As all of you know Hurricane Sandy has caused wide spread devastation all along the Easter Half of the United States. However none of the damage has been as wide spread and has had the level of impact as the entire state of NJ. As a pastor and a recovering person, and as a human being I feel a call from God to do something. So today I have used contacts at the NJ Office of Emergency Management to

find out what the need is and where to make the most impact. I know of all of you i can't be the only one. As spiritual people we can of course come together in prayer and second we can pool our resources to have a greater impact together than we could do by ourselves. Having said that I am inviting all of you to a time of gathering, prayer, ecumenical worship, and giving to completely benefit the disaster relief efforts in New Jersey. We are holding this on this Saturday, November 3 at our church, Recovery Christian Center, 4110 Haverford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Service will begin at 5pm. Lets come together as churches and community and have a greater impact than we could do as individuals or individual churches. For more info contact us at 267-582-5013 or recoverychristiancenter@yahoo.com

 

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Red Cross of South Eastern PA has asked us to help compile a list of volunteers who are willing to volunteer to help with disaster assessment teams in PA and NJ. Please email me if ur interested @ recoverychristiancenter@yahoo.com.

This is Going to be Life Changing!

Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 10/11/12 - Recovering From Loss

"God blesses those who mourn,for they will be comforted." Matthew 5:4 NLT

One of the common misconceptions about Christians in Recovery is that we, because of our relationship with God, we shouldn't feel the loss as deeply or as intently. That's just not true. The text says that those who mourn are blessed and will be comforted. That should tell us that it is not only ok to feel but it is a sign of our deepening relationship with God that we can feel. In our old life many of us stuffed our emotions or used something outside our selves to numb them. Our recovery and our relationship with God isn't meant to be the new thing that numbs us. God instead wants to comfort us and heal us, but in order to be healed we first have to feel.

5 Days Of Grace Crusade!

This is Going to be life Changing!!!!!

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Eastern District of PA presents:

5 Days of Grace Crusade!!!!

Oct 15-19th @ Recovery Christian Center
4110 Haverford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 10/4/12 - Diversity Is Our Strength

"The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit. Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part! Yes, there are many parts, but only one bod

y. The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad." 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 NLT

One of the problems in the Body of Christ and in recovery is a lack of unity based on a lack of acceptance for our diversity. The text tells us that we need each other and that all of our talents and gifts are important. None of us are more important than others. Just like every part of our human body is needed to function properly, every one of us that are part of the Body are necessary to its function. Instead of creating division surrounding our differences we ought to celebrate them. We need our different backgrounds and experiences everyone coming in to our fellowship needs to find someone they can relate to. It's time to stop tearing people up because they are different and begin to look at how we can work together as God intended. It's time to stop tearing down the folk that are still struggling and look for ways to help and care for them. It's time to stop looking negatively at a person's outside to justify our own prejudices and inadequacies. We all need to work together.

Join us this Friday Night @ 8pm! It's goin down! Recovery Christian Center is celebrating with Judah House of Prayer, 626 S. 60th Street, Philadelphia, PA, under the Apostle Kevin Gissanbanger, as a part of their Pastor's Appreciation Month. God gave me a Rhema Word! It will CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!!!

Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 10/01/12 - Loving Service

"After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. Jesus repeated the question: “Simon son of John, do you love me?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter said, “you know I love you.” “Then take care of my sheep,”

Jesus said. A third time he asked him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep." John 21:15-17

Love is an action word. Like any other relationship, we can say that we love someone but if we don't show them that we love them our words are empty. Its the same with our relationship with God. We demonstrate our love and gratitude to God for this new way of life by serving others. We show that we love God by loving others, by accepting others, by encouraging others the way that our relationship with God and our recovery has encouraged us. We show that we appreciate our freedom by helping someone else find theirs. See true love is selfless and contagious. You can't really experience love and acceptance and forgiveness and compassion from God and then refuse to give it to others. God's love is meant to be shared and the best way to share it is through serving His people.