You do not have to attend OWC to be a part of Celebrate Recovery. If you would like more information about OWC's CR or are interested in attending, please feel free to call the church office at 989.723.5247.
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
5:45 – 6:00 PM
Celebrate Café
6:00 – 6:45 PM
Worship and Large Group
Lesson or Personal Testimony
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Open Share Small Groups:
Men & Women
The purposes of OWC’s Celebrate Recovery Ministry are to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives through the 8 Recovery Principles. This experience allows us to “be changed.” We open the door by sharing our experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God’s grace in solving our life’s problems. By working and applying these biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. These freedoms create 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 ROAD TO RECOVERY
Recovery Principles, based on the Beatitudes, by Pastor Rick Warren
Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
Step 1. “Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor.” Matthew 5:3
Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to him, and that He has the power to help me recover.
Step 2. “Happy are those who mourn, for they will shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.
Step 3 “Happy are the meek.” Matthew 5:5
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
Steps 4 & 5 . “Happy are the pure in heart.” Matthew 5:8
Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.
Steps 6 & 7. “Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.” Matthew 5:6
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.
Steps 8 & 9 “Happy are the merciful.” Matthew 5:7 | “Happy are the peacemakers.” Matthew 5:9
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading and prayer in order to know God and know His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
Steps 10 & 11
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good New to others, both by my example and by my words.
Step 12. “Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” Matthew 5:10
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