Celebrate Recovery - Bakersfield First Assembly of God

01/06/2026

Good morning family. This Friday come support our brothers and sisters at Chester Avenue community church for their step study graduation. They all put in lot of hard work and dedication these past months and appreciate all the love and support they can get. So proud of them all.

You, are invited to support our graduates. We our so proud of our men and women!!

On January 9, 2026
Please RSV our Ministry Leader Lisa: 661-316-3976
We do need a head count. Please

Where: Chester Ave Community Church
1309S Chester Ave
Bakersfields Ca
93301

Time: 6pm to 8:00pm
Thank you!!
We can’t wait to see you there!

01/05/2026

Updated CR list

01/04/2026

We are open today Saturday January 3rd. We have a great lesson on serenity served with spaghetti. Come join us at 5:30pm

12/31/2025

Sister Dylana's Baby John Dean is here. Meal Train
Welcoming a New Bundle of Joy
Sending a Helping Hand to allow extra Quality time for our Sister Dylana and her family enjoy these first days of celebrating the birth of rheir prexioua baby boy. If you cant cook you can always order something or donate thru the app for gift cards. Love yall. Share the link.
https://mealtrain.com/vd7738

12/26/2025

What is co-depency? How can God help me in this area?

CR helps reframe boundaries as:
Loving, not selfish
Biblical, not unkind
Protective, not punitive

You’ll learn:
You can say no without guilt
You are not responsible for fixing others
Love does not require self-abandonment
“Let your ‘Yes’ be yes, and your ‘No,’ no.” — Matthew 5:37

Co-dependency is when a person's need for approval or validation from others allows them to be controlled or manipulated, or that person might even attempt to do the same to someone else. Here are a few characteristics:

- Assuming responsibility for other's feelings and behaviors.
- Having difficulty identifying or expressing your own feelings
- Worrying about how others might respond to your feelings, opinions, or behaviors.
- Over-functioning to be needed, valued, or loved.
- Overly caring for others at the expense of your own needs.
- Being extremely loyal to the point of remaining in harmful situations too long.
- Tolerating and justifying abuse from others.

Set boundaries, accept Jesus as your Higher Power, and realize that you are not responsible for how others may think or feel about you.


CelebrateRecovery.com

12/25/2025

🎄✨Merry Christmas Forever Family✨🎄
This Christmas our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for each & every one of you. Through the hurts, habits & hang ups, we have witnessed Gods redeeming love, healing power & unshakable hope at work in this community. Because of Jesus, we celebrate freedom, restoration & new beginnings. Thank you to all for showing up, loving boldly, walking honestly & reminding one another that we do recover together.

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, may his peace fill your homes, his grace strengthen your hearts & his hope guide you all into a new year filled with purpose and faith.

Thank you to our Pastors & our incredible church community for welcoming & supporting the Celebrate Recovery ministry. Thank you for believing in God’s redemptive work, for creating a safe place for healing & for allowing this ministry to be a part of the heart of our church.

Your prayers, encouragement, leadership & support make it possible for lives to be transformed & hope to be restored. Because of your obedience & faith people are finding freedom from hurts, habits & hang ups through the love of Jesus Christ.

There are so much more of you to tag in this message. We love all of you. Thank you for being apart of our 2025 with us.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

12/18/2025

You, are invited to support our graduates. We our so proud of our men and women!!

On January 9, 2026
Please RSV our Ministry Leader Lisa: 661-316-3976
We do need a head count. Please

Where: Chester Ave Community Church
1309S Chester Ave
Bakersfields Ca
93301

Time: 6pm to 8:00pm
Thank you!!
We can’t wait to see you there!

12/18/2025

Happy Holidays forever family.

Join us this Saturday as we hear how amazing our God is and how he restored Janae. List to her as she shares a message of hope.

Dinner is at 5:30pm in the gym
Meeting begins at 6:15pm
Landing is available
Childcare available for participating adults. Remember you can't leave if your kids are on campus.

Can't wait to see you all there.

12/14/2025

Beautiful event for the whole family.

12/03/2025

📢 Blessing Closet – This Saturday!

We’re opening our Blessing Closet this Saturday to serve our church family and our community with free clothing, toys, gently used items and a whole lot of God’s love.

If you’re needing a little help right now, or know someone who is need, please invite them to come. We’re here to bless others. Doors open at 5pm. FREE Dinner follows at 5:30pm.

Matthew 25:35-36
I was hungry, you fed me.
I was thirsty, you gave me water.
I was a stranger, you invited me in.
I was naked, you cothed me.
I was sick, you cared for me.
I was in prison, you visited me.

12/03/2025

Happy holidays forever family. Tis' the season to Celebrate Recovery. Join us this Saturday as Kevin from Valley Baptist shares the things he struggled with and kept him bound and drug down and how God was with him and brought him back and broke those chains. Hear his journey to recovery. It's also chip night. A great night to surrender a struggle that might be keeping you weighed down. Surrender and begin the new year a new you. Don't wait for the new year to start a new journey.

Dinner is at 5:30pm
Worship and testimony at 6:15pm

Kids ministry available for participating adults.

12/02/2025

I just wanted to share and send out an invite to anyone who'd like to attend with me there are wonderful events at valley Baptist going on every weekend for Christmas. This Sunday at 4pm and 6pm is the holy one Christmas production. Powerful music and live drama. We have CR family in the choir too. Then on dec 21 is the candlelight service again at 4pm and 6pm. Beautiful service you dont want to miss. You dont have to be a member to attend. Bring the whole family. Its a must see event. I go every year.