Salt and Light Church of Sumter SC

Salt and Light Church of Sumter SC A people desiring to be used by God to be salt and light in a world needing a fresh encounter with t

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Salt & Light Church
PO Box 2491
Sumter, SC 29151

05/30/2026

Want to do something positive on a Saturday morning?
Saturday, June 20th, the Celebrate Recovery group will be cleaning Pike Road.
We will meet in the parking lot of the Sumter Christian School at 8am and then head out.
The only thing you'll need are gloves.
We collected 200 lbs. of trash the last time. Think about how much we can collect if you show up?
Make a difference and clean up a small portion of our city.

Our Celebrate Recovery group at Salt and Light Church has been in business for 23 years. Long time. Crazy to think about...
05/28/2026

Our Celebrate Recovery group at Salt and Light Church has been in business for 23 years. Long time. Crazy to think about considering the church itself has a very small congregation.
I have seen so many groups come and go since I first came to Salt and Light 16 years ago. Groups that are mega churches...that should have never had to close shop.
And this group missed very few Friday nights over that 23 years...couple of weather related cancelations and the thing they call Covid. And through it all, those doors were open. So many people have come for recovery. Some still coming, some others moving on to whatever, some sadly dying.
And the reason that group has "survived," is the church itself. For the majority of my time coming, there were three pastors at each meeting. Three coming every week! Crazy. I've gone to other meetings and many times, if there was even one pastor there, that person couldn't wait to make an appearance and out the door. Haha I'm pretty sure they always looked at the people attending as "those" people and not worth the time. Fascinating....but for too many that is the stigma of addiction. "That is not me, so I'm out of here."
I love this group. I truly do. I came that first Friday night 16+ years ago completely broken....physically for sure, but more importantly, spiritually. And through God's grace, I have found genuine peace in my head. I learned recovery is so much more than me getting rid of the vodka bottle screwed into my hand. I learned to live life on life's terms, not mine. And so when I got sick years after the bottle was gone, I never lost what I had learned through recovery..There was no "woe is me," no self pity, but an undeniable fight in my belly. That God had given me this ability to look at cancer with my eyes wide open...and that my life was/is blessed beyond imagination. Recovery, recovery I learned at this incredibly tiny church on Friday nights, is that hope is very real, that peace is very possible for my life.
Try it.
Tomorrow night, 6pm(dinner), meeting at 645pm.
John Sellar

05/15/2026

Sobriety allowed me to find real peace. And that sobriety was/is only possible because I try to work the steps to the best of my ability. Period.
If you struggle, try finding some recovery group around you. For me, that continues to be Celebrate Recovery. That might not be for you, but you need something.
Why not try coming to a meeting tonight?
Salt and Light Church
360 Miller Road
Dinner at 6pm if interested.
Meeting at 645pm.
I do know this is a certainty, nothing changes, if nothing changes.
John S.

05/15/2026

Come tonight to the Celebrate Recovery meeting.
Great worship time with Clay(and Kathryn M Weeks) being back.
Great testimony.
And just maybe you realize you're not alone.
Dinner at 6pm
Meeting at 645pm

05/13/2026

This Friday night, Clay and Kathryn will be joining us at our Celebrate Recovery meeting. In fact, Clay will be handling worship time.
Come. I guarantee that both Clay and Kathryn would love to see you.
Dinner at 6pm
Meeting at 645pm

05/10/2026

Today can be another "holiday" that people can struggle with. Unresolved mom or dad issues can cause so many to use, or relapse.
To block the pain of something that may have happened years earlier is so sad...and will continue until that person realizes the need to get some help.
If you do struggle with past relationships, something that continues to eat at you, try coming on Friday night to the Celebrate Recovery meeting at Salt and Light Church.
360 Miller Road
Dinner at 6
Meeting at 645.
I promise, you are not alone.

05/08/2026

My shopping partner(Sam) and I just filled two boxes of food for anyone that might need one. That shopping is so much easier with her there. Haha
As always, these are for anyone that might need one. No embarrassment, no shame. OK? I don't ask questions. And this isn't a Salt and Light, or Celebrate Recovery, thing.
Send me a message and we will figure out how to get it to you.
John S.

03/24/2026

Just a reminder...
I have boxes of food available. Each box contains enough food for a family of four for about a week.
These boxes are for anyone in need. I mean this, no embarrassment to reach out to ask. No questions asked...Sam and I are just trying to help.
Send me a message and we will figure out a way to get a box to you.
OK?
John Sellar

03/22/2026

This is because of a ministry at your church. Come and be a part of Celebrate Recovery.
Best thing I have ever learned is that alcohol controlled me, not the other way around.
And the crazy part is I don't miss it at all.
I'm still very careful with people, places, and things. And will continue to be.
I still speak with multiple people every week that are trying to stop that habit. Some understand what it takes, others continue to want life on their terms. Addiction rarely, if ever, works that way.
I do know one thing, no one is alone. No one is unique in their addiction. The names and places change, but the story never does.
If you're struggling with something and want to quit, give me a call...or message me here.
We're talking life and death stuff in many instances. Don't wait until people have read your obituary. Get some help.
JS
803 795-8128

Address

360 Miller Road
Sumter, SC
29150

Opening Hours

10am - 11am

Telephone

+1 803-983-0944

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