PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Celebrate Recovery

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6 Ways Your Church Can Be the Key to Unlocking Second Chances

Just as God offers us a fresh start, we can offer a second chance to people with a criminal record. Here are 6 ways for your church to support second chances!

By Emily Andrews
April 4, 2023
be the key | Celebrate Recovery | Second Chance Month | Second Chance Sunday
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Prison Fellowship and Celebrate Recovery Working to Curb Overdose

Thousands of people die each year from drug overdose. But Celebrate Recovery offers hope.

By Grayson Pope
August 22, 2019
Celebrate Recovery | Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Advocacy & Reentry
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Serena’s Story: Letting Go and Making Room

From an abusive childhood to a life in and out of prison. Serena Steenholdt felt like her life was spiraling out of control until she found God and reconnected with her children... “God is so much bigger than I ever thought.”

By Emily Andrews
May 1, 2019
Celebrate Recovery | Reentry
how a former addict is helping others find freedom and recovery
  • Reentry
Welcome to Judy’s House: How a Former Addict Is Helping Others Find Freedom and Recovery

'   Cynthia got clean behind bars, but would she be able to stay clean on the outside?

By Emily Harris Greene
January 16, 2019
Addiction Recovery | Celebrate Recovery | Drug Addiction | Recovery Chick | recovery homes | Texas
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Eye on the Prize: How Dawn Found Strength and a New Identity in Jesus

Finish the race. Win the prize.

By Grayson Pope
December 18, 2018
Celebrate Recovery | Drug Addiction | Identity | Identity Theft | Minnesota | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Second Chances
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Breaking Bad and Making Good

Phil thought he had his addiction under control. He kept working, even managing teams of people and millions of dollars in projects, but eventually he slipped into darkness.

By Grayson Pope
September 17, 2018
Celebrate Recovery | Drug Addiction | methamphetamine | Restoration
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Celebrating Recovery Day by Day

I realize I've learned to have a victorious life out here. ... Sometimes it can get rough, but I go back to what they taught me.

By Prison Fellowship
July 18, 2018
Celebrate Recovery | Prison Fellowship Academy | Texas | Video
What to Do When Relapse Threatens
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What to Do When Relapse Threatens

Can addicts stop themselves from relapsing? Celebrate Recovery and Teen Challenge share what to do when relapse threatens.

By Stacia Ray
February 27, 2018
Addiction Recovery | Celebrate Recovery | Dr. Timothy B. Walsh | Drug Addiction | Jeannine Hale | Minnesota | Recovery | Teen Challenge
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Drugs, Cancer, and Prison: From Hopeless to Hopeful

Lorie Longoria came from a broken home. To escape, she ran away at a young age to the streets.

By Emily Harris Greene
August 23, 2017
Celebrate Recovery | Video
Q&A with Celebrate Recovery's John Baker
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Q&A with Celebrate Recovery’s John Baker

John Baker, the founder of Celebrate Recovery, lauds a new partnership to enhance Prison Fellowship®'s in-prison curriculum and recruit more Angel Tree® churches to serve prisoners’ children and families.

By Alyson R. Quinn
May 29, 2017
Celebrate Recovery | John Baker | Saddleback Church
The Unseen Heroes of Prison Ministry
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The Unseen Heroes of Prison Ministry

Ankie Nielsen has driven the 25 miles to and from the women's correctional facility every week for the past 14 years—rain or shine.

By Mary Ellen Armbruster
April 6, 2017
Celebrate Recovery | Volunteers
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Prison Fellowship and Celebrate Recovery Partner to Fight Addiction

Prison Fellowship® is partnering with Celebrate Recovery to provide addiction recovery programming to incarcerated men and women nationwide.

By Prison Fellowship
March 16, 2017
Celebrate Recovery
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Healed by the Hand of God

Over 50 percent of prisoners currently suffer from substance abuse addiction, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Another 20 percent either have histories of substance abuse, were under the influence of alcohol or other drugs at the time they committed their crimes, or committed their offenses to get money to buy drugs.

By Sara Blair Matthews
August 14, 2013
California | Celebrate Recovery | Texas
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  • Families of Prisoners
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A Window on Love

Prison came as a relief to Kathy Davis, a homeless alcoholic and drug addict. "I didn't know how to get out of what I was doing."

By Alyson R. Quinn
March 9, 2011
Celebrate Recovery | Colorado | Texas

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