December 2021 – IGW3 – In God's Word, In God's Will, In God's Work

Happy New Life

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! Second Corinthians 5:17

Celebrate Recovery Lesson: Sanity

Audio Sermon for December 26, 2021 – “New Year, New Life”

Celebrate Recovery Lesson on Powerless

Audio Sermon for December 19, 2021 – “Don’t Miss the Headline”

Audio Sermon for December 12, 2021 – “A Dream Fulfilled”

Celebrate Recovery Lesson Study on Denial

During the pandemic, since so many churches have been unable to have their normal General Meeting nights, Celebrate Recovery has provided recovery lesson studies via video. While we are in the process of getting our new ministry formed, we thought it might be helpful to provide some of this material here for viewing at home.… Continue reading Celebrate Recovery Lesson Study on Denial

Audio Sermon for December 5, 2021 – “Your Package is On the Way”

Paul Simrell

The Reverend Paul W. Simrell has served for over thirty years in a variety of congregational and institutional settings. He is a recognized minister with standing in the Virginia region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada and is nationally endorsed by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for specialized ministry in both pastoral counseling and chaplaincy. Ordained in 1982, he has served congregations in Kentucky, Texas, Florida, and Virginia. He currently serves as the pastor of Elpis Christian Church, a small, historic congregation located just a few miles west of Richmond, Virginia. Elpis is the Greek word meaning “expectant hope.” He also serves on the associate clinical staff of the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care, Richmond, Virginia, both as a pastoral counselor and a ministerial assessment specialist, specializing in executive, clergy and relationship coaching. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and Lexington Theological Seminary and has done advanced clinical training in chaplaincy and pastoral counseling at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, Children’s Medical Center and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas and the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care in Richmond, Virginia. He is a Certified Pastoral Counselor, an ACPE Practitioner, and a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is a Certified Facilitator of the Prepare-Enrich relationship assessment and skills-building program and served as a volunteer chaplain for over twenty years with the CJW Medical Center campuses in Richmond, Virginia. His avocational interests include playing the piano and drawing. He is very happily married to his wife Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell, a free-lance writer, who is also a Certified Facilitator for the Prepare-Enrich program. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

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