Start Up Matrix
| Phase | Requirements / Nice to Haves | Link to items | Additional Notes |
| Pre Start-up | Pray | ||
| Talk with the Church Elders / Church Board | |||
| Identify and talk with Local State Rep | Find a St Rep | ||
| Talk with other CR’s in the area | Find a Group | ||
| …remember we are not competing with other CR’s we are working together for the community and ultimately God’s Kingdom, so if there is another Celebrate Recovery close, choose a different night | |||
| Required – Get Leaders Guide | CR Leaders Guide | There is Kindle version | |
| Nice to have – Get Participant Guides | CR Participant Guides | ||
| 90Day – 1-30 | Pray | ||
| Start making it known in the Church that CR is Coming | |||
| ………..…Pulpit / Word of Mouth / Bulletins | |||
| Read Leaders Guide – (just get familiar) | CR Leaders Guide | There is Kindle version | |
| Read Participant Guides if available | CR Participant Guides | ||
| Look at ordering additional Leader Guides for leaders (nice to have) | CR Leaders Guide | There is Kindle version |
| Phase | Requirements / Nice to Haves | Link to items | Additional Notes |
| 90Day – 31 – 60 | Pray | ||
| Recruit Potential Leaders | |||
| Determine Meeting Night | |||
| Have Leaders read the material | CR Leaders Guide | There is Kindle version | |
| Plan for first small groups | |||
| …. Most small CR’s start with a Mens multi issue & Ladies multi issue | |||
| (this is where I personally differ from what is in the leaders guide) based on Exp, I would suggest meeting with leaders weekly in this phase and run through the “Life’s Healing Choices completely (around 8 weeks) that way leaders are readied | Life’s Healing Choices | Life’s Healing Choices Guide | |
| 90Day – 61 – 90 | Pray | ||
| Meet weekly with leaders to go through Participant Guide 1 | CR Participant Guides | ||
| Announce CR Kickoff date to the Church | |||
| Use Pulpit announcements to show Sr Pastor Support | |||
| Consider purchasing the ALT (Advanced Leadership Training) | CR ALT | ||
| … The above will give you the insert sheets with the ‘fill-ins’ for all the lessons plus how to facilitate the meeting night, the 101 groups plus a lot more | |||
| Kickoff | |||