2. Recovery Ministry Overview
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Recovery Ministry Overview
Nate Graybill and Ann Daly

3. Introductions
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4. Questions To Consider
Is your church at the top of the list of places to seek help for your members? What about people in your community?
Is your church a primary care center, triage center, an emergency room, or hospital for those dealing with hurts, habits, or hang-ups?
Is your church a safe environment for your staff and members to confess sin and recover from the damage of sin?
Who are the people in your church, who know how to help others heal and become spiritually healthy?
What is your church strategy to help a hurting world?
Does your current strategy produce fully devoted followers of Christ?
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5. Why People Go Elsewhere For Help
“Terminally unique” – there is no one here who struggles like me or knows how to handle my struggles
Afraid of being known
Pastors/staff don’t have time or don’t want to get “messy”
Church culture is not a safe environment for healing
Church does not have the “expertise”
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6. The Result: People Disconnect from Church
Church is not shepherding the flock
Missed opportunities for discipleship, care and correction, restoration
People are isolated within the church (“No one understands or cares”)
Struggling person shares limited info/no accountability
Shallow, inauthentic relationships/fellowship (staff and leaders, too)
People go to 3rd party counselors
Struggling person leaves the church
Cut God out of the problem altogether
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7. God’s Plan A: The Church
Galatians 6:2 (bear each other’s burdens), James 5:16 (confess to one another and heal together), 1 John 1:7-9 (authentic fellowship)
We, the Church, are to shepherd God’s flock by:
God’s Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
God’s Word (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
God’s People (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)
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8. The Answer To Every Sin Problem: Jesus
We all need recovery in Christ
Jesus is the healer working through the Spirit
Luke 4:18-19, Matthew 11:28-30
Every sin problem is a symptom of misplaced worship and idolatry
Codependency, pride, insecurity/identity, homosexuality, overspending, addictions to alcohol/substances, guilt and shame, abuse, etc.
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. – Galatians 5:19-21
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9. Biblical Principles For Discipleship
Vision: The local church should be where the world turns for healing, hope, and authentic fellowship in Christ
Everyone needs recovery in Christ: recovery = discipleship = sanctification
Authentic leadership and equipping members to minster others
Culture: Safe place to be known, receive mercy, extend grace, grow, deal with sin together
Authentic small groups for us to grow in Christ together
Establish environments and tools for healing and equipping (ministries, curriculum, training)
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10. Ministry Model at Watermark
One night ministry model
Small group based (split by gender, mixed struggle groups)
Daily curriculum for one year
Groups facilitated by lay-leaders
Discipleship mentors outside of the group
Stages of recovery: first time guests, Groundwork, step group
Three hours of ministry night: leader dinner, large group, small groups
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11. The re:generation Difference
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Or visit us at the CLC Resources booth in the coffee shop!
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12. Q & A
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