Strand Recovery ENews July 2009

To Become a Connected people,

Captivated by Christ,
Whose Changed lives are Changing lives.

The church in this picture is Myrtle Beach Community Church or

Beach Church. It is the headquarters for the Strand Recovery ENews. It
South Carolina State Representative
has hosted Celebrate Recovery since 2000 and is the home of CR State Shawn Norton
representative Shawn Norton
Shawn was born in Bellefonte, PA-
July 31st, 1964. He came on staff
Our example outlives our achievements as the Director of CR @ Beach
Church in April of 2004 and has
New Vision to convey the idea loved serving the Lord and our
T.C.Vincent church and watching God at work
Well I finally got the new format almost through our ministry!
complete. As you can see, I had a lot of He has been in recovery from Alco-
time to think when I had the hip replace- hol & Chemical Dependency-since
ment. The new Enews, is not only new in 12/28/97. His sobriety was
Continued on page 2 achieved in secular recovery and he
met Christ through Celebrate Re-
covery.
The Editor
Shawn’s wife, Marlene and he live
Just in case you wanted to know who makes all the typos in the news- Shawn & wife Marlene in Myrtle Beach, SC. They own
letter, it's that guy down there in the lower right.
and operate MaxxFitness, Inc.-where they sell and service fitness
I, Tim Vincent, came to Myrtle Beach in 1999 a broken, broken man. I equipment and do Personal Training. They enjoy traveling, enter-
started attending Beach Church in 2003 and a few months later Cele- taining and fellowship with friends and caring for all their
brate Recovery where I addressed my issues of Alcoholism, anger and animals.
resentment. I quit drinking in the secular environment
and spent 24 years still not knowing why my life was Shawn has been a part of the Beach Church CR program since
empty. Thanks to CR and Beach Church and Jesus, it’s inception-in November of 2000. He continues to serve as a
I am now filled. 12-Step group leader and teaches on Friday Nights at our CR
I lived in Allentown Pennsylvania for 49 years but I call Celebration Service at Beach Church. He has served as SC State
Conway, SC my home. Rep. since January of 2005.
 Open step groups
Gender Contact Group Day & Time Location
Female Barry @ 843-458-7522 A-Z Sunday 5:00 P to 7:00 P Barefoot Church

Male Shawn @ 843-222-0052 Issues & Addictions Thursday 6:30 P-8:00 P Beach Church

Male Rand @ 843-712-2165 Issues & Addictions Coming Soon Beach Church

Female Kandace Issues & Addictions Tuesday 6:30 P - 8:00 P Beach Church

Male Tom @ 910-540-6797 Monday 6:30 P - 8:00 P Open Door Baptist

Male Carl @ 843-997-2899 A-Z Monday 7:00 P - 8:30 P Cornerstone Church

Female Carl @ 843-997-2899 A-Z Monday 7:00 P - 8:30 P Cornerstone Church

Female Carl @ 843-997-2899 A-Z Thursday 7:00 P - 8:30 P Cornerstone Church

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New Vision to convey the idea

format but in concept as well. It is easy to see the format change but I think you can see the concept change equally as
easily. I enjoyed sending out the ENews, but it occurred to me that it did not really convey the idea of what we are all
about as well as I originally hoped. The old format kept you informed of what was going on at Beach Church and it did it
very well. Celebrate Recovery is not about one, one person, one church. I wear a T-shirt and on the back it reads, “You
are not alone”. That goes beyond any one person and to me says that not even our recovery groups are alone, and so I
started working on this new format that will tie all the groups on the strand together, so that we not only can support one
another by attending other events and Celebrations but now we can feel in our hearts that none of us is alone and we are
in this thing … Together.

Nearly 2 years ago Shawn Norton shared a vision. His vision was to have CR 7 days a week. Well we all worked together
and we are real close. We now have CR 5 days a week, but we have exceeded his vision because not only are we close to
the 7 day mark … We are also a connected group of people who are captivated by Christ and whose changed lives are
changing lives and none of the Strand Recovery Groups is alone. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER because every one cares
about the other.
 EVENTS ACROSS THE STRAND
CHURCH / EVENT DAY TIME Description

Barefoot Church
Leaders Meeting / Training Saturday July 11 9 A - 12 P Meeting 9 - 10 / Training 10 - 12
A mass food distribution program of Barefoot Church, Barefoot CR and Helping
Dream Fest (First Sat. of every month) Saturday August 1 8A-1P
Hands
Beach Church
Leaders Meeting / Training Saturday July 25 9 A - 12 P Combined meeting and training - Training is now Leadership development based.
Road Trip To be announced We are planning a Sunday night out at Pawleys Island CR, in support of their group.

STRAND CELEBRATION SERVICE SCHEDULE

CHURCH WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5

JULY 6
JULY 13 August 3
Testimony JULY 20 JULY 27
BAREFOOT CHURCH Lesson 14 - Ready Testimony
Gary & Michele W. Testimony Lesson 15 - Victory
Rand A. Jeff S.

JULY 10 JULY 17 JULY 24 JULY 31 August 7

BEACH CHURCH Lesson 14 - Ready Testimony Lesson 15 - Victory Testimony Lesson 16 - Amends
Brian A. John M. Gary & Michele W. Shawn & Marlene N. Tracy W.

Cornerstone is a newly forming Celebrate Recovery Group. At this time they are running only 12 step groups to build
CORNERSTONE their leadership team.
Their GRAND OPENING is scheduled for September 8, 2009.

Open Door Baptist Church is in a re-organizing mode. As soon as they have a celebration service scheduled, I will start to
OPEN DOOR BAPTIST
post them. Re-organizing is a challenge to say the least. Let’s all remember to pray that God leads them.

I was not able to make contact with Pawleys Island but I am sure they will be as enthusiastic about the new format for the
PAWLEYS ISLAND ENews as the other 4 recovery groups have been. I did not want to delay the ENews any longer and I hope to get them on
board soon. We support Pawleys Island and want to see them grow along with the rest of us.
 Strand Recovery Groups

Barefoot Church Beach Church

557 George Bishop Parkway
701 Main Street Myrtle Beach, Sc 29579
North Myrtle Beach, SC Contact Shawn @ 843-222-0052
Contact Barry - 843-458-7522 Or Tim @ 843-602-1367
Monday Evenings @ 6 PM Friday Evenings @ 6 PM

Open Door Baptist Church Pawleys Island

10304 Ocean Highway
791 Brick Landing Road SW
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Shallotte, NC 28470
Contact - 843-237-4449
For more info call Tom @ 910-540-6797 or
Larry @ 910-443-1284

Thursday Evenings @ 6 PM Sunday Evenings @ 6 PM

Cornerstone Church Of God If you are thinking of starting a

3690 Palmetto Pointe Blvd. Celebrate Recovery program,
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 consider Wednesday or Saturday.
Contact Carl @ 843-997-2897 That would give the Strand…
Celebrate Recovery 7 nights a week.
Tuesday Evenings @ 6:30 PM

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line “Remove me please”. For questions or comments: crvolunteer@beachchurch.org
or call 843-236-9700 ext 211 or call Tim at 843-602-1367
Myrtle Beach Community Church
557 George Bishop Parkway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579