Thursday, December 31, 2009

Happy New Year!



It's almost 2010 as this is being written! Here's a sneak peak at what could be coming next: CLICK HERE! Take a look and find the "Comments" page and let us know what you think.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Testimony by Carl B. (video)



We had a guest speaker Carl B. on 12-14-09. Carl gave his personal testimony.



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Testimony by Carmen B. (video)



Carmen B. gave her personal testimony on 11-30-09.


(All images used were created by and are owned by Celebrate Recovery of Saddleback Church. As an authentic Celebrate Recovery ministry we use them only to promote Celebrate Recovery and the love and saving grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.)

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Recap of 12-21-09



We had a great night at Celebrate Recovery Monday night. It began with another chili cook off. Ron was the winner and revealed his secret ingredient, chocolate!! The worship team praised with all their hearts and the Christmas carols sung without instruments were a beautiful noise unto the Lord. The Spirit was surely felt. Shawn brought us the message on the 7 things that keep people stuck and from growing in the Lord. He did a super job and shared many of his own experiences with us. We had a planning meeting during small group time for those people who are serving for BCCR New Year's Eve/Day Bash. We are getting geared up and appreciate all the support from the church and our beloved pastor and his family who plan on joining us in the celebration! If you would like to help in any way, please let us know by sending us an email. We still have many openings on the cafe, security, greeting, set-up, childcare and clean-up teams. We are having the event from 6 PM New Year's Eve to 8 AM New Year's Day.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Recap of 12-14-09



Carl from Cornerstone Church in Myrtle Beach came and gave his testimony. It was heartfelt, honest, courageous and transparent. It never ceases to amaze me that grown men continue to bare their souls with us. Where else can we go and get this kind of gut renching honesty from people? It gives all of us hope that one day the Holy Spirit will give some us that call ourselves mature Christians the kind of courage these men and women portray as they continue to give their testimony every other week. Many of these people even choose to allow us to film them so their testimony will be available online for others around the world to view or use for their own meetings. We have even heard from a CR group that started up in a jail and uses our testimonies in their meetings.

Thanks to those of you who showed up for the training on Saturday. It was a big success. Tim and Liz are already thinking of creative ideas for the next training that will be held on the 2nd Saturday of January on sponsorship. Mark you calendars now.

We are gearing up for our New Year's Eve Bash that will be held at Barefoot Church due to the graciousness of our Pastor who believes in this ministry because we have the same vision as the church: Changing Lives that Change the World. Invite cards will be ready Friday for us to pass out to everyone we know who needs a safe place to ring in the New Year. Let us know if you would like some to pass out. It will be from 6 PM New Year's Eve to 8 AM on New Year's Day and limited childcare will be provided.

Be patient with us as we work out the technical difficulties with our camera and getting the testimonies up for viewing on the blog.

UPDATE: We have the last two testimonies ready to be uploaded and now Vimeo is having some technical issues preventing this. So now that we have our technical problems resolved we’re now waiting on others to get theirs resolved! Please keep praying!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Good News!



We got the camera back to capture our videos with! There have been three testimonies given since the last one that was posted. The first of those three was given by Erin K. from Beach Church CR and she gave us permission to post it here but unfortunately there were technical difficulties that evening and her testimony was not recorded. We do have the last two on tape though and they will be on here soon. Carmen’s is being captured right now and should be up by tomorrow. Carl B. from Cornerstone CR gave his testimony last night and it’s next in line after Carmen’s.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Recap of 12-07-09



We had a great night on Monday at Barefoot Celebrate Recovery. We have been fortunate to have some dedicated leaders cook for us weekly and are always looking for more volunteers in that area. Sacred Blend rocked the house as usual with a Spirit filled worship set. Barry R. delivered the lesson entitled, "Yes." It was more about spreading the gospel, sharing our experience with others and yielding ourselves fully so we can be used by the Lord.

Tim and Liz are gearing up for a training on Saturday that will be presented in a creative way in keeping with the Barefoot tradition. You will also get a chance to break up into small groups yourself for a little friendly competition. If you have ever been a victim of gossip, having your anonymity broken, or been a victim of crosstalk in a meeting, you won't want to miss this one. You will understand like never before why the guidelines are sacred in Celebrate Recovery, and that they come straight from the Bible - much from Matthew 18. In addition, you will feel more comfortable after this training enforcing the guidelines yourself, if you are a leader of a meeting, as well as how to run a smooth step meeting. All leaders are required to attend and potential leaders PLEASE JOIN US!!!! Snacks are welcome. See you all Saturday at the Church office on 2nd Avenue North at 9:00. We should be done no later that 11:30.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Sorry for the delay



Sorry for not getting the latest testimonies up here in a timely fashion. Apparently we’ve lost access to the camera we were using to capture with. We are in the process of trying to come up with another one if indeed this is the case. Please keep checking back, we’re confident that God will provide us with everything we need and we will get the testimonies given in the last few weeks up here ASAP.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Recap of 11-30-09



Last night despite the MANY technical difficulties, God showed up at Barefoot Church Celebrate Recovery. There was a good crowd even during the holiday season and good food was enjoyed by all.

We had a very lively heartfelt testimony that will be available for viewing here soon given by Carmen. We were excited to see Pastor Clay and Kim come to hear Carmen's testimony.

We are gearing up for our important Leadership Training next Saturday from 9-12 at the church office. We will be going over the Guidelines, How to Lead and Participate in a Step Group and How to Lead a Step Group through the Fourth Step. Tim from Beach church will be joining Liz for the training session. It should be interesting and interactive. We are thanking God in advance for the best attendance yet!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Verse of the Day

Grand Strand Area Celebrate Recovery's

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