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10/28/2026

10/28/2026

October is here, and it’s a great reminder that recovery is built one choice, one step, and one day at a time.

At Celebrate Recovery, we can stay OPEN to God’s grace, CHOOSE honesty, TURN from old patterns, OFFER encouragement, BELIEVE healing is possible through Jesus, EMBRACE community, and REMEMBER that we never have to walk this journey alone.

As we move through this month, which word in this October acrostic speaks to you the most right now?

Drop your word in the comments and tell us why.

10/27/2026

Join us for Worship with The Community Fellowship band and a Testimony from Craig Kitchin

10/27/2026

TESTIMONY TUESDAY!!
Join us tonight at 6:15pm for a meal. Beginning at 7pm we will be led in worship by the The Community Fellowship team.
Then we are blessed to have Craig Kitchin from Fellowship Community CR in Roanoke join us to share his personal testimony.
God is so Good!!
As always, EVERYONE is welcome to join us each week!!

10/20/2026

Leah O'Brien Amico will join us tonight

10/20/2026

DID YOU KNOW COMPARISON CAN BECOME A HANG-UP?

Comparison has a way of making us believe we’re always behind.

We compare our recovery to someone else’s.
Our marriage to theirs.
Our appearance.
Our finances.
Our accomplishments.
Even our relationship with God.

And before we know it, we’re measuring our life against what we see in someone else’s.

But we rarely know their whole story.

Recovery teaches us to stop looking sideways and start paying attention to what God is doing in our life.

Your journey won’t look like everyone else’s.

Your healing won’t happen on someone else’s timeline.

And someone else being blessed doesn’t mean God has forgotten about you.

Comparison will make you overlook the progress you once prayed for.

Today, instead of asking, “Why am I not where they are?”…

Try asking, “God, what are You doing in me right where I am?”

💬 What is one area of your life where you’ve had to stop comparing yourself to others?

10/19/2026

Come out and join us Tuesday evening for a special night.
Josue and Stone Memorial Christian Church worship team will join us to lead our praise time.
We are honored to have Leah Amico join us and share her inspirational story.
As always...EVERYONE is welcome each week for our large group meeting starting at 7PM and our small open share breakout groups starting at 8PM.

10/18/2026

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN HURT BY BEING MISUNDERSTOOD?

Sometimes the deepest hurt isn’t from what someone did to us…

It’s from feeling like they never really understood us.

Maybe your intentions were questioned.
Maybe your words were taken the wrong way.
Maybe someone decided who you were without ever asking your side.
Maybe you tried to explain yourself… and it still didn’t change their mind.

Being misunderstood can leave us feeling frustrated, rejected, and alone.

And if we carry that hurt long enough, we may start believing we have to constantly explain ourselves, defend ourselves, or prove who we are.

But recovery teaches us something different…

We don’t have to be understood by everyone to keep walking in truth.

God knows our hearts. He knows our motives. He knows the whole story… even the parts nobody else sees.

There may be times when we need to own our part and make amends. But there may also be times when we have to accept that someone may never understand us the way we wish they would.

Healing can begin when we stop trying to control someone else’s perception of us and start trusting God with our reputation.

“The LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought.” 1 Chronicles 28:9

Have you ever struggled with the hurt of being misunderstood?

10/18/2026

Did you know struggling to trust can become a hang-up?

Sometimes we say, “I just don’t trust people.”

But underneath that may be a heart that learned the hard way that people can leave, lie, disappoint, or hurt us.

So we build walls.
We question people’s motives.
We expect the worst.
We keep one foot out the door so we can’t be blindsided again.

Those walls may have protected us once… but eventually, they can keep out the very people God sends to walk with us.

Recovery doesn’t mean trusting everyone.

It means learning the difference between wisdom and fear… setting healthy boundaries while allowing God to heal the places that taught us everyone is unsafe.

Trust can be rebuilt.
Walls can come down.
And healing can teach us that our past doesn’t have to decide how we connect with people today.

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” Psalm 56:3

What has recovery taught you about trust?

10/18/2026

DID YOU KNOW TAKING EVERYTHING PERSONALLY CAN BECOME A HANG-UP?

Someone gets quiet… and we wonder what we did.

Someone doesn’t respond… and we assume they’re upset with us.

Someone’s mood changes… and suddenly we feel responsible for fixing it.

Taking everything personally can keep us constantly questioning ourselves, reading into situations, and carrying things that were never ours to carry.

Recovery teaches us to slow down and ask:

“Is this actually about me… or am I making it about me?”

We don’t have to assume.
We don’t have to overthink.
And we don’t have to take responsibility for someone else’s feelings or behavior.

Sometimes freedom looks like learning to let other people own what belongs to them… while we take responsibility for what belongs to us.

What would change if you stopped assuming everything was about you?