeply about the pain, burdens, and bondage that we carry. He uses this ministry to heal and transform lives.

Maybe you are someone who feels trapped by your behaviors or the circumstances of your life. Maybe you feel hurt, frustrated, and alone. You can know this - Celebrate Recovery is here for you. You are not alone!