Wednesdays

6:30-8pm

Sandusky Campus
4444 Galloway Rd.
Sandusky, OH 44870

What is Celebrate Recovery?

The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to affirm God's healing power in our lives. By working through and applying the 8 Principles of Recovery and 12 Steps of Recovery 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 relationship with Christ and others. With the support and encouragement of others who have walked the road you're on now, you can find hope and discover the freedom that comes in trusting God with your recovery process.
Interest in Celebrate Recovery

Twelve Steps to Recovery

1

We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had
become unmanageable. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.


For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:18

2

We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.


For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians 2:1

3

We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.


Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship.
Romans 12:1

4

We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.


Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:40

5

We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.


Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
James 5:16

6

We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.


Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 4:10

7

We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.


If we confess our sins, he is faithful and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

8

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.


Do to others as you would have them do to you. Luke 6:31

9

We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure
them or others.


Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Matthew 5:23-24

10

We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.


So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 1 Corinthians 10:12

11

We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for
knowledge of His will for us, and power to carry that out.


Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16

12

Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others
and practice these principles in all our affairs.

Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore them gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Galatians 6:1

8 Recovery Principles

The Road To Recovery Based on the Beatitudes

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.
Happy are those who know that they are spiritually poor.


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.


Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.
Happy are the meek.


Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
Happy are the pure in heart.


Voluntarily submit to any and all changes 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.


Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm
I’ve done to others when possible, except when to do so would harm them or others.
Happy are the merciful. Happy are the peacemakers.


Reserve a 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 this Good News to others, both by my example and my words.
Happy are the persecuted because they do what God requires

SANDUSKY
4444 Galloway Road
Sandusky, Ohio 44870
419.627.0208

Service Times:
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 9 & 10:30am

Office Hours:
Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm
NORWALK
156 S. Norwalk Road
Norwalk, Ohio 44857
567.424.6825

Service Times:
Sunday 8:30, 10 & 11:30am

Office Hours:
Thur 10am-3pm
PORT CLINTON
4650 E Port Clinton Eastern Rd
Port Clinton, Ohio 43452
419.732.3964

Service Times:
Sunday 9 & 10:30am
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