Trademark Statement
The Value of Using
The Celebrate Recovery® Name
Celebrate Recovery® desires to be a network of like-minded, Bible based Christ-centered recovery ministries. This growing network crosses denominational and cultural boundaries to help hurting people in our church and community.
There are many benefits of using the Celebrate Recovery® name. Here are just a few:
Connection
Your ministry is part of an international movement to bring Christ-centered Bible based recovery to the world. As a genuine Celebrate Recovery ministry you join in a network of thousands of other local Celebrate Recovery ministries reaching people for Christ and helping them break free from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits.
Support
Your ministry has the support and partnership of the Celebrate Recovery National Team, as well as assistance from your state and regional representatives. These entities work to help your ministry succeed.
Resources
Your ministry has access to the materials and resources from Saddleback Church that have proven to be invaluable tools in recovery.
Validation
Your ministry is validated in your church and community by being associated with Celebrate Recovery.
Promotion
Your ministry is listed with the other Celebrate Recovery programs on the official Celebrate Recovery® websites.
It is our desire for each local Celebrate Recovery ministry to have a clear and consistent character that identifies it as a genuine part of the Celebrate Recovery movement, yet maintaining its own creative distinctions of the local ministry and church.
To illustrate, here’s an example of what it means to have consistency while allowing for creativity.
A McDonald’s restaurant in Boulder, Colorado may have a Western theme and a McDonald’s in Orlando, Florida may have a Mickey Mouse theme. Nevertheless, you can be sure when you order a “Big Mac” they are going to taste the same at both locations. Our desire is that no matter where a newcomer or visitor attends a Celebrate Recovery meeting they will experience the same quality content and program to find God’s healing from their hurts, hang-ups and habits.
The Celebrate Recovery® name is a registered trademark.
In a desire to protect the integrity of the broader ministry, Celebrate Recovery® requires that if you use the Celebrate Recovery® name that the following are an irreducible minimum of your program.
The DNA of an authentic Celebrate Recovery® Ministry.
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Jesus Christ is the one and only Higher Power. The program is a Christ-centered ministry.
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The Bible* and Celebrate Recovery curriculum consisting of the Leader’s Guide, four Participant’s Guides, and the Celebrate Recovery Journal are to be used exclusively. The Large Group lessons are taught from the Leader’s Guide, keeping at least the acrostic and the Scriptures as the key points in the lessons. This is to keep consistency within groups, allowing teachers to be creative with the introduction and conclusion of each lesson.
Life’s Healing Choices is part of the approved curriculum. You will find this book may be used in many creative ways in your Large Group, Newcomers group, and Step Study groups. To find the 5 ways you can use Life’s Healing Choices in your Celebrate Recovery ministry locate the reference at www.celebraterecovery.com
* Use of the Celebrate Recovery Bible is strongly encouraged due to the fact that it is the only Bible that directly corresponds to the Celebrate Recovery curriculum. The Celebrate Recovery Bible has been designed to work with the resources developed and tested in the national and international ministry of Celebrate Recovery.
- The ministry is “group based.” All groups are gender specific and use the Small Group Guidelines and format.
- The Celebrate Recovery “Five Small Group Guidelines” are implemented and followed every time.
- We expect each group to be accountable to Christ, the local church, and the model of Celebrate Recovery established at Saddleback Church.
A church or organization may decide to use the Celebrate Recovery® curriculum and mix it with other materials, or other programs, which is certainly up to their discretion. HOWEVER, they are prohibited from using the Celebrate Recovery® name.
Items produced for commercial sale using the Celebrate Recovery® name are strictly prohibited.
