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Upcoming Events
- EAST OKLA Ministry Leaders & T.E.A.M. Breakfast
Saturday, September 12, 2009 * 8:30-10:30AM
Golden Corral-8144 East 21st, Tulsa (21st & Memorial)
Speaker: Mark Elam, OATH (Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans) “Awareness 101” (Mark is a believer in recovery who is raising the awareness of forced labor & sexual exploitation! Come hear how YOUR Celebrate Recovery can be a part of the healing & recovery of those who are victimized! After hearing global, national & local statistics you will be able to recognize patterns of abuse & victimization…)
- “Training 101” for OATH
Sunday, November 8th * 4-6PM, Youth Center @ Southern Hills Baptist-5590 South Lewis, Tulsa, OK
Mark Elam presents “Training 101” for OATH, as he introduces the types of victims and provides the indicators to look for, the red flags that identify victims, and basic tools to know how to care for the victims. Victim testimonies are shared for understanding of the problem and the urgency to pray and act!
In the News
- Choices that Promise True Happiness - Community Spirit Magazine, September 2009 Issue - If you have hurts that you want God to heal, Life’s Healing Choices is a book for you. Written by John Baker, founder of Celebrate Recovery, Life’s Healing Choices offers freedom from the hurts that hinder wholeness, and growth in spiritual maturity through eight healing choices that promise true happiness ... full story
- The Smiled Upon Addiction - Community Spirit Magazine, August 2009 Issue - Could an oniomaniac be hanging in your closet? Kelli found one; it took Celebrate Recovery, a lot of work and a few years to get it out! ... full story
- Turning Defeat into Victory - Community Spirit Magazine, July 2009 Issue - Turn, turn, turn; most of Davy’s life was one wrong turn after another. It was the turn of a lock in prison that caused Davy to look at the insanity of his life. In the realm of recovery, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result ... full story
- Addicted to Love – in all the wrong faces - Community Spirit Magazine, June 2009 Issue - Domestic abuse occurs in every neighborhood. It happens
among wealthy and poor; age, ethnicity, gender, race and religious affiliation provide no exemption ... full story
- The Fashioning of a Gem - Community Spirit Magazine, May 2009 Issue - The process of recovery is multi-faceted. Like rough gemstone material that is cut, ground and polished, the person seeking restoration to God through recovery ... full story
- Growth in All Seasons - Community Spirit Magazine, April 2009 Issue - Meet Betty, an inspiring example of one woman used by God to plant seeds in the autumn of her life. She says she’s in recovery for pride and arrogance ... full story
- Helping Kids in Chaos - Community Spirit Magazine, March 2009 Issue - Would you know if your teenaged child was experiencing pain in life? Perhaps the better question is: Would your teenaged child recognize symptoms of pain or particular behaviors he/she was using to cover or cope with hurts and ... full story
- Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are - Community Spirit Magazine, February 2009 Issue - Over the past year, I’ve enjoyed the privilege of sharing with you many stories of people whose lives have changed after encountering God in Celebrate Recovery ... full story
- Yielding to the Hand of the Master Weaver - Community Spirit Magazine, October 2009 Issue - DeeAnn’s story is one that exemplifies the work of the Master’s hand at the loom – weaving a beautiful garment from raw fiber. As a young girl, DeeAnn moved many, many times with her family ... full story
- Hardship is the Pathway to Peace - Community Spirit Magazine, September 2009 Issue - Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a biblical and balanced program that helps people overcome their hurts, habits and hang-ups. Based on the Beatitudes, Jesus’ teaching of the ways to happiness in the Sermon on the Mount, the eight recovery principles ... full story
- Are You Ready? - Community Spirit Magazine, August 2008 Issue - Voluntarily submitting to the changes God wants to make in your life and humbly asking Him to remove your character defects takes courage and commitment. Beseeching the Lord for transformation will not magically
make it happen ... full story
- Happy are the Meek - Community Spirit Magazine, June 2008 Issue - Glen, the ministry leader of Celebrate Recovery at Asbury United Methodist Church shares his ah ha moment… “God was working in my life before I was willing to admit that fact ... full story
- Walking Your Road to Recovery - Celebrate Recovery Works! - Community Spirit Magazine, April 2008 Issue - The stages of insect development are not familiar topics for me. As a child of God, it is an endless and priceless investment of time to marvel over ... full story
- Serenity Pray-er - Community Spirit Magazine, April 2008 Issue - This is a true story about a mother and two sons; it is heart wrenching. It’s about finding acceptance rather than closure, and the sustaining provision of God’s design for the lives of His children ... full story
- Celebrate Recovery - A Christ-Centered Approach to Conquering Addictions - Community Spirit Magazine, January 2008 Issue - If you have ever attended a meeting of a secular 12-step program, you’re acquainted with two commonalities: people identifying with their addictions to alcohol, drugs, sex, or gambling, and steps which point to a vague Higher Power available to help the addicted overcome their dependency ... full story
- Step to Freedom - Celebrate Recovery expands into prisons - The mood was jubilant Monday night as 111 inmates met in the crowded chapel of the Jess Dunn Correctional Center for a Celebrate Recovery Inside yard rally and
graduation ... full story
- Oklahoma pastor finds support among other pastors in recovery group - Rick Warren's Pastors.com - Hess Hester, senior pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Tulsa, Okla., wholeheartedly supported the ministry of Celebrate Recovery in his church from the time it started almost five years ago ... full story
- Messenger Radio Segment on Celebrate Recovery Ministry with Pastor Hess Hester & Norma Murphy. (Original Airdate: 08/29/06) Download MP3 (13 mins / 12 MB)
Contact Norma Murphy, OK state rep, to stay connected:
celebrate@shbctulsa.org
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