CelebrateRecovery®

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*Much of the content on this page is owed to Saddleback Resources, Rick Warren, and the National Celebrate Recovery Team. For further reading and research into the CELEBRATE RECOVERY principles espoused on this page, you may visit a Celebrate Recovery ministry near you and/or shop for books and digital media on the subject, at www.pastors.com or www.celebraterecovery.com.

What is CR?

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery ministry for anyone struggling with life controlling hurts, hang-ups, and destructive habits, no matter how big or small.

Celebrate Recovery started in 1991 at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. It has since become a movement of the Lord that spans the globe, including six groups that meet, locally in the Oil Region of Northwestern Pennsylvania.

Our purpose is to fellowship together and support one another as we celebrate God’s healing power in our lives through the eight recovery principles found in the Bible and in the Christ-centered 12 steps of recovery. We call the collaboration of CR groups in northwestern PA, Celebrate Recovery of the Oil Region River (CR-ORR). Join us and find freedom from your hurts, hang-ups & habits.
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CR & TFO

TFO Farm owners, Mike & Deb Peterson are believers in Jesus. We are trusting God to guide us through recovery from hurts, hang-ups & habits. As fallen creatures, redeemed by Christ, we have submitted our life and wills to the care of God and we believe the 12-steps of recovery are the simple gospel in outline form.

Celebrate Recovery shows us HOW to be...
  • HONEST in all our affairs
  • OPEN to God's way
  • WILLING to obey to Him 
CR is the church in action, a safe place to recover from whatever holds us back...
  • addictions (drug/alcohol/shopping/gambling/sex, etc.)
  • grief
  • abuse
  • anxiety & panic attacks
  • depression
  • codependency
  • marital & family problems
You name it, Jesus has the answer and together, we are trusting Him for the hard work of recovery in CR.
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Help & hope is found in Christ Jesus!

The Christ-Centered

12-Steps of Recovery

One of our prayer is that Celebrate Recovery will create a bridge to the millions of people who are familiar with the secular 12 Steps and in so doing, introduce them to the one and only true Higher Power, Jesus Christ, through whom true healing can begin. Click the icon above to read them on the National CR website.

The Biblical

8 Principles of Recovery

The Road to Recovery Based on the Beatitudes is mapped out in the Sermon on the Mount by Jesus, recorded in Matthew 5:1-12. Click the icon above to read them on the National CR website.

Group Guidelines

The five guidelines will ensure that your small group is a safe place. These should be read at the start of all open share and step study groups. Click the icon above to read them on the National CR website.

Serenity Prayer

The Serenity Prayer, attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr is prayed at CR meetings in the Oil Region. Click the icon above to read it on the National CR website.

CR Step Studies Completed

3.5 mil +

CR Groups World-wide

28,000 +

Years

30 +

Meet Our Local CR Team

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Life's Healing Choices
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LEARN ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

COST: FREE, if taking just the Life's Healing Choices DVD course without  Equine-Assisted Learning (E.A.L.) add-on sessions.

E.A.L. (add-on) TUITION COST: $300 for all eight sessions, paid in advance by June 30, 2025. (If you prefer not to commit to all eight, one-hour sessions, you may opt to pay on the same day of the classes that you choose to attend at the tuition fee of $45 per class. Regular price = $80/session.) These discounted E.A.L. prices are available exclusively to students who are participating in the Life's Healing Choices summer program.

Connect with horses & Jesus to learn God's answers for everything from physical health issues, to your hurts, hangups & habits, in this 8-week course starting soon.


WHAT: This Bible study has an equine edge! Chances are you have never experienced a faith journey through the Scriptures quite like this! Each class is three (3) hours long which includes two, 1-1/2 hour sessions for eight weeks. One session is a group Bible study with Pastor Rick Warren, teaching biblical healing principles via DVD. The second session of each class is an equine-assisted learning (E.A.L.) opportunity with the TFO Farm herd of horses, facilitated by certified equine-assisted learning coach, Deb Peterson. PLEASE NOTE: Although highly recommended, the E.A.L. portion of this course is optional and is provided by Too Far Out Farm LLC and Equine-Assisted Recovery/Learning Coach, Debbie Peterson.

WHO: Adults, age 18+

WHERE: Too Far Out Farm LLC of Guys Mills, PA for the Equine-Assisted Learning (E.A.L.) part of the class AND  at United Evangelical Free Church of Guys Mills, PA, for the Life's Healing Choices DVD teaching part.

WHEN: Classes begin July 6th. During the registration process, you will be asked to choose a time slot most convenient to you.

WHY: The Bible clearly states God’s answers to life’s hurts, hangups & habits. Let’s discover Jesus' way to good health, wholeness & happiness together, with the TFO Farm herd. Horses are intuitive, honest and able teachers. They aid our healing in surprising and meaningful ways!

QUESTIONS: Call 814-795-2686 & leave a message. Deb will call you back.

APPLY TODAY: To begin the registration process, please fill out & submit the form below, then watch your email for instructions regarding completion of the registration process.

Equine-Assisted Life's Healing Choices Class Sign Up

Life's Healing Choices Video Series

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The Reality Choice

I realize I'm not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.

"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor." ~Jesus (Mt. 5:3)

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The Hope Choice

I earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover.

"Happy are those who mourne, for God will comfort them!" ~Jesus (Mt. 5:4) 

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The Commitment Choice

I conciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control. 

"Blessed are the meek." ~Jesus (Mt.5:5)

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The Housecleaning Choice

I openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." ~Jesus (Mt. 5:8)

LHC Study Session #1

The REALITY Choice

LHC Study Session #2

The HOPE Choice

LHC Study Session #3

The COMMITMENT Choice

LHC Study Session #4

The HOUSECLEANING Choice

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The Transformation Choice

I voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.

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The Relationship Choice

I evaluate all my relationships, offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me, and make amends for harm I've done to others, except when to do so would injure them or others.

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The Growth Choice

I reserve a daily quiet time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and hHis will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.

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The Sharing Choice

I yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.

LHC Study Session #5

The TRANSFORMATION Choice

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The RELATIONSHIP Choice

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The GROWTH Choice

LHC Study Session #8

The SHARING Choice

The LIFE's HEALING CHOICES study course is just the beginning to a whole new way of life. Jesus will further show you HIS WAY through the Christ Centered 12-Steps of Recovery. All that is required of you is HONESTY, OPENNESS & WILLINGNESS. Sign up below.

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