WHAT TO EXPECT FOR YOUR FIRST VISIT...

OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS GENERALLY FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATTERN. IF YOU HAVE ATTENDED OTHER 12-STEP MEETINGS, SOME OF WHAT WE DO WILL SEEM FAMILIAR, THOUGH OTHER ELEMENTS MAY SURPRISE YOU.

 

IN OUR LARGE GROUP GATHERING...

 

- WE READ THE 8 RECOVERY PRINCIPLES BASED ON THE BEATITUDES.

 

- WE READ THE 12 STEPS AND THEIR BIBLICAL COMPARISONS.

 

- VOLUNTEERS TAKE TURNS READING THE MATERIAL. 

- WE SPEND TIME WORSHIPPING TO TURN OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS TO JESUS CHRIST, OUR HIGHER POWER. 

- WE HAVE A WEEKLY SPEAKER THAT ALTERNATES BETWEEN A 12-STEP FOCUSSED LESSON AND PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF RECOVERY. 

- AFTER THE SPEAKER, WE TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THEN SPLIT UP INTO SMALL GROUPS FOR SHARING.

IN OUR SMALL GROUP GATHERINGS...

 

- GUYS AND GIRLS ARE SEPARATED INTO GENDER-SPECIFIC GROUPS WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES, VICTORIES AND CONCERNS.

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- AFTER EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, WE COME TOGETHER AGAIN INTO THE LARGE GROUP BY PRAYING THE SERENITY PRAYER.

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- EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO STAY AND SOCIALIZE AFTER THE PRAYER, THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS FOR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

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CR CENTERS AROUND DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. YOU WILL CERTAINLY BE WELCOME IN OUR GROUP EVEN IF YOU DO NOT CONFESS FAITH IN CHRIST, BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT HIM OPENLY AND FREELY, SO BE AWARE OF THIS.

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WE HOPE THIS INTRODUCTION HELPS YOU ANTICIPATE WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE AT CR AND WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US SOON!