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CELEBRATE RECOVERY A recovery program based on eight principles from the BeatitudesINFORMATIONAL PACKET 2006 Celebrate Recovery books

WELCOME TO CELEBRATE RECOVERY!Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery program based on theBeatitudes. It is currently being used in over 12000 churches nationwide, andinternationally. Since 1991, over 10000 people have gone through the program atSaddleback Church addressing many of life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups.Celebrate Recovery was written by Pastors Rick Warren and John Baker. Thepurposes of Celebrate Recovery are to fellowship and celebrate God's healing power in ourlives through the 12 Steps and 8 Recovery Principles. This experience allows us to "bechanged". We open the door by sharing our experiences, strengths and hopes with oneanother. In addition, we become willing to accept God's grace in solving our lives' problems.By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We becomefree from our addictive, compulsive, and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom createspeace, serenity, joy, and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God andothers.You may be thinking that recovery is just for those with alcohol or drug problems. We’vefound that only one-third of the people attending Celebrate Recovery are dealing withchemical dependencies. As Pastor Rick Warren says “We all have sinned, we’ve allfallen short, we’ve all been hurt, and we’ve all hurt others. Everybody needsrecovery.”All of life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups are addressed through this onecurriculum.Small groups that Saddleback Celebrate Recovery currently has are AdultChildren of Alcoholics, Anger Groups, Chemically Addicted, Codependents, Eating Disorders,Financial Recovery, Love & Relationship Addiction, and Sexual Addiction, Women inRelationship with a Sexually Addicted Man, Food Addiction, Same Sex Attraction,Sexual/Physical/Emotional Abuse and Grupo De Hombres En Espanol.When Celebrate Recovery started over 70% of our attendees came from within SaddlebackChurch. Now, fourteen years later, 70% are coming from outside the church! Andover 85% of the 8000 that have attended Celebrate Recovery now call Saddleback theirchurch home. Over 43% of those are now actively serving in Celebrate Recovery or otherministries of the church. It’s a Leadership Factory!HURTS, HABITS AND HANG-UPSA hurt, habit, or hang-up is something that hinders your walk with God.Healing is available through applying the principles of aBible based recovery process to our lives.

Celebrate Recovery INTERESTED IN STARTING A CELBRATE RECOVERY PROGRAM?Celebrate Recovery meets 52 weeks a year, providing a large group teaching timeof life changing lessons and open share breakout groups where participants areinvited to share openly about their struggles and victories and on another day ofthe week Step Study groups utilizing the Celebrate Recovery Participate Guidesfor deeper growth and freedom from addictive and compulsive behaviors.Getting Started: Go to www.celebraterecovery.com online for review.Print and gatheressential information and prepare an informational binder. Purchase the Celebrate Recovery Program Kit by linking Resources onwww.celebraterecovery.comCelebrate Recovery Program Kit Includes:20-minute DVD introductory guide for leaders(1) Leader's Guide that goes through:25 lessons based around the eight principles of the BeatitudesThe 90 day kit off strategyTEAM strategyGroup FormatsGroup Guidelines(1) Set of Participant Guides (Lessons 1-4)Road to Recovery Series taught by Rick Warren, (1) CD-ROM(1) Leader Resource CD-ROM-John Baker’s 25 lessons & teaching notesfrom the Leader’s Guides5-Volume audio CD sermon series Upon receipt of your CR Program Kit, thoroughly read through theCelebrate Recovery Leader’s Guide and the Participant’s Guides, payingparticular attention to the “90 Day Kick off Strategy”. (If you are not yetready to invest in a program kit, we recommend that you purchase one CRLeaders Guide and a set of the participant guides.) Study the “CR Trademark Statement” and begin to understand all it meansto model Celebrate Recovery.

Understand that if you choose to call your ministry “CelebrateRecovery”, you must model Saddleback’s Celebrate Recovery! Make an appointment with your Senior Pastor and share your passion tostart a Celebrate Recovery Ministry. An excellent tool is the Senior PastorSupport Video by Pastor Rick Warren. This video plays for 20 minutesand addresses five issues that should be important to every senior pastor.You may purchase a Senior Pastor Support Video on-line.Locate your CR State Representative and Celebrate Recovery ministriesrunning in your area. Visit the website at www.celebraterecovery.com.Click on the icon of the U.S. map located at the top right hand corner ofthe home page. Contact your state representative and ministry leaders inyour state or city by clicking on your state, then directory. Attend every Celebrate Recovery that models Saddleback’s CelebrateRecovery. If there is a Celebrate Recovery in your city, you might want toinquire about attending/joining a step study with their church in order tobe trained in the process. Develop relationships with other CR ministryleaders, praying for one another. Plan now to attend the annual 3-Day Celebrate Recovery Summit atSaddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA. This seminar is held every August.You can register by visiting www.celebraterecovery.com. Take as manypotential ministry leaders with you. It will be enjoyed by all: Invite yoursenior pastor to attend as well. Check online for any One Day Seminars in your area. This is a great wayto meet others interested in starting or growing Celebrate Recoveryministries in your area. Understanding that attending a One Day Seminardoes not replace the ideal, of attending the 3-Day Summit. Order Celebrate Recovery training material; you will need to train yourleaders. Just some of the areas of training available includes, small groupformats, group guidelines, group dynamics and how to Orient your newleaders. Advanced Leadership Kit available atwww.celebraterecovery.com.Reference: Order Reference sheet found at the end of this packet will helpguide you in obtaining Celebrate Recovery resources.

How Celebrate Recovery StartedCelebrate Recovery started 1991 at Saddleback Church. At that time the church wasmeeting at a high school gymnasium. After John Baker was unable to share openly aboutJesus Christ in his secular recovery meetings and was uncomfortable sharing about hisstruggle with alcohol in his men’s Bible study, John wrote Pastor Rick the now famousconcise 13-page single space letter outlining the vision God had given him for CelebrateRecovery. Pastor Rick said, “Great John, do it.”The first night 45 people showed up and Celebrate Recovery was born. With only fourgroups, men’s and women’s chemical dependency and men’s and women’s codependency, theministry has grown from those four groups to the twenty open share groups we have today.Thousands of people have gone through the workbooks and are now serving in CR and thechurch. Celebrate Recovery has become the number one outreach at Saddleback Church, withover 70% of its members come from outside the church.The first ten years were the birth stage of Celebrate Recovery and now God is calling usto take it to the World. There are now thousands of groups around the world and growing. Weare part of a movement that is bringing hurting and broken in the Church to the healingpower of Jesus comregardingCelebrateRecoverygoto

Characteristics of GroupsCelebrate Recovery meets 2 times a week, where as the Large Group, New Comers 101 andOpen Share Groups meet 1 time a week 52 weeks a year and Step Study groups meet onanother time of the week until completion of the participant guides.Large Group SessionNew Comers 101ALL (genders) participants’ meet togetherMeets 52 weeks a year1 Hour MeetingCelebrate Recovery Information andResource Table is set upWorship with Celebrate Recovery BandReading: 8 principles or12-steps and Biblical comparisonCR AnnouncementsSpecial music and *offeringTeaching/Testimony/Special guest speakerNo obligation to shareSerenity prayer closeDismiss large group time toOpen Share Groups/Newcomers 101One time meetingMix Recovery Issues1 Hour MeetingGenders togetherNewcomer 101 videoExplanation of CRSplit into 2 groups, gender separatedAnswer questions/time of sharingFacilitators 1 male and 1 femaleHand out Solid Rock couponHand out Welcome Back coupon*Offerings are optionalOpen Share GroupStep Study GroupRecovery Issue SpecificMeets 52 weeks a yearGender Based1 Hour MeetingFunnel groups to Step study GroupsMeeting Group guidelines facilitated1 hour meetingLeaders Focus question – Open ShareAcknowledge sobriety with sobriety chipsMeet accountability partnersFind a SponsorMeetings always open to new comersAt close of meeting invite participantsto Solid Rock CaféMix Recovery Issues ORRecovery Issue SpecificGender Based2 Hour MeetingCelebrate Recovery Participant’sGuides (curriculum)Celebrate Recovery BibleMeeting guidelines facilitatedBuild Accountability TeamsAccountability PartnersMeeting closed to new comers by step 4Completion of the 12-Steps (1 year)All Step Study Facilitators required toattend training prior to starting astep study small groupSolid Rock CaféFellowship, Coffee and Desserts

In order to gain the full benefits of Celebrate Recovery, participants are encouraged to attendMain session night, Open Share Groups and Fellowship and a Step Study group. Thatis personal recovery and growing our relationship with Christ; becoming more like Christ.Large group service provides teaching and personal testimonies provide hope. Open Sharegroups provide recovery specific issues and solutions while step study groups provides anopportunity to thoroughly work the steps in a group setting opposed to by yourself. Inaddition, main service nights are where newcomers find an Accountability Team; Sponsorsprovide one on one care and accountability partners provide accountability and healthyrelationships. And then there is the critical component of fellowship that your mainsession night provides which is not provided during step study nights.So, while we encourage and challenge the newcomer to attend both, we can not make it arequirement. (CR participation is based on voluntarily attending) We can however, requireour CR Leaders to attend both. CR Leaders who are leading step studies are required toattend both not only to serve as an example but to continue to grow in their personalrecoveries.