30th Anniversary Celebrate Recovery 2021 Summit General Sessions

Kicking off the 30th Anniversary Celebrate Recovery Summit, Johnny Baker gives a powerful message welcoming attendees to a week-long experience of celebrating their recovery journeys.

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- Speaker: Johnny Baker, Pastor and Global Executive Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 10:48

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In this session, Pastor Rick Warren gives an encouraging message.

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- Speaker: Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life

- Run time: 39:29

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In this session, Pastor Rick Warren gives an encouraging message.

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- Speaker: Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life

- Run time: 39:29

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As a Christ follower, have you ever wondered why life still seems so hard?Maybe it's because you're lacking the proper nutrients to grow the fruit that God has intended for your life.

The truth is, Jesus doesn’t promise a problem-free life when he invites us to follow him, but he does promise to use everything in our lives for good.

In this message, Mac looks at how to ask God to reveal and remove our shortcomings and give us what we need to become who he wants us to be.

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- Speaker: Mac Owen, Global Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 30:23

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The Bible addresses fear over and over again and gives us practical ways to fight against it and experience God's peace.

As someone who has struggled with fear her whole life, Jeni shares some of the ways she has learned to find peace in the midst of fear.

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- Speaker: Jeni Baker, Global Co-Executive Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 27:07

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God wired us for connection. Connection with God and others is one of the key components that keeps us on track on an individual and ministry level.

Connection reminds us that we’re not alone and that we can face the obstacles ahead.

A life with limited connection with others can feel helpless and lonely. After a season of disconnection, it’s easy to fall into the new norms that don’t include connecting with others. But this only leads to additional mental health struggles that can leave us feeling even more helpless and hopeless.

In this message, Rodney explores how connection affects our minds, hearts, and recovery, and shares the benefits of connecting with others in healthy ways.

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- Speaker: Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 25:36

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As Mac Owen shared in the first part of this message, we need proper nutrients in order to grow the fruit that God has intended for our lives.

But what are the key ingredients needed to make your Fruit of the Spirit garden flourish? The ingredients may already be buried deep in the soil.

Don't give up! There is something worth discovering in the next shovelful of dirt that you dig up.

In this message, Mary helps us uncover the hidden fruit God has already placed in our hearts and gives us practical insight on how to grow that fruit.

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- Speaker: Mary Owen, Training Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 21:05

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What happens when it seems like “the dream” God placed in our hearts has died?

Life happens.

Adversity, confusion, the unexpected, and other obstacles clutter the path toward what we’d hoped for. The dream loses its vigor, becomes a distant memory, and causes us to move on.

But we have hope! The Lord never forgets the dreams he gave us.

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- Speaker: Cheryl Luke, Cultural Communities Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 27:58

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In this message, Robert gives a personal testimony about his recovery journey of overcoming life’s hurts, hang-ups, and habits.

You’ll hear how Robert has found freedom and healing from some of the same struggles that you experience.

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- Speaker: Robert

- Run time: 20:27

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In this session, you’ll hear an inspiring message from James Ackerman, the president and CEO of Prison Fellowship®.

Prison Fellowship® works to restore America’s criminal justice system and those it affects. This ministry helps men and women replace the cycle of brokenness that landed them in prison.

James Ackerman spent more than a dozen years volunteering with Prison Fellowship, leveraging his business experience to teach prisoners important life skills, such as resume writing, job interviewing, household budgeting, and personal planning.

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- Speaker: James Ackerman, the president and CEO of Prison Fellowship®

- Run time: 22:28

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In this session, Cheryl Baker gives a powerful message of encouragement to everyone on their recovery journeys.

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- Speaker: Cheryl Baker, Co-Founder of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 27:40

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In this opening session on the second day of the 30th Anniversary Celebrate Recovery 2021 Summit, Johnny gives an encouraging message on compassion.

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- Speaker: Johnny Baker, Pastor and Global Executive Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 14:32

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In this message, Cheryl, Johnny, Dr. Anita, and Jimmy & Irene Rollins discuss how to develop cultural communities.

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- Speakers: Cheryl Luke, Cultural Communities Director of Celebrate Recovery; Johnny Baker, Pastor and Global Executive Director of Celebrate Recovery; Dr. Anita Phillips, Trauma Therapist and Host; Jimmy Rollins, Recovery Activist/Author; and Irene Rollins, Speaker/Author

- Run time: 26:50

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In this session, Pastors Jimmy and Irene Rollins share from their own life experience how there is purpose in the prisons of life—in the inner prisons of pain, trauma, anger, and fear that we find ourselves in.

Their inspiring message will not only help you share the Good News with others, but also be equipped to cope with the bad news you face.

About Pastors Jimmy and Irene Rollins:

Pastors Jimmy and Irene have been married for nearly 22 years now and have been faithfully pastoring and serving in ministry together for over two decades.

Over 10 years ago, Jimmy and Irene launched i5City, a church known for local outreach and global impact, just outside of Baltimore, MD. After merging i5City with Destiny Church in early 2021, Jimmy and Irene joyously stepped into the role of Overseers for what is now called Union Church.

Jimmy is a champion for the marginalized in society and through his work in the area of racial reconciliation, Jimmy has mediated many conversations promoting awareness, healing, and unity. His passion for unity is providing many opportunities to write and develop resources to equip others to unify with one another and bring about deep and sustainable change.

Irene's heartbeat is for the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health of all people. As a certified Emotional Intelligence Coach, she has the ability to understand a wide variety of people, guiding them to be the best version of themselves. Irene's passion to help others overcome their self-defeating habits comes from her life experience as an overcomer of trauma and alcohol addiction.

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- Speakers: Jimmy Rollins, Recovery Activist/Author, and Irene Rollins, Speaker/Author

- Run time: 50:34

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Have you ever felt stuck, trapped, or like something's got a hold of you and just won't let go? You know what that’s like if you’ve struggled with sadness, worry, fear, shame, self-condemnation, addictions and compulsions, and toxic relationships.

You can be brand new in recovery or on the journey for many years and still be in bondage to something.

The good news for believers is we have freedom at our fingertips. Galatians 5:1 tells us "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery" (NIV).

But if Christ set us free for freedom, why are we still in bondage? And how do we avoid the yoke of slavery that Satan and our flesh constantly fight to put on us?

In this message, Sabrena shares some of her own struggles with bondage and gives us practical ways on how we can release the burden of "fixing" ourselves by allowing the Holy Spirit to free us from all that holds us captive.

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- Speaker: Sabrena Stolze, U.S. State Rep Training Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 18:37

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In this session, Hosanna Wong gives an inspiring message and spoken word.

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- Speaker: Hosanna Wong, Bible Teacher and Spoken Word Artist

- Run time: 31:27

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In the third and last part of this message, Mac Owen shares practical ways for growing the fruit God has placed in our lives no matter how hard it is.

Some Fruits of the Spirit are more difficult to develop than others, such as patience and self-control.

You’ll hear Mac discuss some of the hardest fruit he has been working on to grow in his life.

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- Speaker: Mac Owen, Global Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 30:06

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Life has a way of delivering a variety of circumstances. Some are good; others we would like to forget.

Every encounter is preparation for the future God has established for our lives.

Consistent and intentional access to God and healthy relationships give us the ability to embrace and live out God’s purpose and plan with confidence.

In this message, Cheryl shares what we can learn from and how we can embrace the diverse rhythms and detours of life.

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- Speaker: Cheryl Luke, Cultural Communities Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 25:43

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Recovery teaches us a new way of living in which we can embrace healthy practices and habits.

It's true that we often don't change until our pain exceeds our fear of change. But what if instead of experiencing more pain, we courageously stepped into a new way of living? What fruit could the principles of recovery produce if implemented earlier in our lives? How do we reach the next generation with the message of recovery?

In this message, Andy unpacks his experience of entering recovery at an early age, reflects on the fruit it has yielded, and discusses how our local ministries can be a safe place for all generations.

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- Speaker: Andy Petry, National Landing Director

- Run time: 19:11

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In this message, Roseni gives a personal testimony about her recovery journey of overcoming life’s hurts, hang-ups, and habits.

You’ll hear how Roseni has found freedom and healing from some of the same struggles that you experience.

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- Speaker: Roseni

- Run time: 32:09

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In this session, Dr. Anita gives a hopeful message about how we can recover and heal from the trauma in our lives.

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- Speaker: Dr. Anita Phillips, Trauma Therapist and Host

- Run time: 42:58

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The storms of life are a natural part of our existence. All of us are either heading into a storm, currently in a storm, or coming out of one.

While storms are unavoidable, who we turn to for comfort and what we learn from these storms can either break us or prepare us for a deeper purpose.

In this message, Johnny and Jeni discuss how God uses the storms in our lives and show us how to navigate the inevitable storms of life by turning to God for refuge.

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- Speakers: Johnny Baker, Pastor and Global Executive Director of Celebrate Recovery and Jeni Baker, Global Co-Executive Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 39:29

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It’s true that only one third of the people who come to Celebrate Recovery are there to find recovery from alcohol and/or drug addictions.

The other two thirds of people struggle with issues such as divorce, sexual abuse, codependency, domestic violence, sexual addiction, food addiction, gambling addiction, and more.

How do we go about creating healthy and balanced Celebrate Recovery ministries that help people overcome a variety of hurts, hang-ups, and habits?

In this message, Ken and Meaghan discuss what a balanced and thriving Celebrate Recovery ministry looks like and give you practical steps for creating that kind of a safe space in your church and community.

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- Speakers: Ken Grider, National Encourager Coach of Celebrate Recovery, and Meaghan Grider, National Encourager Coach of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 29:03

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It's not always fun to invite people into our messy lives. But without others, we are at a high risk of allowing our blindspots to derail our recovery.

If we allow it, God will use those around us as a positive stronghold to protect our recovery. However, it takes effort and a bit of a risk to get the right people in place.

In this message, Roger and Sarah define Godly accountability and highlight the importance of developing accountability in our relationships to protect us from life's hurts, hang-ups, and habits.

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- Speakers: Roger Stanton, National Assimilation Coach of Celebrate Recovery, and Sarah Stanton, National Mental Health Champion of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 20:36

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In this session, Dr. John Townsend starts by asking us a couple of insightful questions:

• Have you ever spent too much time dealing unsuccessfully with someone you're working with and ended up feeling completely drained?
• Why did you put up with whatever you put up with for as long as you've put up with it?

By looking at these questions, Dr. John Townsend will help you establish healthy boundaries with the people in your life. You'll learn which people in your life you need to draw closer to, create stronger boundaries with, and end the relationship with because they are toxic to you.

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- Speaker: Dr. John Townsend, Author and Speaker

- Run time: 45:11

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If rigidity is the core of perfectionism, grace is the core of healthy living.

In this season of loss, change, and struggles, the enemy attempts to feed us lies of insecurity and false definitions of how we should see ourselves, others, and ministry.

In this message, Rodney explores one of the most disguised lies the enemy throws at us—that we have to be perfect in order to have value—and shows us how we are valuable simply because God created us in his image.

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- Speaker: Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery

- Run time: 30:55

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