Celebrate Recovery Curriculum

From Saddleback Church...

THE PROVEN, GROUNDBREAKING RECOVERY CURRICULUM THAT IS:  Distinctively Christian, Uncompromisingly Biblical, Designed Especially or Churches

ALCOHOLISM . DIVORCE . SEXUAL ABUSE . CODEPENDENCY . DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. DRUG ADDICTION . SEXUAL ADDICTION . FOOD ADDICTION . GAMBLING ADDICTION

These words are about more than "issues."  They're about people who sit as close to us as the next pew--or our own.  People struggling with problems that sermons or Bible studies alone won't solve.  But there is a way the church can help the hurting move beyond their hurts, hang-ups, and habits to experience the healing and liberty of Christ.

Celebrate Recovery was created to help the church fulfill its role as Christ's healing agent.  Since 1991, more than 250,000 people have participated in the Celebrate Recovery programs offered at more than 4,000 churches, prisons, and rescue missions.  Developed by John Baker and Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, Celebrate Recovery draws from the Beatitudes to help people resolve painful problems in the context of the church as a whole.  Rather than setting up an isolated recovery community, this powerful program helps participants and their churches come together and discover new levels of care, acceptance, trust, and grace.

"Pastor John Baker and I shared something in common:  we used to drink too much.  Our hearts changed, and then we quit.  That is a tried-and-true formula.  The problem is, government is not good at changing hearts.  But people like John Baker have been." - President George W. Bush on Celebrate Recovery and founder John Baker, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conference, March 3, 2004

"To appreciate the full reach of (Saddleback Church) and its leader you need to look in less manicured surroundings..(Rick Warren's programs) have acquired a unique status within the California Department of Corrections, the nation's largest...Using off-the-rack materials, the prisoners minister to one another in small recovery groups, weekly services, and full-time accountability' partnerships." -- NEW YORK TIMES.

UPDATED FOR GREATER EASE AND EFFECTIVENESS!

This updated edition of Celebrate Recovery includes:

*  20-minute DVD introductory guide for leaders

*   1 Leader's Guide

*   4 Participant

*   1 Pastor Resource CD-ROM--Rick Warren's messages and outlines from his Road to    Recovery  series

*   1 Leader Resource CD-ROM--John Baker's 25 lessons and teaching notes from the Leader's Guide

*   5-volume audion CD sermon series

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