Happy Birthday Celebrate
Recovery!
Today is the 7th
year anniversary of our Celebrate Recovery ministry here at First Christian
Church of Suisun City (www.1stchristianchurch.org)!
Since instituting it in September of 2006, this Purpose-Driven outreach has
been used by God to help heal countless lives willing to courageously address
their hurts, habits and hang-ups.
Personally, I still
remember well in autumn 2005 receiving the brochure in the mail promoting a local
CR conference taking place in Santa Cruz. Being a pastor, I receive a lot of
solicitations daily promoting a variety of special events, seminars and
conferences. Admittedly, most end up in my ‘round file’ by my desk! However,
for some reason, I couldn’t throw that brochure away. For two weeks I looked at
it. After presenting the societal need for such a specialized ministry to our
church leaders, we stepped up and several of us went to the conference. We were
hooked immediately by the integrity and methodology of the ministry, and we
were greatly inspired by the testimonies of many who had experienced true
healing and Christ-given freedom in their lives. After months of organizational
and team-building meetings, we launched CR as a flagship ministry at First Christian
nine months later.
Under the dedicated and
able leadership of Amy Anderson and currently Rick Deshazo, with the help of
highly-committed coaches and volunteers, CR is a rain-or-shine weekly beacon in
our region for anyone hungry to be free indeed.
For anyone interested in
checking-out this proven and safe recovery ministry that addresses a wide array
of challenges, the group meets every Friday evening at 7:00P.M. at 199 Marina
Blvd in Suisun City. My personal guarantee is that you’ll find a group of people
just like you, who will love you, accept you and encourage you no matter what
you’re going through in life. For a church that prides itself on being ‘real’,
those who engage CR are the ‘realest of the real’.
Happy Birthday!
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