We would like to let you know exactly what goes on at a meeting so there are no surprises when you arrive.
We hold our meetings on Monday night in the Family Life Center at First Assembly of God at 1502 W Mermod St. in Carlsbad. Upon arrival you should be greeted at the door by one of our members who will provide you with any handouts needed and direct you where to go.
We start out with a meal at 5:30 immediately leading to our meeting at 6:00. It is opened by prayer, then we go into our praise and worship time of a few songs. The reason we open in praise and worship is to allow everyone to forget what is going on in our busy lives and focus in on God’s presence so we are better able to hear the message he has for us. We then give announcements, welcome any new comers, and
hear a planned lesson or testimony. Our lessons are based on the acrostics provided by celebrate recovery (there are twenty five lessons in all) and the presenter is free to present it in his/her own personal style.
We take a five minute break where coffee is available .
The small groups then start at 7:30. There are different groups depending our your personal preference, issues address and gender. We separate the men and women at this point for safety’s sake and to allow each person to share openly within their own group.
The open share groups are gender specific and are usually 5 - 15 people in a group that discuss the lesson or testimony or anything else that comes to mind. There is a group facilitator that is tasked to keep the group on topic and ensure the small group guidelines are followed.
We also at this time have both men’s and women’s step groups going on if you would like to work the steps or learn to apply them to your life with a small group of people.
There is also a newcomers 101 class that goes on to inform newcomers exactly what groups are where and what celebrate recovery is all about.
We hold our meetings on Monday night in the Family Life Center at First Assembly of God at 1502 W Mermod St. in Carlsbad. Upon arrival you should be greeted at the door by one of our members who will provide you with any handouts needed and direct you where to go.
We start out with a meal at 5:30 immediately leading to our meeting at 6:00. It is opened by prayer, then we go into our praise and worship time of a few songs. The reason we open in praise and worship is to allow everyone to forget what is going on in our busy lives and focus in on God’s presence so we are better able to hear the message he has for us. We then give announcements, welcome any new comers, and
hear a planned lesson or testimony. Our lessons are based on the acrostics provided by celebrate recovery (there are twenty five lessons in all) and the presenter is free to present it in his/her own personal style.
We take a five minute break where coffee is available .
The small groups then start at 7:30. There are different groups depending our your personal preference, issues address and gender. We separate the men and women at this point for safety’s sake and to allow each person to share openly within their own group.
The open share groups are gender specific and are usually 5 - 15 people in a group that discuss the lesson or testimony or anything else that comes to mind. There is a group facilitator that is tasked to keep the group on topic and ensure the small group guidelines are followed.
We also at this time have both men’s and women’s step groups going on if you would like to work the steps or learn to apply them to your life with a small group of people.
There is also a newcomers 101 class that goes on to inform newcomers exactly what groups are where and what celebrate recovery is all about.
