Celebrate Recovery!

McLeansboro First General Baptist Church
Thursday evenings 5pm to 9pm
CHILDCARE AVAILABLE! Birth to 6th grade
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     Are you struggling with a hurt, habit or hang-up? Come find lasting freedom at our Celebrate Recovery program! This Christ-centered, Bible-based recovery program can help you find freedom from life long struggles such as Alcohol/Drugs...Co-dependency...Anger/Rage...Lying...Divorce...Need to control...Fear/Anxiety...Gambling...Sexual addiction...Overeating...Perfectionism...Guilt...Insecurity...Depression...Rejection...Grief… Overspending...Overworking...Physical/sexual abuse...hurtful relationships.
       Celebrate Recovery meetings are open to EVERYONE! Come & join us for a time of worship, amazing stories of transformed lives, & small group discussions designed to provide the strength to overcome life's hurts, habits & hang-ups.

       We begin at 5 p.m. with dinner in our fellowship hall  (If you are unfamiliar with our building DON'T WORRY....we have greeters that will be glad to show you the way & answer any questions you may have!)
At 6 p.m. We meet in our sanctuary for large group worship..... music & lessons/or testimonys
At 7 p.m we break into small group sessions
And at 8 we adjourn to the Solid Rock Cafe for a time of fellowship, dessert & coffee!

       **The purpose of the 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.

WELCOME TO AN AMAZING SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE!
     
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

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Eight Recovery Principles
Based on the BEATITUDES
By Rick Warren

R= Principle 1 -
Realize I'm not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable.

"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor"

E= Principle 2 -
Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to him, and that he has the power to help me recover.

"Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted"

C= Principle 3 -
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control.

"Happy are the meek"

O= Principle 4 -
Openly examine and confess my faults to God, to myself, and to someone I trust.

"Happy are the pure in heart"

V= 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
"

E= Principle 6 -
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.

"Happy are the merciful" "Happy are the peacemakers"

R= Principle 7 -
Reserve a daily time with God for self examination, Bible readings and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.

Y= Principle 8 -
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.

"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires"

MARCH
Meeting Schedule

March 22nd:
5:00 to 9:00pm

March 29th:
5:00 to 9:00pm

April 5th:
5:00 to 9:00pm

April 12th:
5:00 to 9:00pm

April 19th:
5:00 to 9:00pm

April 22nd:
5:00 to 9:00pm