Recovery Ministry

Five years ago the members of the Brookhaven United Methodist Church realized we had been given a wonderful blessing.  For years we had been home host to several large recovery communities (240 men and women).  The recovery groups met here for community meetings, we had cooked Thanksgiving dinner for them, they had been working around the church, and we had made them Christmas stockings.

These folks are most exclusively disadvantaged people with few, meager resources.  They are our blessing!  We decided to be disciple makers; to begin a recovery meeting using the Life recovery Bible as our "Big Book".  We teach the 12 Steps in light of the Word of God.  We give everyone who attends a Life Recovery Bible.  To date we have given away 4000 bibles.  We further saw the need to provide clothing; some come to us with only the outfit they were wearing when leaving the streets.  Our Clothing Closet serves an average of 25 people a week.  On the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month we conduct evening prayer and Holy Communion, followed by supper and fellowship.  On Sundays we provide transportation and average 20 men and women for Sunday School and worship.  None of us ever envisioned all the ways God has blessed us through this ministry.

The Recovery Ministry is active as a resource connecting our church with the disenfranchised.  All of this is done through the heart and help of the congregation of Brookhaven United Methodist Church.