Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered
12-step recovery program based on eight principles from the Beatitudes.

The mission of Parkview Christian Church’s Celebrate Recovery Ministry is to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives.

This occurs through study, action and commitment to Jesus Christ as we understand the eight recovery principles (based on the Beatitudes in Matthew) and the 12 steps with their Biblical comparisons.

As we apply these principles to our lives, we begin to grow spiritually and become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors.

This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others. As we progress through the program we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power, Jesus Christ, who is the one and only true Higher Power.

RECOVERY GROUPS

• Newcomers Group - for men first timers

• Newcomers Group - for women first timers

• Chemical Dependency - for men (AA, NA)
  Am I an alcoholic?

• Chemical Dependency - women (AA, NA)
  Am I an alcoholic?

• Codependency - for women (ALANON, ACOA, CODA)
  What is co-dependency?

• Sexual purity issues - for men
  Do I struggle with sexual issues?

• Mixed Share Group - for men (Anger, gambling, food, etc.)

• Mixed Share Group - for women (Anger, gambling, food, etc.)

For more information or to contact a ministry leader,
call 708-478-7477, Ext. 240 or email CR@parkviewchurch.com.

TWELVE STEPS AND THEIR BIBLICAL COMPARISONS

1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behavior, that our lives had become unmanageable. “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is; in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” Romans 7:18

2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. “For it is God who is at work in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.” Philippians 2:13

3. We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship.” Romans 12:1

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.” Lamentations 3:40

5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs." Therefore, confess your sins to each other, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed.” James 5:16a

6. We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.” James 4:10

7. We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9

8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Luke 6:31

9. We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.” Matthew 5:23-24

10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. “So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you do not fall.” 1 Corinthians 10:12

11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.” Colossians 3:16a

12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. “Brothers, if some one is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you may also be tempted.” Galatians 6:1

PRAYER FOR SERENITY

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is; not as I would have it; Trusting that you will make all things right if I surrender to your will; So that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with you forever in the next. AMEN

-Reinhold Niebuhr