Each Sunday night JIBC is able to provide a meal for the families that attend Celebrate Recovery. We have been having around 45 adults, plus the youth group (Surge), the children (Celebration Station) and preschoolers. We also have a faithful group that gathers every Sunday night for prayer (By the way, they would welcome anyone to join them). All in all, that can be around 100 people who gather at JIBC on Sunday nights. I can tell you the group from the Charleston Center, usually around a dozen, gets their best meal of the week at JIBC. Our servers sometimes arrange for them to take a “to-go box” back to the Charleston Center with them.
You may not be aware of who provides the meals for Celebrate Recovery. Let me give them a sincere thanks and a shout out of gratitude. Once a month the following groups provide for our recovery ministry: Kickin’ Chicken (David Miller), The Charleston Crab House (John Keener), Stono Catering ( Barry Waldrop) and then Celebrate Recovery buys pizza once a month. Our JIBC Kitchen Crew, CR volunteers and Barry stand by every ready to make additions and take care of emergencies. Every 5th Sunday they are treated by Jan Cooper’s Sunday Connection Group who always add a touch of creativity to their delicious food. Our faithful volunteers serve the meals and do the clean up, but these generous and faithful friends provide the food. Our sincere thanks to all who make this a wonderful experience of eating and fellowship.
Celebrate Recovery, as a support group, addresses a variety of hurts, habits and hang-ups including, but not limited to, the following: broken relationships, co-dependency, PTSD, mental health issues, alcohol-drugs-chemical dependencies, sexual addictions, etc.
Thank you for your faithful tithes and offerings that help support this mission.
Pastor Tom
