Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church

This weekly companion episode for Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church focuses on Lesson One: Denial , examining a struggle that often feels harmless but quietly shapes our hearts— digital distraction . Digital habits rarely announce themselves as destructive. They appear ordinary, even necessary. Yet over time, constant noise, scrolling, and stimulation can erode boundaries, weaken o...

This companion episode prepares our hearts for Celebrate Recovery – Lesson One: Denial , focusing specifically on compulsive eating and disordered appetite . Rather than centering on food alone, this conversation explores how appetite can quietly become a false source of comfort, control, and mastery—and how denial keeps that cycle alive. Recovery begins not with willpower, but with honest admissi...

As a new year begins, many people carry a quiet mix of hope, pressure, reflection, and fatigue. This episode is a companion conversation for Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church, created to prepare hearts during the week for our Friday night gathering. Today’s focus is mental health recovery —the internal battles of the mind and heart that can feel overwhelming, isolating, or hard to...

Lust and sexual sin thrive in secrecy, isolation, and shame—but they begin to lose their power when brought into the light of Christ’s truth and grace. This episode is part of a weekly companion series for Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church, designed to prepare hearts for our Friday night gathering. This conversation is not about quick fixes or behavior modification. It is about fre...

Digital distraction rarely looks dramatic—but it quietly steals our attention, erodes peace, and crowds out intimacy with Jesus. In this companion episode for our Friday night Celebrate Recovery gathering, we name the “slavery of stimulation” for what it is: a lordship issue . This isn’t a message of condemnation or a call to delete every app. It’s an invitation to notice what has been shaping you...

Disordered appetite is a struggle that often stays hidden—even in recovery spaces. It shows up quietly, privately, and persistently, touching far more people than we realize. This episode creates a safe, honest space to name that struggle without shame and to bring it into the healing light of Christ. Rather than offering quick fixes, diet plans, or self-improvement strategies, this conversation r...

Crying Out and Remembering Deliverance: Psalm 40

Psalm 46 is a song written for moments when the world feels unstable. It does not deny danger or chaos—it names them honestly. Earthquakes, roaring waters, collapsing mountains, warring nations—this psalm looks directly at what threatens human security and then anchors the soul somewhere deeper. In this reflective episode, we walk through Psalm 46, listening to how Scripture steadies trembling hea...

Psalm 51 is not written from a place of confidence or celebration. It is prayed from the aftermath of failure—when sin has been exposed, defenses have fallen, and the soul is left with nothing but honesty before God. In this reflective episode, we walk through Psalm 51, allowing its words to give voice to a universal human longing: to be cleansed, restored, and made whole again . This is a prayer...

Pain is unavoidable. Whether it comes from what others have done to us or from the consequences of our own choices, every human life eventually arrives at the same difficult questions: Why does God allow pain? And what does He want to do with the pain I’m carrying now? In this deeply pastoral and Scripture-rooted teaching, we explore a central truth of the Christian faith and recovery journey: God...

Episode Description We all long for real change—not temporary fixes, not trying harder, not another cycle of self-improvement that eventually collapses. In this episode, we explore the biblical pathway of true transformation , a journey that moves far deeper than behavior management and leads instead to freedom rooted in Christ. Drawing from Scripture, this teaching walks through the God-designed...

Episode Description In Matthew 9:35–38, Scripture gives us a quiet but piercing glimpse into the heart of Jesus. Before He speaks of mission, before He calls for workers, before He names the harvest, He sees the people —and His response is compassion. This episode reflects on how Jesus moves toward the crowds, how He perceives human need, and how compassion—not urgency or obligation—becomes the dr...

Episode Description “My name is Craig, and I am a grateful believer in Jesus Christ who struggles with alcoholism and approval seeking.” In this deeply honest and Christ-centered testimony, Craig shares the story of how God rescued him from a life shaped by silence, fear, addiction, shame, and self-reliance—and rebuilt it through grace, truth, community, and surrender to Jesus Christ. This is not...

Episode Description Servant leadership isn’t a trendy leadership style—it’s the way of Jesus. In this episode, we explore how Scripture ties servanthood to endurance , showing that true Christian leadership isn’t proven by one moment of humility, but by faithful obedience over time . Drawing from Jesus’ own words and example, we look at how endurance keeps service from becoming performative and tr...

In this reflective episode, we sit with Psalm 90:17 (NLT) : “And may the Lord our God show us His approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!” These words, prayed by Moses near the end of his life, rise out of a heart acquainted with wilderness, limits, and longing. After facing the brevity of life and the vastness of God, Moses closes Psalm 90 with a quiet but bold...

Episode Description In the heart of Advent, we turn to one of the most beautiful passages in all of Scripture: Philippians 2:1–11 , often called the Christ Hymn . As the world speeds up and gets louder, this text gently invites us to slow down and look closely at Jesus—who He is, how He loves, and what His humility means for our everyday lives. In this reflective Advent meditation, we consider how...

Through history, politics, and Scripture, we explore how the collapse of human power and the cries of a restless people prepared the way for the coming of the true King. Local Invitation 🌟 Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church 📍 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA🗓 Fridays at 7 PM Also gathering Mondays at 7 PM at Crossroads Ministries in Finleyville. ➡️ Not local? Find a group near yo...

Resources & Next Steps Join Us In Person: Fridays at 7 PM at Peters Creek Baptist Church, 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA. Find a Group Near You: Visit ⁠crlocator.com⁠ to connect with a Celebrate Recovery in your area.

Through history, politics, and Scripture, we explore how the collapse of human power and the cries of a restless people prepared the way for the coming of the true King. Local Invitation 🌟 Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church 📍 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA🗓 Fridays at 7 PM Also gathering Mondays at 7 PM at Crossroads Ministries in Finleyville. ➡️ Not local? Find a group near yo...

Welcome to Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church! In this episode, Craig— a grateful believer in Jesus Christ who struggles with alcoholism and people-pleasing—shares how Psalm 146 speaks directly into the journey of recovery. This message explores the link between denial and anxiety, and how both can drain our energy, distort our reality, and keep us stuck. But the psalm reminds us of...

Through history, politics, and Scripture, we explore how the collapse of human power and the cries of a restless people prepared the way for the coming of the true King. Local Invitation 🌟 Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church 📍 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA🗓 Fridays at 7 PM Also gathering Mondays at 7 PM at Crossroads Ministries in Finleyville. ➡️ Not local? Find a group near yo...

I want you to imagine for a moment what your life could look like if you stopped hiding. Imagine waking up without the weight of shame pressing down on you. Imagine having honest conversations where you don’t have to pretend. Imagine being able to feel sadness or anger or fear without being overwhelmed by it, because you know God is with you in it. Imagine living with a sense of lightness, of peac...

Through history, politics, and Scripture, we explore how the collapse of human power and the cries of a restless people prepared the way for the coming of the true King. Local Invitation 🌟 Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church 📍 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA🗓 Fridays at 7 PM Also gathering Mondays at 7 PM at Crossroads Ministries in Finleyville. ➡️ Not local? Find a group near yo...

Celebrate Recovery: Principle One — Admit Powerlessness Host: Craig — a grateful believer in Jesus Christ who struggles with alcoholism and approval seeking Series: Celebrate Recovery | Principle 1 Celebrate Recovery — Peters Creek Baptist Church Fridays — Worship 7:00–8:00 PM · Open Share 8:10–9:00 PM 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA 15129 Not local? Find a group: crlocator.com Support the minis...

Through history, politics, and Scripture, we explore how the collapse of human power and the cries of a restless people prepared the way for the coming of the true King. Local Invitation 🌟 Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church 📍 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA🗓 Fridays at 7 PM Also gathering Mondays at 7 PM at Crossroads Ministries in Finleyville. ➡️ Not local? Find a group near yo...