Celebrate Recovery Guelph - Lakeside Church

Celebrate Recovery Guelph - Lakeside Church Celebrate Recovery is a Jesus-centered, 12 Step community seeking hope and healing from lifes hurts, hangups and habits.

🌱 Todays story of hope and healing,"One of my favourite scripture passages is Isaiah 43:19,“Behold, I am doing a new thi...
08/24/2026

🌱 Todays story of hope and healing,

"One of my favourite scripture passages is Isaiah 43:19,

“Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth,
do you not perceive it?"

If relationships or community are the soil in which all growth and
recovery takes place, Step Study might be the fertilizer that God
uses to help create this “new thing” that he promises will “spring
forth”.

I say that because each time that I’ve completed a Step Study, I’ve
experienced a change or a shift that has been key to my recovery.

Early step studies focused on my forgiveness of childhood hurts,
greater self-awareness, and my learning to apologize as needed for
my role in conflicts.

And this latest Step Study, my fifth, has also felt like a shift in my
recovery.

As I look back on these past eight months, relationships in CR have
definitely been at the core of my growth. It is within these
relationships that I have been forced to see things in a new
way, to lean further into God, and usually to grow and stretch in
ways that aren’t always easy or comfortable.

It isn’t always pretty,
but I do end up being changed, and slowly, I feel myself yet again
being made new.

While it hasn’t been a straight line, and sometimes it feels like two
steps forward, one step back, I do see the growth. I know that the
tools and skills that I am learning in this program have helped me
improve all of my relationships.

I listen more deeply to others’
points of view, I make amends, I offer forgiveness and I am
generally more tolerant and accepting of others.

I know that I still have lots of room to grow but I’m grateful for the growth I’ve seen. So, after completing this latest Step Study, I am still experiencing
and seeing new growth.

And for me, that’s exactly why I am here."

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If you are interested in learning more about Celebrate Recovery Lakeside, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! You are not alone.
lakesidechurch.ca/cr

Real People. Real stories. Week Four!✨ "10 years ago I started attending Celebrate Recovery when my marriage started fai...
08/17/2026

Real People. Real stories. Week Four!

✨ "10 years ago I started attending Celebrate Recovery when my marriage started failing. Celebrate Recovery was a source of support for me during that time. The years that followed saw me losing both of my parents as well as a terrible custody battle which is still ongoing.

My life has been so isolated living alone with all the closest people in my life gone I don’t know where I’d be without Celebrate Recovery and all the fellowship. I made a lot of friends, found an accountability partner who was amazing as well as sponsors over the years who have been extremely supportive and understanding.

The step study I recently took helped me to dive into my past and reprocess past traumas and helped me to understand my relationship with God better. It’s a very unique process that teaches as well as offers support and it’s helped me to learn how to deal with my past and make amends to others.

These days I have more empathy for others and their plight which is key in any recovery and releasing anger over the past.

The big thing that helped between me and my ex-wife is learning forgiveness and that’s made my days much better. My days are a lot happier now without all the conflict. We now share a much better rappoire and it’s so much better for the kids too.

No one is immune from problems in their life and step study is a positive way to re process the past and it helped me learn to apply bible principles to my life. I have a better relationship with God and others and myself too. I’ve been a part of 3 step studies now and I’m going to continue learning from them as long as I can.

I actually look forward to Monday nights now knowing that I will see familiar faces and friends and I wish the same good fortune to newcomers.

Plus the food is not bad either!! lol"

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If you are interested in learning more about Celebrate Recovery Lakeside, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! You are not alone.
lakesidechurch.ca/cr

Real people. Real stories. Week three."I became increasingly aware that I no longer was able to resolve the conflicts in...
08/10/2026

Real people. Real stories. Week three.

"I became increasingly aware that I no longer was able to resolve the conflicts in my head. I was in trouble, and I knew it.

Everything in life became increasingly complicated. It was as if the file folders were removed, and I was no longer able to compartmentalize or sort things out. So, I reached out to a friend who told me about Celebrate Recovery.

Well this is my 6th year at Celebrate Recovery and my forth Step Study. But this Step Study hurt. It was as if I actually started to feel for the first time in years and it was a significant struggle. I spent time working through the betrayal and brutality of the spiritual abuse, that left me feeling so alone and often sitting at home in silence, unable to function, when I should have been working.

I was reminded again though this process that deep feelings are a part of the recovery process and I will need to continue working through them as I pursue a more complete recovery. Recovery for me was not about feeling great as much as it is about showing up and trusting the Lord with the outcome.

This step study process has shown me the need of community. Each week,
regardless of how I felt, I would get my questions written out and then show up for group. These guys shared their answers through honesty, vulnerably, a few moments of comedy and even some choice words that we all understood more clearly. And into that choice I also spoke from a place of deep hurt and confusion most weeks.

It was the acknowledgement of being heard and valued and equally belonging in that space, that began to shift my thinking. While my relationship with Jesus and others is very much a work In progress, this has been a tentative process of one foot in front of the other this past year.

What I needed was to be in a space each week where my desire for change could be understood more clearly and allowed to grow and look like something. I would say that showing up each week is the most powerful thing one could choose in your recovery journey."

08/05/2026

One day at a time. ❤️

Recovery isn’t about having everything figured out today. It’s about taking the next step, trusting God with where we are, and allowing Him to work in us one day at a time.

Some days are full of victory. Some days are simply about showing up, choosing honesty, reaching out for support, and remembering we are not walking this journey alone.

God meets us right where we are and gives us the strength we need for today.

✨ Yesterday is behind us.
✨ Tomorrow is in God’s hands.
✨ Today is where healing happens.

Keep taking the next step. Keep seeking God. Keep moving forward — one day at a time.

✨Another mini-story of a life impacted by the Celebrate Recovery community at Lakeside and the saving grace of Jesus."I ...
08/03/2026

✨Another mini-story of a life impacted by the Celebrate Recovery community at Lakeside and the saving grace of Jesus.

"I came to Celebrate Recovery to work on anger and substance abuse and now focusing on childhood trauma, codependency and people pleasing.
I was arrested and I lost my job. I was a lost soul in search of answers. I was 'referred' or 'recommended' to Celebrate Recovery by a friend. The 12 Step Study group gave me a place to speak and express myself in a safe place without judgment or persecution and it allowed me to come to Jesus!
Step Study changed my life because with Jesus I no longer was in this battle alone. This journey has taught me how to lean on Jesus and not myself. Jesus taught me to trust something or someone again.
This process has made me a more understanding and forgiving man. This process has showed me that I am loved.
It changed my life! And it can change yours.
It gave me the tools to help me in my recovery and gave me a safe space every week to unload my hurts and hang ups. I made new relationships and best of all I believe that I can do this and I'm not alone.
I have my Celebrate Recovery family and my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ."
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If you are interested in learning more about Celebrate Recovery Lakeside, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! You are not alone.
lakesidechurch.ca/cr

✨ Our first story of a real life that is being transformed through the 12 Step Study process and the community at Celebr...
07/27/2026

✨ Our first story of a real life that is being transformed through the 12 Step Study process and the community at Celebrate Recovery Lakeside.

"I showed up at Celebrate Recovery four years ago in the grip of p**n addiction, full of shame and a lifetime of image management habits to keep myself walled off and protected. At the time, all I knew was that I was willing to do whatever it took to find freedom, to be “fixed”.

My previous step studies were a discovery process where I came out of denial and learned about the wounds and hurts at the root of my addiction. But this one felt different. I’ve learned to be patient with myself, and to let go of the lie that I need to be “fixed” before I can be useful to God. I’m learning to enjoy recovery as a journey instead of stressing over it as a destination, and to acknowledge the little victories along the way.

My story, with all its ups and downs, is exactly what God wants to work with. Jesus didn’t leave me, He’s been with me the whole time. And being vulnerable with others about my journey has opened doors of relationship and community that have been such a blessing.

Step study is a place for me to do the hard work, to dig deep, to feel the emotions, and to be surrounded by a support team of people who are walking with me on this journey. For any here who are considering Step Study, please know that there is growth and healing to be had, if you are willing to be courageous and take the first steps. It won’t be quick, but it will be life changing."
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If you are interested in learning more about Celebrate Recovery Lakeside, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! You are not alone.
lakesidechurch.ca/cr

07/24/2026

What do healthy boundaries sound like?

For many of us, saying “no,” asking for space, or letting go of responsibility that belongs to someone else can feel uncomfortable.

But healthy boundaries are not about being unloving—they help us love others in healthier ways.

They allow us to show compassion without rescuing, support without carrying, and forgive while still making room for wisdom and healing.

Take a look at a few examples in today’s post. 💙

đź’¬ Which one stood out to you today?

Mini-mony Monday is back!🙌🏼After completing their 10 month deep dive into the 12 Steps and 8 Principles, this year's Ste...
07/20/2026

Mini-mony Monday is back!🙌🏼

After completing their 10 month deep dive into the 12 Steps and 8 Principles, this year's Step Study group has given us permission to share some of their stories online with you. They have put the hard work in to continue to heal from hurts, hang-ups and habits while deepening their relationships with God and others.

We want to give you a glimpse of the life change that can happen through Step Study in hopes that no matter where you are in your recovery journey, you can be encouraged too!

We hope that you will follow along with us over the summer months as we share these beautiful peoples stories of restoration and healing! 🙏🏽
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If you are interested in learning more about Celebrate Recovery Lakeside, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! lakesidechurch.ca/cr

07/17/2026

Abraham lied to protect himself.
He was impatient.
He doubted.
He laughed at God.

But God still called him faithful.
Even when Abraham stopped trusting, God didn’t walk away. God didn’t give up.

God’s grace is always greater than our worst moments, and your worst moment isn’t the end of your story.

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