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Strand Recovery ENews

July 2009

and operate MaxxFitness, Inc.-where they sell and service fitnessequipment and do Personal Training. They enjoy traveling, enter-taining and fellowship with friends and caring for all their animals.Shawn has been a part of the Beach Church CR program sinceit’s inception-in November of 2000. He continues to serve as a12-Step group leader and teaches on Friday Nights at our CR Celebration Service at Beach Church. He has served as SC StateRep. since January of 2005.Shawn was born in Bellefonte, PA-July 31

, 1964. He came on staff as the Director of CR @ BeachChurch in April of 2004 and hasloved serving the Lord and our church and watching God at work through our ministry!He has been in recovery from Alco-hol & Chemical Dependency-since12/28/97. His sobriety wasachieved in secular recovery and hemet Christ through Celebrate Re-covery.Shawn’s wife, Marlene and he livein Myrtle Beach, SC. They own

South Carolina State Representative

Shawn Norton

Shawn & wife Marlene

Our example outlives our achievements

The church in this picture is Myrtle Beach Community Church or Beach Church. It is the headquarters for the Strand Recovery ENews. Ithas hosted Celebrate Recovery since 2000 and is the home of CR Staterepresentative Shawn Norton

New Vision to convey the idea

T.C.Vincent

Well I finally got the new format almostcomplete. As you can see, I had a lot of time to think when I had the hip replace-ment. The new Enews, is not only new in

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The Editor

Just in case you wanted to know who makes all the typos in the news-letter, it's that guy down there in the lower right.I, Tim Vincent, came to Myrtle Beach in 1999 a broken, broken man. Istarted attending Beach Church in 2003 and a few months later Cele- brate Recovery where I addressed my issues of Alcoholism, anger andresentment. I quit drinking in the secular environmentand spent 24 years still not knowing why my life wasempty. Thanks to CR and Beach Church and Jesus,I am now filled.I lived in Allentown Pennsylvania for 49 years but I callConway, SC my home.

To Become a Connected people,Captivated by Christ,Whose Changed lives are Changing lives.

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 ChurchMale Shawn @ 843-222-0052 Issues & Addictions Thursday 6:30 P-8:00 P Beach ChurchMale Rand @ 843-712-2165 Issues & Addictions Coming Soon Beach ChurchFemale Kandace Issues & Addictions Tuesday 6:30 P - 8:00 P Beach ChurchMale Tom @

910-540-6797

Monday 6:30 P - 8:00 P Open Door BaptistMale Carl @ 843-997-2899 A-Z Monday 7:00 P - 8:30 P Cornerstone ChurchFemale Carl @ 843-997-2899 A-Z Monday 7:00 P - 8:30 P Cornerstone ChurchFemale 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 aseasily. I enjoyed sending out the ENews, but it occurred to me that it did not really convey the idea of what we are allabout as well as I originally hoped. The old format kept you informed of what was going on at Beach Church and it did itvery well. Celebrate Recovery is not about one, one person, one church. I wear a T-shirt and on the back it reads, “Youare not alone”. That goes beyond any one person and to me says that not even our recovery groups are alone, and so Istarted working on this new format that will tie all the groups on the strand together, so that we not only can support oneanother by attending other events and Celebrations but now we can feel in our hearts that none of us is alone and we arein 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 togetherand we are real close. We now have CR 5 days a week, but we have exceeded his vision because not only are we close tothe 7 day mark … We are also a connected group of people who are captivated by Christ and whose changed lives arechanging lives and none of the Strand Recovery Groups is alone. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER because every one caresabout the other.

CHURCH / EVENT

DAY TIME Description

Barefoot Church

Leaders Meeting / Training

Saturday July 11 9 A - 12 P Meeting 9 - 10 / Training 10 - 12

Dream Fest (First Sat. of every month)

Saturday August 1 8 A - 1 PA mass food distribution program of Barefoot Church, Barefoot CR and HelpingHands

Beach ChurchLeaders 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.

EVENTS ACROSS THE STRAND STRAND CELEBRATION SERVICE SCHEDULE

CHURCH WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5BAREFOOT CHURCHJULY 6TestimonyGary & Michele W.JULY 13Lesson 14 - ReadyRand A.JULY 20TestimonyJULY 27Lesson 15 - VictoryAugust 3TestimonyJeff S.BEACH CHURCHJULY 10Lesson 14 - ReadyBrian A.JULY 17TestimonyJohn M.JULY 24Lesson 15 - VictoryGary & Michele W.JULY 31TestimonyShawn & Marlene N.August 7Lesson 16 - AmendsTracy W.CORNERSTONE

Cornerstone is a newly forming Celebrate Recovery Group. At this time they are running only 12 step groups to buildtheir leadership team.Their

GRAND OPENING

is scheduled for

September 8, 2009

OPEN DOOR BAPTIST

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

PAWLEYS ISLAND

I was not able to make contact with Pawleys Island but I am sure they will be as enthusiastic about the new format for theENews 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.