A Letter to Celebrate Recovery

Hello, my name is Nick and I’m a grateful believer in Jesus Christ who struggles with pride and codependency.

LAST WEEK:
Last week we launched into Principle 4 and Step 4…
Principle 4: Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Dang, right? The old mascot for Cheetos had it all wrong, I don’t know if you remember him or not, but he had the slogan, “It’s not easy being cheesy.” Wrong. I would like to suggest it’s much BETTER stated, “It’s not easy being HONEST.” It’s not EASY, but it’s WORTH IT!

In case you missed it, here’s a recap of the lesson…

Make time
Open
Rely
Analyze
List

THIS WEEK:
It’s TESTIMONY night at CR this week! I’m ALWAYS excited about testimony night because for many of us it’s that one night when we discover WE’RE NOT ALONE! Too many of us stay stuck in our PAST, unable to enjoy our PRESENT, and definitely not looking forward to our FUTURE. And it seems like once we hear that SOMEONE ELSE has found freedom from life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups something clicks and we realize the same can happen with US!

NEWS & UPDATES:
Here are 3 things I’d like to share with you…

#1 Men’s Step Study—This group meets every Tuesday night from 6:30-8:30p at New Life Church (4102 Tabler Station Rd., Inwood, WV 25428). Men, this is the BEST resource available for discovering what it means to be a husband and father and just all around LEADER. This group is OPEN for 2 more weeks. No need to sign up, just SHOW UP.

#2 Testimony Workshop—I mentioned from the stage a few weeks back that a Testimony Workshop would be placed on the calendar and BAM…it is! Next Thursday (April 11 | 6-8p) I’ll be hosting the workshop at New Life Church (nlccwv.org). It’s such an AMAZING time! Learn how to write and communicate your testimony in a 15-20min format. Discover how to transfer your story from inside your head to pen & paper (or printer ink & paper). If interested, please email celebraterecovery@nlccwv.org so I can prepare enough materials.

#3 Celebration Station—And last, but definitely NOT least…Celebration Station needs your HELP! More and more kids continue piling into our classrooms (including a LOT of preschool age kids) and our volunteers are starting to get outnumbered! We’re going to have to start turning away kids in order to maintain a SAFE ratio of leaders to kids. Are you PASSIONATE about kids? Do kids CONNECT with you? Are you FUN? Then you just might be who we’re looking for! We meet every Friday from 6:45-9p and your HELP would make a BIG and IMMEDIATE difference! If interested, please email celebrationstation@nlccwv.org and someone will get back to you right away.

THE END:
I don’t know about you, but I think problems with GROWTH are AWESOME! And I believe, with Home Run the Movie hitting theaters on April 19 (Yes, it will be at Regal Cinemas in Martinsburg, WV), we’re going to see a lot MORE people walk through those doors searching and seeking FREEDOM! It’s time to GET READY! The BEST is yet to come!