About Renewed Recovery

The purpose of Renewed Recovery is to fellowship together and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives by sharing our experience, strength, and hope through The Steps and Recovery Principles. This experience allows us to “be changed”.

You may be thinking that recovery is only for those with alcohol or drug problems. This could not be further from the truth. Most of life’s hurts, habits and hang-ups can be addressed through this one ministry, including problems with abuse, anger, grief, alcohol, drugs, depression, guilt and shame, financial loss, divorce, dysfunctional families, sexual problems, eating disorders, and much more!

A hurt, habit or hang-up is anything that hinders your walk with God. They postpone or prevent genuine fellowship with Him and your loved ones. They include but are not limited to:

* Abandonment & Rejection
* Abuse: Physical, Sexual, Emotional
* Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
* Alcohol, Drug & Chemical Dependency
* Anger & Rage
* Anxiety, Fear & Insecurity
* Co-Dependency & Unhealthy Relationships
* Controlling Personality
* Depression & Loss of Hope
* Divorce & Loss of Relationship
* Eating Disorders: Over-eating, Under-eating
* Gambling
* Grief & Sadness
* Guilt & Shame
* Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
* Overspending & Financial Loss
* Overworking & Workaholics
* People-Pleasing
* Perfectionism
* Sexual Addiction: Adultery, Pornography, etc

Are you someone who struggles with hurts, habits and hang-ups? Do you struggle with a particular issue, sin, problem or behavior that seems to have such strength and power over you that it has prevented you from experiencing any real victory over it? Have you been secretly hoping that a ministry like this would come along where you would have a safe place to share your struggles with Anonymity and Confidentiality and get healing from God? Perhaps this is God’s timing for you, too! Take courage and join us!

Do you know people (inside or outside the church) who struggle with the kind of hurts, habits and hang-ups that are described on this website? Please speak with them about RR, and share this website with them. Encourage them to speak with any member of the Renewed Recovery Leadership Team about how this unique ministry can bring about real change in their lives. They can have a real hope that the Holy Spirit will use this ministry to work in them the changes they have been unable to work in themselves by their own power.

Renewed Recovery meets 52 weeks a year because life’s hurts, habits and hang-ups don’t take a holiday! Renewed Recovery meets at Renewing Life Church located at 301 S Moody Dr Wynnewood, Ok 73098, we start the meeting at 6:00pm

Bible-based, Christ-centered & God-honoring
A safe place to share
A refuge
A place for healing from life’s hurt, habits and hang-ups
A place to be cared for, and a place to care for others
A place where each person is respected
A place where anonymity & confidentiality are respected
A place to learn, grow and become strong again
A place for progress, not perfection
A place where you can take off your mask and allow others to know you for who you are.
A place for healthy challenges
A place for accepting personal responsibility
A possible turning point in your life
A place to demonstrate genuine love for others

Therapy, counseling, legal advice, rehabilitation or treatment
A shelter
A place for selfish control
A place for secrets or gossip
A place to look for dating relationships
A place to fix or rescue others
A place to be fixed or rescued by others
A place for perfection
A place to judge others
A quick fix

In physical health, the term “recovery” refers to the process of moving from illness to wellness. Our hurts, habits and hang-ups are like spiritual illnesses. By using the tools of Renewed Recovery, we can begin to move from spiritual illness to spiritual wellness. Some might say we move from bondage-to-self to freedom-in-Christ. Others might say we move from self-reliance to faith-in-Christ.

Renewed Recovery offers a person the opportunity to participate in a group fellowship where love and hope combine with God's purpose to mend our lives. Ask yourself:

Is there something in my life that I wish I could live without?
Is there something I have tried to quit but can’t do so on my own?
Do I have a painful habit or hang-up from which I need to be freed?
Is there one particular thing I can’t let go of that is destroying my life?
Is it time to admit that my life is out of control?
Are there people in my life I am trying to fix?
Am I a people pleaser?
If you answered “yes” to any of these statements, then we urge you to attend a Renewed Recovery meeting to see if it is right for you.

No. We do not charge for attendance at this ministry. However, our Celebrate Recovery ministry is self-supporting, which means that we do ask participants for a free-will donation to help cover our costs for dinner, books and other resources sold at the information table.

Absolutely Yes! Renewed Recovery maintains strict Anonymity and Confidentiality. This promotes an atmosphere of trust and enables recovery. We are serious and diligent about protecting your Anonymity and Confidentiality! “What is said here stays here!” The Small Group Guidelines protect all of us from judgment and being fixed by someone in the group. Because RR is a safe place, you can take off your mask and be real and honest without fear. You are 100% in control of when and how much you share about your struggles.

No. You are not required to attend or be a member of the church, this church or any church. However, we strongly recommend that you search and allow the Holy Spirit to lead you to a church home, if you do not already have one. Celebrate Recovery is a ministry for anyone who is interested in a Christ-centered recovery program that will enable them to recover from life’s hurts, hang-ups, habits and addictions.

A Step Study is a Small Group that takes place on a night other than the Large Group meeting night. The Celebrate Recovery curriculum is based on The 12 Steps and their related Scriptures as the biblical model for living your life, and is set forth in four Participant’s Guides. A Step Study is a personal journey through The 12 Steps in a confidential group that is lead by a trained facilitator who has already completed their own Step Study. When you finish a Step Study, you will have worked your hurts, habits, and hang-ups through each of The 12 Steps. A Step Study is a serious commitment to the other members of the group. It typically takes 8-12 months to complete a Step Study. After completing a Step Study, we hope you will continue to work with us as we minister to others who are dealing with their own hurts, habits and hang-ups. The Small Group Guidelines are strictly followed in the Step Study.

There is no real opportunity to share in the Large Group. And you will never be required to share in the Small Open Share Groups. You can pass anytime you wish, and take as long as you need to become safe enough to share. In the Step Studies, however, everyone agrees to share as the group moves through the questions set forth in the curriculum books.

You are welcome to come whenever you can to the Large Group and the Small Open Share Groups on Friday nights. However, if you join a Step Study, you will be expected to come each week until the curriculum is completed. As with any endeavor, the more effort you put into Celebrate Recovery, the more benefit you will receive for your own personal recovery.

No. Renewed Recovery is for everyone! Because all of us go through seasons when we need support, messages of hope, and testimonies of victorious life change, the Renewed Recovery program is open to everyone. It is a time and place where every person can experience hope and encouragement at the level where they are most comfortable.
The purpose of Renewed Recovery is to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives. This experience allows us to be changed. We open the door by sharing our experience, strength and hope with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God’s grace in solving our lives problems. By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors.
This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others. As we progress through the program we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ, the one and only true Higher Power.

If your life has become unmanageable due to the use of alcohol, drugs or other chemical substances, food, gambling, pornography, sex, relationships, or because of other hurts, hang-ups, or habits, then you may have an addiction or problem behavior.

Renewed Recovery groups are not lead by pastors, teachers, professional counselors or paid experts. Instead, RR groups are facilitated by men and women who are in recovery themselves. They all have a measure of substantial healing from their own struggles, and therefore celebrate their recoveries. As a result they have a high degree of sensitivity to those in need. In other words, the leaders in RR are not high-priced salesmen, but satisfied customers!

Yes, each of our leaders have, by the grace of God, walked through a process of recovery from various hurts, habits and hang-ups.

Although Renewed Recovery incorporates The 12 Steps, it does so with a distinctly Christian approach. We firmly believe and depend upon the miracle-working power of the Lord Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit in the process of recovery. We also address many more issues than just alcoholism. For instance, see this long list of Hurts, Habits and Hang-ups.

YES. We believe the answer is a resounding YES! Through prayer, the penetrating work of the Holy Spirit, a commitment to change, and the surrender of our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe we can find freedom from any addictive, compulsive or destructive behavior.

The principles used in Renewed Recovery can be helpful for all types of destructive behaviors, hurts, hang-ups and habits, and for people suffering from the consequences of the destructive behaviors of other people.

We encourage participants to pair up with a person of the same sex within their small group, who is actively working the program and who can serve as an encourager and prayer partner. Sponsors generally have a minimum of one year of recovery over an addiction, habit, hurt or hang-up.