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The Twelve Steps

Study of these Steps is essential to progress in recovery. The Biblical principles they embody are universal, applicable to everyone. We pray ever deeper understanding of them and the power to carry them out in our lives.

1. We admitted that we were powerless over _______—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became will to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such persons wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spirtual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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Our Ministry

Celebrate Recovery

Recovery 101

Recovery Meetings

One Day at a Time with Jesus

   Many people have found help and healing through the spiritual discipline of traditional Twelve-Step programs. Traditional Twelve-Step fellowships are spiritual in nature. They are all descended from Alcoholics Anonymous, and AA has its roots in such early 20th-century Christian groups as the Oxford Movement. Indeed, AA’s early meetings in Akron, Ohio, were essentially Bible studies.
   The traditional wording of the Steps refers to “God as we understood Him.” As Christians, we understand that our Higher Power is Jesus.
   Our congregation is pleased to have AA and Al-Anon meeting at our building. We believe that these fellowships do much good. However, many of us in recovery believe that it is also good to meet together as Christians to encourage one another and to thank God for what He has done in our lives. AA leads us to sobriety, and Al-Anon leads us to serenity, but Jesus is able to lead us to sobriety and serenity as well as give us the Holy Spirit who brings forth love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, fidelity, and self-control in our lives.
   Our Recovery Ministry makes use of the Celebrate Recovery program developed at Saddleback Church as well as our own Recovery 101.

Celebrate Recovery is a recovery program based on Biblical principles with a goal of letting God work through us to provide His healing power through a Christ-Centered Twelve-Step program. This allows people to be "changed" spiritually by working through sound Biblical principles. Celebrate Recovery is an important part of our overall Recovery Ministry.

Recovery 101 is a Sunday School program developed at our congregation to allow our members in recovery to share their experience, strength, and hope with one another and with newcomers. The series uses the Bible and 12 Steps to a Closer Walk With God by Don Umphrey as texts.

Recovery Meetings at Westminster Church of Christ

Sunday, 9:15 am: Recovery 101 Sunday School Class

Tuesday, 8:00 pm: AA Meeting
Tuesday, 8:00 pm: Al-Anon Meeting

Thursday, 7:00 pm: Celebrate Recovery Open Meeting

Saturday, 8:30 am: Al-Anon Meeting (Although this meeting is focused on Adult Children of Alcoholics, all are welcome.)

There's a map with directions to our church building posted at www.westcoc.org.

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