Dinner & Worship- May 4th!

It’s hard to believe we are already coming up on May! Come join us for for dinner, live worship, and baptisms!

Dinner will be provided, starting at 5:45 pm!

Spring Cleaning w/Step 4

After a long winter it is common for people to do a “spring cleaning”. Not only does this make us feel refreshed and ready for the summer, it is healthy for us in our living space. During the winter months we close living space in, sealing off windows and vents to keep the cold air out- unless you live somewhere warm of course!

The down side to closing everything down is that dust, dirt, and maybe even bacteria and germs can build up. Much of this stuff we can’t see with our own eyes, but it’s there. But when spring arrives, we open the windows, get out the cleaning supplies and maybe even do an inventory of our homes to see what we need to clean up and maybe even throw out. Sound familiar?

This is a lot like Step 4 of the 12 Steps:
Step 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.” (Philippians 2:13)

Sometimes we need to take time out of our lives to do an inventory of our lives, a sort of “spring cleaning”. While we don’t have to wait until spring to do an inventory, this may be a great time to start.

Like our homes or apartments, we have a lot of “junk” that has piled up- a lot of stuff we may have been sweeping under the couch or pushing to the back of the closet. There is nothing too big or too small for God.

“Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. ” (Isaiah 59:1)

If you have never joined a Step Study, make it a point to get involved in the next one that is available. And through this process rely on God, Jesus Christ, for your courage and strength. While this may seem like a difficult task, it gives us an opportunity to put our full trust in God.

“Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. ” (2 Corinthians 1:9)

Dinner & Worship Night| April 6th @5:45

It’s that time again!
Bring a dish to share, and enjoy an evening of fellowship, worship with the Uniontown Bible worship team, and hear a testimony by Lisa M.

We look forward to seeing everyone!

Dinner, Worship, and Baptisms- March 16th!

For all those who had planned on coming out to our dinner night the first Monday of this month, we have a “snow date” scheduled for March 16th. Bring a dish to share and join us for fellowship, worship with the Uniontown worship team and baptism! Amen!?

We look foreword to seeing everyone!

²¹When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened ²²and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
(Luke 3:21-22 N.I.V.))

Pat- May God Bless You (don’t be a stranger now!)

CR Dudes

Our brother Pat is making a move north to the Pittsburgh area. We will miss you but know God will use you to touch people wherever you go. May God bless you and your new marriage!

And remember Pat, this will always be your home- we love you brother!

CR Cancelled Due to Snow- Monday, March 2, 2009!

Due to the winter wonderland in our area we will not be having our Celebrate Recovery meeting tonight (March 2, 2009).

We will post the new date for baptisms- check back soon!

Everyone be safe if you have to travel- see you next week! Walk with the King!

Realize I’m not God

CELEBRATE RECOVERY’S PRINCIPLE #1 of the 8 Recovery Principles from 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.”

Now that we are well into the first month of a new year, many of us have had some time to think about those “things” in our lives that we want to change. It as become commonplace for people to have a “New Year’s resolution” that may include anything from dieting, journaling, excercising, or dealing with those “hurts, hangups and habits” as we say at Celebrate Recovery on Monday night.

I can’t even count how many resolutions that I made on January 1st over the years that I either didn’t follow through on, or I just threw in the towel, like a boxing manager who knows the fight is over until the next match, or in this case, the next year. It is no wonder that I always fell short of my goals and resolutions. I wasn’t including God in the plan. I was bound for failure.

Admitting I was powerless to make all the changes in my life on my own power was a little uncomfortable at first. My pride was telling me I should be able to be strong enough, tough enough, smart enough to succeed on my own. But what I really was trying to do was play God in my life, the be all, end all to my isssues, my sin.

“A man’s pride brings him low,
but  a man of lowly spirit gains honor.” (Proverbs 29:23)

For me,  admitting I am powerless to conrol my tendency to sin on my own was a relief. For so long I thought I was just a weak person. If it was all on me and my own strength, I was doomed. By admitting my powerlessness, I attained strength through my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There is hope! Not through man, but through the blood of Jesus who died on the cross for everyone’s sin, and rose from the dead! Amen!

Mathew 5:3 from The Message really expresses this verse, this beatitude, for me in how I came to realize these times of realizing I am not the one in control are when I gain strength in Christ:
“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule”

So while we are at the beginning of a new year, and maybe at the beginning of a new path in recovery, by admitting our powerlessness to control our tendency to sin, we are in the process of victory- because it opens the door to Jesus. And when Jesus is invited into that place where I was trying to rule, these resolutions I am trying to conquer don’t seem so scary anymore. Walk with the King!
-Eric D.

Happy New Year!

It’s 2009 and we look forward to what God has in store for us. We are kicking off our first meeting of the year on Monday, January 5th with a potluck dinner, worship with the U-Town worship team, and baptisms! Amen!

Dinner is at 5:45 pm

Meeting begins at 7:00 pm

Merry CHRISTmas!

From all of us at Celebrate Recovery, we wish you all a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!