A new support group is coming to a Shelbyville church. Celebrate Recovery was founded to help people recover from drug and alcohol addiction using a religious perspective. The initiative has since expanded to work with people in a variety of life situations, including grief and familial dysfunction. Celebrate Recovery will now start a chapter at the First Assembly of God Church on South Oak Street.
Celebrate Recovery will become one of the many ministries the First Assembly of God Church supports and hosts. Richard Hood with Celebrate Recovery says “ministry” is the right word to use for his group’s purposes as well because of the religious elements of his work.
Celebrate Recovery has operated for 35 years. Hood says there are now over 50,000 chapters worldwide.
The organization welcomes people in many different life situations. In fact, drug and alcohol addiction is the reason only about a third of participants join.
Don Jeffries is the pastor at the First Assembly of God Church. He oversees the church’s work with a number of ministries already, including those which provide food to those in need.
More information on the First Assembly of God Church is available at www.firstag62565.org. More information on Celebrate Recovery is available at celebraterecovery.com.
Richard Hood and Don Jeffries appeared as guests on the WTIM Shelbyville Morning Show.
