Celebrate Recovery

Welcome to Celebrate Recovery North at Fountain City UMC. We are a Christ-centered recovery ministry for anyone seeking freedom from life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups. Whether you’re struggling with addiction, anxiety, grief, or any other challenge, this program offers a safe, welcoming community where you can find hope and healing.

What is Celebrate Recovery?
Celebrate Recovery is a 12-step recovery program rooted in biblical principles. It provides a space where individuals can experience God’s grace through honest sharing, supportive relationships, and practical steps toward transformation. Our gatherings are for anyone—whether you’re walking through a personal struggle or supporting a loved one on their journey to healing.

What to Expect

  • Large Group Gathering: We start the evening with worship, followed by an inspiring message or testimony of recovery and renewal.
  • Open Share Groups: These small groups provide a safe environment to share your struggles and victories with others who understand and care including Men’s Chemical Dependency, Women’s Chemical Dependency, Women’s Co-Dependency, Women’s Family Support, Men’s Sexual Integrity, and Newcomers 101.
  • For Youth And Children: We also have Crosswalk Student’s (Middle and High School), Crosswalk Kids (1st – 5th grade) and a nursery on Tuesday nights.
  • Step Studies: For those ready to take their recovery journey to a deeper level, Step Study groups provide a guided exploration of biblical principles and the 12 steps. These small groups meet on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings. If you’re interested in joining a Step Study, please contact us to check availability and find the group that’s right for you

Who Can Attend?
Celebrate Recovery is for everyone! Whether you are navigating addiction, facing a broken relationship, or simply seeking tools to overcome life’s challenges, this program is for you. No struggle is too big or too small to bring to the foot of the cross.

When We Meet
We meet every Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. A light meal is available before the program, and childcare is provided to ensure everyone can attend.

Join Us!
You don’t have to face life’s challenges alone. Come as you are and experience the freedom, grace, and restoration that only Christ can offer.
We can’t wait to walk alongside you on this journey of hope and healing! Your seat has been saved!

For more information, contact Seth Charles or visit the Celebrate Recovery Facebook page.

The 12 -Steps and Biblical Comparisons

1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable. “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” (Romans 7:18)

2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. “For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.” (Philippians 2:13)

3. We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. “Let us examine our ways and test them and let us return to the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:40)

5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. “Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” (James 5:16)

6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.” (James 4:10)

7. We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31)

9. We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.” (Matthew 5:23-24)

10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. “So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!” (1 Corinthians 10:12)

11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and power to carry that out. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” (Colossians 3:16)

12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.” (Galatians 6:1)

 

Faith-Based Recovery Partner Locations
Certified Faith-Based Recovery Partners are listed on the TN.gov website so individuals seeking a recovery friendly faith community can find it. Each congregation and community of faith receives training and education that will help them better understand behavioral health challenges and how to work with individuals who may need a safe place to begin or maintain their recovery. To learn more about the trainings, contact the coordinator in your region. Access the website providing information for the Certified Faith-Based Recovery Partners, Simply select the county of interest and information for our partners will be provided.