Celebrate Recovery
This is a Biblical approach to traditional 12-step recovery programs, and is designed to support people (and their family members) who are dealing with a past or present addiction problem.  

Purpose
The purpose of Saddleback Church's Celebrate Recovery ministry is to fellowship and celebrate God's healing power in our lives through the "8 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 behaviors. 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

Who is Celebrate Recovery for?
Ask yourself these questions:

Is there a habit, substance or compulsion dominating your life?
Is there an addiction that has become destructive?
Are you being controlled by something that is blocking you from experiencing joy in your life?
Are you codependent on someone else’s addictions or habits?
Is a past abuse in your life preventing you from being able to move forward?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Celebrate Recovery is for you!

What Makes Celebrate Recovery Unique?

1. Celebrate Recovery is based on God's Word, the Bible.
2. Celebrate Recovery is forward-looking. Rather than wallowing in the past or dredging up and rehearsing painful memories over and over, Celebrate Recovery focuses on the future.
3. Celebrate Recovery emphasizes personal responsibility. Instead of playing the "accuse and excuse" game of victimization, this program helps people face up to their own poor choices and deal with what they can do something about.
4. Celebrate Recovery emphasizes spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ. It calls for people to totally surrender their lives to Christ.  Lasting recovery cannot happen without this.
5. Celebrate Recovery utilizes the biblical truth that we need each other in order to grow spiritually and emotionally. It is built around small group interaction and the fellowship of a caring community.
6. Celebrate Recovery addresses all types of habits, hurts and hang-ups. It is a large umbrella program under which a limitless number of issues can be dealt with.

More info: www.celebraterecovery.com

When and where does Celebrate Recovery meet? How do I find out more?
Celebrate Recovery at South Park Church meets on Monday nights from 7:15pm to 9:15pm on the third floor. After a time of worship, we learn from a teaching or testimony and then break up into groups for a time of reflection on the teaching, discussion and sharing. To find out more about Celebrate Recovery at South Park Church, please stop by or call the church office (847-825-5507).