Group Life: Create Your Community

Support Groups

Support groups offer community to those who desire guidance or support in specific areas of need. They meet at least twice a month.

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Celebrate Recovery

The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to help us heal from our hurts, habits, and hang-ups. The meeting format is similar to 12-step programs with an emphasis on Jesus Christ as the source of our healing. This experience allows us to "be changed." We open the door by sharing our experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, as we become willing to accept God's grace in solving our hurts, habits, and hang-ups, we begin to grow spiritually. We start to become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and 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.

Celebrate Recovery meets on the church campus every Thursday night 6:30pm -8:30pm. You may register, but there is no pre-registration or sign-ups required to attend. Just come as you are and you will be met with the love and transforming power that comes from Christ.

Childcare is provided for a small fee.

You can also "Like" our Facebook page, where we will be able to share, uplift one another and stay connected between our weekly gatherings:

Celebrate Recovery - Sunridge facebook page

6:30-7:30 p.m. - Large Group Session. Everyone meets together in the Youth Room for a time of worship then a teaching or a testimony.

7:30-8:30 p.m. - Open Share Groups. This is the time to break into recovery- specific groups and share and hear from others with similar hurts, hang-ups and habits.

Women's Relational Co-Dependency Group - for women struggling with the compulsion to rescue and take care of others, having difficulty setting boundaries, or recognizing their own worth. Members in this group learn to express their own needs and wants in healthy ways.

Women's Addiction And Anger/ Combined Group - for women struggling with addiction and anger. What you may not recognize is that your addiction and/or anger has its foundations in other basic emotions—usually fear or pain. If the pain "of life" becomes too great, you may have developed an addiction to get relief; food, drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc. Or maybe, through the pain "of life" you have learned how to express anger inappropriately. You did not realize that when you lashed out in anger, you were ignoring your fear, pain, or another deeper hurt. Women in this group learn to focus on managing a God-given emotion in constructive ways.

Men's Chemically Dependent Group- for those who cannot quit drinking or using entirely or who have little control over the amount they consume, but honestly want to quit. You may be suffering from a problem that only a spiritual solution will conquer.

Men's Recovery From Anger Group - for men who find that anger is their first response to problems of any size. The anger may be very evident as rage or less obvious in terms of withdrawal and isolation. Members in this group learn to focus on managing a God-given emotion in constructive ways.

Men's Sexual Sin Group - for men who are seeking practical help and spiritual encouragement with issues of sexual sin. Christ-centered support for men seeking recovery from lust and compulsive sexual behaviors. The cornerstone for our recovery is the power and love of Jesus Christ. It is built upon the fellowship of the group, having a safe place to share our struggles, pain, and victories, with the accountability and the mutual support of the group throughout the week.

Thursday
Evening
Church Campus
Childcare Provided
Coordinator Terri McKenzie

DivorceCare Fall 2013

Please be sure to look for the next 13-week DivorceCare session beginning in the Fall of 2013.

DivorceCare is a Christ-centered ministry that offers help and healing to those who have gone through, or are going through, separation or divorce. The DivorceCare group will meet for 13 weekly sessions to help you face these challenges and move toward rebuilding your life. Each DivorceCare session has two distinct elements. During the first 30-40 minutes of the meeting, each DivorceCare group watches a video-seminar featuring top experts on divorce and recovery subjects. These videos feature expert interviews and real-life case studies. After viewing the video, DivorceCare group participants spend time as a support group. In addition to working through the DivorceCare workbook, the group will discuss what was presented in that week's video seminar and what is going on in the lives of group members.

There is a one-time registration cost of $15 that includes the workbook (scholarships available).

Thursdays, 6:30pm - 8:30pm on the church campus in room 203. You may join the group ANYTIME during the 13-week session.

A new 13-week session will begin in the Fall of 2013.

Childcare is provided for a small fee (scholarships available).

Thursday
Evening
Church Campus
Coordinator Amy Orth

Grief Care Monthly Support Group

Are you experiencing a loss through the death of a loved one? Are you going through a job loss, a life-threatening illness or other painful event? Loss has a way of shattering expectations, plans, hopes and dreams. It may affect the way you function in daily life. Our monthly Grief Care Support Group offers help and hope in your journey through grief. You will experience a nurturing and safe environment where people may grieve at their own pace without confrontation, comparison or judgment. People may share as they feel comfortable, receive support from the group and experience the loving power of Jesus Christ.

First Thursday of each month, 6:30pm - 8:00pm on the Church Campus in room 109.

Childcare is provided for a small fee.

First Thursday of Every Month
Evening
Church Campus
Coordinator Lisa Whitesell

The Big D. Divorce Thru The Eyes Of A Teen

Please be sure to look for the next Big D 13-week session beginning in the Fall 2013.

Being a teen is hard enough. Being a teen whose family is experiencing divorce or separation is even harder.

That is why we are proud to offer The Big D, a Support Group that is designed specifically for teens.

The Big D promotes identifying and finding the strength to accept and heal from the various hurts and confusion a divorce can cause. It begins with denial, pushes through anger issues, and ends with the freedom to understand and experience true forgiveness. Through our 13 week program, you will leave a changed person, with God's help, to navigate your future.

Join us and we will give you the tools you need to go beyond the pain and experience true healing.

*Fun and Interactive
*New Friendships
*Hands on Activities
*Biblically-Based
*Teen Friendly

Beginning in the Fall of 2013. All teens are welcome!

Thursday
Evening
Church Campus
Coordinator Lori Riley

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