The sole purpose of Lake Valley Community Church's Celebrate Recovery ministry is to fellowship and celebrate the healing power God has over us. Celebrate Recovery is based "8 Recovery Principles", which is based off of the 8 Beatitudes Jesus Christ taught in His message from the Sermon on the Mount. As we progress, we begin to grow spiritually and free from our addictive, compulsive behaviors. We
are to become free from shame and guilt and able to experience peace, serenity, and joy. Most importantly, as we progress through the program we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power - Jesus Christ, the one and only true Higher Power. Celebrate Recovery is for anyone with the courage to be honest about life's hurts, habits and hang-ups and willing to open their life to healing and change. We believe in walking through the pain of this life together as we follow Christ, not telling people how or where they should walk. We are all still recovering from hurt and pain, our current or past addictions are no longer hidden but are now front and center, and you will probably easily identify the hang-ups in each of us. Thankfully, our identity is not found in our weaknesses or struggles, but is found in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Regardless of the problem—whether emotional, financial, spiritual, relational, sexual, chemical, or other—the steps to recovery are the same. Each of us needs repentance and recovery in order to live our lives the way God intended. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God...The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 3:23 and 6:23)."