Time heals all wounds.

Has someone ever said that to you? Or did you hear it in a movie or on a television show? It sounds nice, doesn't it? Wise. True.

Unfortunately, it isn't true. Not all wounds heal on their own. Just as physical wounds sometimes get infected and need a strong dose of antibiotics to be rid of infection, so many of our spriitual and psychological wounds will not get better without help. Left alone, they fester and produce bitterness and anger and depression. And they will often lead to self-destructive behavior.

If this describes your situation, or that of someone you love, we can help. Every Friday evening and every Wednesday evening folks just like you are finding the answers they crave and the help they need in Celebrate Recovery. Celebrate Recovery is more than a Christian 12-step program. It is a biblically-based, forward-looking program that encourages personal responsibility for our self-destructive behavior, spiritual commitment to Christ, and loving support from a community of people who have been where you are, who have faced the same obstacles that look so insurmountable to you right now.

Are you broken? Hurting? In need of healing? Then join us at Patterson Park Church each Friday night at 6:30 in the FLC for teaching, testimonies, and open sharing;and each Wednesday night at 6:30 in Rooms 210/211 as we learn to apply the Recovery Principles to our lives. You are welcome to join us for either or both meetings. There is hope!

For more information on the Celebrate Recovery program, contact Pastor Dan Sietman at the church office.

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We Wear the Mask

    We wear the mask that grins and lies,
    It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
    This debt we pay to human guile;
    With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
    And mouth with myriad subtleties.

    Why should the world be over-wise,
    In counting all our tears and sighs?
    Nay, let them only see us, while
            We wear the mask.

    We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
    To thee from tortured souls arise.
    We sing, but oh the clay is vile
    Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
    But let the world dream otherwise,
            We wear the mask!

Paul Laurence Dunbar