Celebrate Recovery

It is becoming increasingly clear to us that we are to be involved in a ministry called "Celebrate Recovery." It's not a new ministry...in fact it was started back in 1996 at Saddleback Church in California. It's a huge church with a huge name with huge influence...and surprisingly a lot of that influence is really good. Rick Warren is the senior pastor. Maybe you've heard of him :).

At Penn Ave. so many of the people are living in the oppression of chemical addiction. The drugs of choice are crack cocaine and methamphetamine. Celebrate Recovery is an awesome tool that helps these folks get out from the oppressive cycle they are living in. Currently, many of our leaders are involved in step studies at Western Oaks Church of the Nazarene. We have had some discussions with OKC First about helping us partner to start one on-site at Penn Ave. It seems that this would make the most sense as we have an enormous number of people battling everyday. Amy and I are hoping to start a step study next Tuesday night. We're really looking forward to it and believe that God will use the ministry to reach people. If you have friends or family that are addicted to drugs I highly suggest this program. It's not a quick fix thing...it can take up to a year to complete the program, but obviously it's well worth it.