The purpose of the Celebrate Recovery Ministry at First Baptist is to change the course of our lives, from following selfish ambitions and personal desires which end up causing us so much grief, to knowing and following God's perfect and Christ-centered plan and purpose for our lives which will by necessity lead us out of bondage to our old, painful resentments, hurts, addictions, and habits. Our healing is to be for His glory, not our own satisfaction.


We are once again holding in-person meetings!


Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Fall 2019

We have concluded another cycle of the Celebrate Recovery 12 Steps. With the completion of our ninth year of Celebrate Recovery, we need to inform you of a great addition this Fall.

First, I want to thank every that helped with our prayer and recovery booth at the Big Knob Fair which ran August 27 through August 31. We spoke with many people, prayed with many who shared a need with us, and even had some long conversations about spiritual matters with a few of our guests. Thanks also to everyone who stopped by, we continue to pray for you and hope we can continue to encourage you.

As for that addition I mentioned, our weekly gatherings moved from Friday nights to Tuesday nights beginning September 3, 2019. When we started CR at First Baptist of New Brighton, Friday was a good fit. Lately, however, Friday's have not been working well as there are simply too many distractions. The change to Tuesday is an important part of the new addition we're making to our recovery ministries...

We continue to have Celebrate Recovery, now meeting on Tuesday, but we are also adding a recovery ministry for the friends and family members of those struggling with addiction, resentment, hurts and habits. This new ministry seeks to come alongside those who have friends and'or family members in addiction and/or recovery, helping them understand what is happening and how to actually help the process of recovery. When someone you care about is struggling with addiction, you need encouragement, understanding, help and support also. This new ministry for friends and family is called Tuesday Night Oasis.

I hope to see you at Celebrate Recovery / Tuesday Night Oasis in September and throughout the Fall.

Friday, April 12, 2019

Spring 2019

Beginning the new year of 2019, we will begin again with the Celebrate Recovery 12 Steps. This is the start of our ninth year of Celebrate Recovery and we hope you will join us.

Celebrate Recovery is not only for those struggling with addiction, anger, resentment, co-dependency or any other issues; it is also for the concerned family members and friends of those struggling.  By the way, that is how this CR got started, I began attending the CR on Monday's at Pathway Church in Chippewa with a friend who needed to be there. Here is what I've learned over the past ten years: those struggling need the involved support of friends and family and often those friends and family have some issues as well. Maybe they aren't as pronounced or obvious, but let's face it, we all struggle with something.

I hope to see you on Friday's at Celebrate Recovery.

PLEASE NOTE:
There will be no CR meetings on Friday, April 26 and May 3.  We will meet again beginning May 10 as we continue with Step 6.

Friday, January 4, 2019

Winter 2019

Beginning the new year of 2019, we will begin again with the Celebrate Recovery 12 Steps. This is the start of our ninth year of Celebrate Recovery and we hope you will join us.

Celebrate Recovery is not only for those struggling with addiction, anger, resentment, co-dependency or any other issues; it is also for the concerned family members and friends of those struggling.  By the way, that is how this CR got started, I began attending the CR on Monday's at Pathway Church in Chippewa with a friend who needed to be there. Here is what I've learned over the past ten years: those struggling need the involved support of friends and family and often those friends and family have some issues as well. Maybe they aren't as pronounced or obvious, but let's face it, we all struggle with something.

I hope to see you on Friday's at Celebrate Recovery.

PLEASE NOTE:
There will be no CR meetings on Friday, April 26 and May 3.  We will meet again beginning May 10 as we continue with Step 6.