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The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to fellowship and celebrate God's healing power in our lives through the 8 recovery principles and the Christ-centered 12 steps. We open the door by sharing our experience, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition we become willing to accept God's grace in solving our life problems.
By working the steps and applying their Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addicitive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy, and most importantly, a stronger relationship with God and others.
Celebrate Recovery is a recovery program based on eight principles from the Beatitudes. It is a national movement (national web site).
2 Corinthians 12:9 says "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." It is my nature to sin, and it is yours, too. None of us is untainted. Because of sin, we've all hurt ourselves, we've hurt other people, and others have hurt us. This means each of us needs repentance and recovery in order to live our lives the way God intended.
Celebrate Recovery is about people seeking freedom from all kinds of sinful habits, hang-ups, and hurts as they allow Jesus to be Lord in every area of their lives.
Special Meetings
- Sept 4 Testimony Jeannie
- Sept 18 Phyl Burger - Follow up to Peacemaker talk in July
An overview of the principles of resolving conflict through biblical peacemaking will be presented by Phyl Burger, Adjunct Instructor at Concordia University and a member of Woodbury Lutheran Church. The principles are based on Matthew 18:15 and in the book "The Peace Maker" by author Ken Sande The presentation will be in the WLC Celebrate Recovery Ministry on September 18th, 6:45pm, located in the Paul Room on the lower level of our Church.
- October 2nd Pastor Dene Nadasdy coming to speek
Testimonies/Speakers
If you are wondering what place Celebrate Recovery can have in your life, listen to these testimonies from Celebrate Recovery participants. They are in the MP3 format.
- Mari Boyd, a Christian Counselor, on Anger Management
- Kaye on the "Serenity Prayer" (Recorded On May 8th)
- Leon's Celebrate Recovery Testimony (Recorded On May 1st)
- Earnie Larsen (A nationally known lecturer, author, and pioneer in the field of recovery spoke to Celebrate Recovery. Recorded On April 16th)
- Jill's testimony (recorded during Lenten worship service at Woodbury Lutheran)
- Larry's testimony (recorded during Lenten worship service at Woodbury Lutheran)
- Jim H's testimony (recorded at Celebrate Recovery meeting)
- Tom and Kaye and their testimony (recorded at Celebrate Recovery meeting)
- Vicky's testimony on Anger (recorded at Celebrate Recovery meeting)
- Larry and Vicky couple's testimony (recorded at Celebrate Recovery meeting)
- Pastor Dean Nadasdy talks on forgiveness (recorded at Celebrate Recovery meeting)
- Pam talks about recovery and relationships (recorded at Celebrate Recovery meeting)
Meeting Time and Place
Celebrate Recovery meets Thursday evenings, in the lower level of Woodbury Lutheran Church (West entrance). Look for the signs outside the Paul room.
| 6:00 pm | Meal (optional) |
| 6:45-7:30 | Large group worship and teaching or testimony |
| 7:30-8:30 | Small groups |
| 8:30-9:00 | Solid Rock Cafe |
Curriculum
We use the Bible and the Celebrate Recovery participant guides:
- Stepping Out of Denial into God's Grace
- Taking an Honest and Spiritual Inventory
- Getting Right with God, Yourself, and Others
- Growing in Christ While Helping Others
Confidential
Anything said at a Celebrate Recovery meeting is confidential.
What Issues Are Covered?
Celebrate Recovery is open to any individual desiring freedom from all kinds of life problems that can rob serenity and joy from our lives, including:
- addictions
- codependency
- anger
- depression
- compulsive behaviors
- fear
- control
- hurtful relationships
- food/eating issues
- sexual/pornography addictions
- and many other struggles
Small groups are available for men and women:
- Men's addicition group
- Men's non-addiction group (codependency / fear / anger / control)
- NEW!! — Men's sexual addicition group
- Women's addicition group
- Women's codependency group (fear, anger control)
How Do I Participate?
For more information contact Larry or Vicky at 651-735-7725, or Tom or Kaye at 651-436-8308. Come Thursday evenings at 6:00!
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Eight Principles Based on the Beatitudes
- Realize I'm not God.
- Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover.
- Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control.
- Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
- Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.
- 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.
- 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.
- Yield myself to God to be used to bring the Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.