Locations:
2112 Inwood Dr.
Fort Wayne, IN
CCHC
13410 Main St
Grabill, IN
AWARDS BANQUET RESCHEDULED
The Awards Banquet originally scheduled for January 22, 2021 has been Rescheduled due to Covid-19.
Allen County Indiana is in the RED ZONE and we are complying with recommendation from the Board of Health.
The NEW DATE for the AWARDS BANQUET is FEBRUARY 19, 2021. Those who have purchased ticket for the banquet will be honored at that time. If you need more information about the Banquet, please contact:
The AWARD BANQUET TEAM at 260.218.8299
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
6:30pm
$20/plate
What is Living Free Recovery
Living Free Recovery is a DBA of the 501 (c) 3 non profit organization CONNECTION POINTS INC. which provides hope, help, and healing to Individuals, Churches, and Communities through individual sessions, couples counseling, family counseling, and group counseling
833.217.7455.
Ministry To Communities
Outreach strategy to impact the entire community
A small group strategy for impacting the entire community by assisting other churches and individuals in the community in ministering to people with life controlling problems. This often starts with individuals in the legal system and their families that live in the community. And since life controlling problems impact more than just one individual or one family, there is a great need for ministry to the entire community. For information on how to minister to your community or to schedule a training at your church please email us at: info@connectionpoints.org. or call 833.217.7455.
Ministry To Churches
Workshops and Seminars
Workshops available on: Addiction, Assimilation, Discipleship, Leadership, Small Groups, Substance Abuse, and how to help people with Life Controlling Problems.
For information on each of these workshops or to schedule a workshop in your church please email us at: info@connectionpoints.org. or call 833.217.7455.
Ministry To Individuals
Non-residential groups and individual counseling
Living Free is a group strategy that has helped over 800,000 people learn to face life's struggles and move toward freedom and wholeness in Christ with an 89% rehabilitation rate.
At church and work, people are smiling outside but hurting on the inside. They keep up appearances, but something has its hooks in them and threatens to take them under: Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Broken Relationships, Care giving Responsibilities,Eating Disorders, Money Problems, Compulsive Sex, or some other life controlling problems.
See how this group strategy works, hear some powerful stories of changed lives, and check out proven resources and tools. The Living Free program is utilized in Adult & Teen Challenge Centers around the world. Adult & Teen Challenge is a faith-based residential rehabilitation program with a documented 85% rehabilitation rate.
The following video is from a Adult & Teen Challenge Graduate. The Transformation Center of Allen County Indiana will be patterned after the Adult & Teen Challenge Centers around the world.
The second video is what SAMSHA is saying about Adult & Teen Challenge residential treatment for those who are addicted.
CHRIST-CENTERED, FAITH-BASED MINISTRY
Helping people to find Help, receive Hope, and accept Healing!
LIVING FREE RECOVERY
Ministry to People with Life Controlling Problems
Living Free Recovery is about helping individuals, family members, and friends cope with: Addictions, Anxiety, Anger, Broken Relationships, Care-giving Responsibilities, Depression, Eating Disorders, Money Problems, and Substance Abuse. Living Free is a world-wide ministry that is based upon a small group strategy that has helped over 800,000 people learn to cope and face life's struggles, then move toward freedom and wholeness in Christ.
Living Free Recovery is an outreach ministry of Connection Points Inc. a 501 c 3 Non-profit ministry that provides consulting and counsel to churches on Assimilation, Discipleship, Leadership, and Small Groups.
YOUR DONATION WILL PROVIDE HOPE TO THE HOPELESS
Your financial gift will help to minister to people with
"life controlling Problems!"
Living Free Recovery is an outreach ministry of Connection Points Inc. (a registered 501 (c) 3 non profit organization). Our funding comes from gifts, group registrations, and donations from people like you. Help us help others! click below or send your tax deductible donation to:
Connection Points Ministry, 2112 Inwood Dr., Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46815
INDIVIDUAL & GROUP SESSIONS
LIVING FREE RECOVERY
A non-residential rehabilitation program
HELP FOR THE HURTING
Living Free Recovery is a non-residential rehabilitation program for Addicts and other people with life controlling issues and problems.
Individual Sessions and Community Connection groups meet throughout the week providing help for those who are hurting and pastoral counsel for their loved ones.
NEW GROUPS FORMING
January 06, 2021
2112 Inwood Dr., Fort Wayne IN.
If you are unable to register online, please contact our office at: 260.218.8299
Once you have submitted your registration, you will be placed on the group roster that you requested. At the first group you will be asked for the registration fee, receive a Workbook, and be oriented to the group.
Info@connectionpoints.org
"INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS"
by appointment at
2112 Inwood Dr., Fort Wayne
People in need or who are seeking counsel begin by setting up an Orientation/Intake session. This is a "get acquainted" meeting where things can be discussed and assignment of Assessments are made. Then individual sessions are set up to assist in working through any life controlling problem. Counseling is by Appointment, by a licensed clinician.
Who should attend:
People that need and seek more structure in their lives and who want to obtain freedom from their "life controlling problem."
"INSIGHT"
Building Character
Wednesdays
6:00pm - 7:30pmWith its emphasis on developing Christian character it is a powerful group for those who want to be sure to prevent life-controlling problems from developing in their lives, as well as for those who need to overcome a current problem.
We highly recommend Insight as the entry group for small groups.
- It enhances people's understanding of themselves and others.
- It helps people bond together in meaningful relationships.
- It helps prepare people for more meaningful relationships in subsequent small groups like home groups and Sunday school classes.
- It surfaces people for help who may otherwise never seek help.
- It helps break down the segregation of people in churches, turning "those people" and "our kind of people" into just "us".
- It helps prepare people to minister to others.
- It serves as a powerful evangelistic tool by ministering to people's felt needs and then pointing them to Christ.
Who should attend: Everyone should attend this group at least once prior to other groups. The principles in this class set a foundation to learn and grow throughout life. The group is a powerful means of developing Christian Character. It is a powerful group for those who want to be sure of preventing "life-controlling" problems in their lives as well as for those who look to overcome their current situation.Cost: $75.00 includes Workbook and 13 week group."FACING FEAR
FINDING FAITH"
Dealing with Anxiety
Wednesdays
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Facing Fear, Finding Faith includes guidance in the use of Scripture to build faith, biblical coping methods for facing fear, comfort to those facing fear, and help for anyone ministering to those who are being controlled or held back by anxiety, fear and worry.
- Coping with Anxiety & Fear
- Dealing with worry
- Learn biblical methods of coping
- Building powerful faith
- Walking in faith over fear
Who should attend: those who want to: build faith utilizing biblical coping methods for facing fear, provide comfort to those facing fear, and help for anyone ministering to those who are being controlled or held back by anxiety, fear and worry.Cost: $75.00 includes Workbook and 13 week group."STEPPING INTO FREEDOM"
Faith-Based 12 StepWednesdays
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Stepping into Freedom is a Christ-centered 12 step program suggested for use in support groups, recovery groups and home groups. It offers help for anyone struggling with a life-controlling problem like drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual addiction, gambling or workaholism.
- It supports a person's desire to maintain a life free of life-controlling problems.
- It helps a person develop roots and steadfastness in Christ so that one can confidently master the problems faced in daily living.
- It serves as an effective evangelism tool by providing a way to minister to people's felt needs and then pointing them to Christ.
Who should attend: Anyone currently in a 12 Step program, anyone that wants to work through a "life controlling problem" such as: addiction, pornography, gambling, or those who desire to help others work through their life controlling problems.Cost: $75.00 includes Workbook and 13 week group."MRT"
How To Escape Your PrisonWednesday6:30pm - 7:30pm
Moral Reconation Therapy
Moral Reconation Therapy assist people in integrating their belief system with their values in order for them to make better decisions. "How To Escape Your Prison" is the MRT Workbook that is utilized. All MRT classes are facilitated by Certified Clinicians.
Who should attend: People that are court ordered for treatment of Substance Abuse or in need of making more effective decisions. People that need and seek more structure in their lives and who desire to make effective decisions while obtaining freedom from their "life controlling problem."
Cost: $25.00 Workbook and $15.00 per week for 14 weeks.
"RECOVERY THROUGH R.E.S.P.E.C.T."
WEDNESDAY
Time: TBA
Recovery Through Respect addresses issues of addiction and substance abuse while developing a recovery program that impacts the whole person-body, mind, and spirit. Recovery Through Respect is intended for people and groups of people that deal with addiction, but can also benefit those with personality and behavioral disorders. This program is intended to be at least 16 weeks in length but can be utilized for as much as up to one (1) year. It is also advisable to have a family member or a person from the client’s network present at one or two of these meetings throughout the year.
Family members may want to attend our "Concerned Persons" group to learn how to assist their loved one in overcoming their "life controlling" problem
Who should attend: People that have been court ordered for Substance Abuse/Addiction education/counseling, those who are desiring to make better choices in life, and people that have any type of addiction or drug abuse problem.
Cost: $25.00 Workbook and $25.00/week.
"CONCERNED PERSONS"
WEDNESDAY
TBA
The Concerned Persons Group is primarily for those who want
to help someone close to them who is enslaved by the
stronghold of a life controlling problem. This group is also for people who are suffering the consequences of a loved one’s
life-controlling problem.
Quite often these participants Quite often these participants
are struggling with very sensitive and emotional issues.
They need compassion and comfort. The purpose of this
group is to encourage and strengthen each group member
in God’s love. As they receive comfort from God in facing problems, the participants can then pass that ministry on to their troubled loved ones and others.· designed for people who have a relationships with someone with a life controlling problem
· Emphases the need we all have for each other.
· Helps people focus on Christ rather than on their problem.
· Contains important self-awareness principles and timely biblical principles aimed at offering encouragement and strength in God’s love.
Who should attend: It is suggested that all Concerned
Persons Group members complete the Insight Group as a
prerequisite to this group. This group will help a person in dealing with their loved one who is in a difficult situation and or in substance abuse.Cost: $75.00 includes Workbook and 13 week group."Theft Intervention Seminar"
One Day class
Time: TBD
There are 6 exercises completed in 8 group hours. The participants complete written material and share their responses with the group. The group is closed. Participants read each exercise and complete the written material before group and then present their work to the group. This program directly confronts and exposes the thinking and behaviors underlying shoplifting and is directly targeted to shoplifters who are placed on probation, diversion programs, or ordered to undergo a shoplifting treatment program.The group is lead by MRT Certified Clinicians.
Who should attend:
Who should attend: People that have been assigned by the court or who will be court ordered to attend a Theft Intervention program. People that shoplift.Cost: $15.00 Workbook and $10.00/week for up to 7weeks.ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
January 22, 2021
Who should attend:
1) People who have completed at least Three (3) groups during the last year2) Facilitators who have facilitated during the past year.3) Family members & supporters4) People Interested in engaging the Community.5) Living Free Recovery Supporters.Ticket Cost: $20.00 -Meal & Speaker(Those who have completed three (3) groups with 80% attendance will receive one complimentary Ticket.)(This is also an opportunity to raise the operation budget)GROUP REGISTRATION Form
NEWSLETTER
Look at What's Happening at LIVING FREE RECOVERY
Page 2 Issue 2 Connection Points Oct - Nov 2020 newsletter
GROUP REGISTRATION Form
Register for Winter Groups
Group Registration Below
All groups are for 13 weeks and the cost is reflected in the entire 13 weeks.
LFR = $15.00 for workbooks plus $5.00 per week or $75.00 for the program.
MRT= $425.00
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Living Free Testimonies
Information about Living Free
Living Free Recovery
Dealing with "life controlling problems.'"
For More Info Contact:
Living Free Recovery at info@connectionpoints.org
Testimony from Kentucky
Paducah Lifeline Ministries is is a faith based ministry affiliated with Living Free and consisting of a board of directors, staff and volunteers who are passionate about helping men and women overcome their struggle with drug and alcohol addiction. We help them discover how, through the power of Christ, they can learn to identify and conquer the powers that have driven them in to destructive lifestyles.
For More Info Contact:
Living Free Recovery at info@connectionpoints.org
EXTREME INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Living Free Recovery utilizes The EXTREME INTERVENTION founder, Selepri Amachre to help the "hard-core" addict to realize the options that are available. Selepri spends time with the the participant, walk with them through the court process (if necessary), explains things to the family, and can place them into a residential as needed. The process works!
Testimonial Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkdb0v3bd5E
Connection Points Ministry Announces
“Accountability Coach Training”
Helping people with addictions and other life problems.
For people that want to get involved in helping people with life controlling problem like Substance abuse/Addictions and problems that accompany these types of problems.
“Accountability Coaching does not take a professional degree or certification. It takes a person with a passion to help someone that needs encouragement and accountability to ‘do the right things in life’ in order to change old behaviors.”
The Need for Accountability Coaches
When a person goes through a “life controlling” problem, they need someone that walks with them through their problem, offering encouragement as well as accountability which assists them in their life change. “Accountability Coach Training” provides another avenue for people to become involved.
“Accountability Coach Training” is driven by the need for people to walk alongside those that are addicted or have other forms of life controlling problems. Connection Points Ministry’s is committed to deliver this quality “Accountability Coach Training” and make it available to anyone who is willing to complete this training.
Connection Points Ministry is a leader of rehabilitation and recovery in the Northern Indiana/Ohio area. The mission of Connection Points Ministry is to provide faith-based, small group ministry and counseling to individuals and families with addictions and other life-controlling problems.
Come walk with us and people in need of amn Accountability Coach.
Accountability Training can be purchased by emailing: info@connectionpoints.org
click on the link below to watch the trailer,
CERTIFIED FACILITATOR TRAINING
YOU CAN HELP YOUR COMMUNITY
"FACILITATOR TRAINING"
TBA 8:30am - 4:30pm
Call 260-218-8299 for More Information
An All Day Saturday training
Registration: $30.00 at the door
Includes: Lunch, Workbook, Certificate, Q & A, and an Introduction of "Accountability Coaching"
This training will provide general information about dealing with the Substance Abuse/Opioid epidemic though training people in the community (anyone wanting to help people that have "life-controlling Problems") by becoming a Certified Facilitator. It will benefit: Individuals, Pastors, Teachers, Family Members, Counselors, Judges, Law Enforcement, Health workers.
More Info: 260-218-8299
REGISTER FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY COACH TRAINING
DVD available
call 209.218.8299
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LIVING FREE RECOVERY GIFT CARD for Counseling, Groups, & Materials5.00 - 750.00Purchase a "Living Free Recovery Gift Card" for a friend, family, member, or anyone else.... You can assist a person in providing counseling, hope, and healing for them that they may not be able to provide for themselves.SelectQuantityComing soonDating and Marriage Workbook16.00Any couple that is contemplating dating or marriage should set an appointment by calling: 260-218-8299QuantityComing soonCommitted Couples Group75.00QuantityComing soonRESTORING FAMILIES Group75.00QuantityComing soonATTITUDES/OBEDIENCE TO GOD Group75.00As believers we are called to love God. Indeed, Jesus declared this to be the most important commandment of all. However, in loving God, we find that we must also obey Him. Obedience to God takes a look at the relationship between love and obedience, and offers practical ways to submit even the most rebellious heart to His authority. If we do not, the outcome can be devastating, as shown through real-life examples given in this study. Curriculum is $10.00 and class is $5.00 per week with Graduation at the conclusion.QuantityComing soonATTITUDES/OBEDIENCE TO GOD Group75.00This class will look at how to develop positive attitudes and how that leads to obedience to God. What are attitudes? How do we develop new attitudes? And what is the right attitude to have when being criticized or correction? This course explores these questions, and more. Curriculum is $10.00 and class is $5.00 per week with Graduation at the conclusion.QuantityComing soonUNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION Group75.00This study deals with depression, a condition common throughout the world, and is suggested for use in support groups and Christian counseling.
Understanding what depression is and how it affects relationships. Understanding the relationship between depression and spiritual warfare. Ways to fight depression with scripture, prayer and mutual support. Understanding the special prayer needs of depressed persons. Bible-based coping skills How to pray for healing and what to expect. Serves as a powerful evangelistic tool by providing a way to minister to people's felt
needs.QuantityComing soonCONCERNED PERSON'S Group75.00This group is suggested for home groups, support groups, recovery groups or cell groups. It is designed for the many people who have a current or past relationship with a person who has a life-controlling problem. It emphasizes the need we all have for each other. It helps people focus on Christ rather than on the problem. It serves as a powerful evangelistic tool by providing a way to minister to people's felt needs and then pointing them to Christ.QuantityComing soonMRT-MORAL RECONATION THERAPY Group425.00Helping people to make better life decisions by developing and understanding of their beliefs and connecting with their values to help them make more effective choices. Registration fee is $25.00 and then $25.00 per week. This is a 16 week class.QuantityComing soonTheft Intervention Program- ONE DAY WORKSHOP 8am - 4:30pm125.00Dealing with Shoplifting and shoplifters in a meaningful way. This is an All Day, 8:00am to 4:30pm Seminar for those who have committed shoplifting and theft. (Total cost for the Class: $125.00)QuantityComing soonRECOVERY THROUGH R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Group650.00Dealing with recovery from Substance Abuse / Addiction. This class is $25.00 per week, Curriculum is $25.00. (Financial assistance may be available through a grant for those with hardships.) This is an ongoing group.QuantityComing soonHANDLING LOSS AND GRIEF Group75.00As a person goes through this group they will be able to identify what the Bible has to say about handling the losses of life. To grieve is human; how to grieve as a Christian is supernatural. It requires us to invite the Holy Spirit to guide us through the grieving process.
This booklet also provides guidance in the use of Scripture to help the grieving. It offers biblical coping methods for facing loss and comfort to those who have faced loss. This guide also provides help for anyone ministering to those experiencing a "little death" in life: divorce, loss of job, etc.QuantityComing soonSEEING YOURSELF IN GOD'S IMAGE Group75.00Written by a counselor with experience helping those with eating disorders, this 13-session study is born from her own struggles in adolescence. The group challenges members to find their identity in Christ as they overcome this difficult struggle. This guide offers understanding of distorted body image, denial, and the family systems influence. It also explains how to break free of social pressures and how to restore the temple and tie the recovery process together. Seeing Your Loved One in God’s Image, can be used as a guide dealing with issues associated with eating disorders.QuantityComing soonFACING FEAR FINDING FAITH Group75.00Facing your fears. Learning how to identify and deal with the fear in your life.QuantityComing soonCommitted Couples Group75.00Committed Couples is for married couples or engaged-to-be-married couples who are committed to God's plan for marriage and family relationship. The various aspects of God's design for marriage and the principles that support this sacred institution are highlighted.
The purpose of Committed Couples is to help each married couple grow spiritually and emotionally in their relationship to each other through an awareness and application of biblical principles. It is important that each participant enter Committed Couples with the the purpose of wanting to be all God would have them to be.QuantityComing soonCOUNSELING ORIENTATION/INTAKE SESSION52.00This is the first session with a participant to orient them to the process that will be followed during our time together. This is a "get to know one another" session. During this session some biopsychosocial information is shared an homework is assigned to perform prior to the individual sessions. The homework consists of 4-5 assessments and a look at one truth from our session. (For Credit Card payments add $3.00)QuantityComing soonSTEPPING INTO FREEDOM-12 Steps Group75.00A faith Based 12 Step program group. This 12 Step program is a return to the original meaning and purpose of the 12 steps, a path to an effective faith-filled lifestyle. During this group, each participant with Study faith based 12 Steps, learn how to apply them to life, and carry out assignments designed to assist the group member in applying these steps to their lives.QuantityComing soonFREE TO GROW Group75.00The purpose of the FREE TO GROW group is to help participants be free of hindrances or setbacks that have arrested or presently hindering spiritual development.This group will assist individuals in understanding Setbacks and Disappointments as “life controlling problems.” Learn how our lives are shaped by our experiences and how to they can transformed. Registration includes workbook, there is a $5.00 per week admin fee.QuantityComing soonINSIGHT-Character Development Group75.00INSIGHT is a support group for recovery from any life controlling issue. It offers help for those struggling with life-controlling problem like drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual addiction, gambling or any other addiction by presenting to people an understanding of how a person’s character is developed. Registration includes workbook, there is a $5.00 per week admin fee.QuantityComing soonFACILITATOR TRAINING35.00This workshop is designed to help attenders understand Life Controlling Problems and is the first phase of becoming a small group Facilitator. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Anyone who has a heart to help people that have life controlling problems such as: Addiction, Anger, Emotions, Grief and Loss, Relationship, and Substance Abuse to mention a few. You may Register here for the Upcoming Workshop on June 17, 2017 from 8:30am - 4:30pm at: 2118 Inwood Dr Suite 120, Fort Wayne, In 46815 (Fee includes Lunch)QuantityComing soonShow moreXTREME INTERVENTIONIST PROJECT
When hope seems non-existent..... Our Interventionist can help!
DRUG INTERVENTIONIST
The ministry of Selepri Amachre
Selepri Amachree is an interventionist and Christian recording artist.
12 years of cocaine/crack & Opiates addiction had taken its toll on his life. After 2 trips to prison in Illinois, Selepri found himself detained in federal custody facing deportation from the United States for drug charges that he had served prison time for. “Jesus met me right where I was” he shares in his testimony, “He said I had a Hope and a Future”. After graduating from Teen Challenge (An Adult & Teen rehabilitation center) in August of 2002. Selepri went on to take an administrative position with Youth Challenge in Virginia.
For the last 8 years Selepri has been travelling around the country sharing his story and intervening in the lives of addicts for the Xtreme Intervention Project, a ministry he founded and directs!!
Selepri has been interviewed on the Christian Television Network and His story was published (twice) nationwide in the Pentecostal Evangel Magazine. Selepri says, “I haven’t gotten to where I am because of the MANY I’VE LED out of darkness, but because of the ONE I’VE FOLLOWED into the Light”.
Selepri and Living Free Recovery will assist the TRANSFORMATION CENTER of Indiana by helping individuals our of their addiction and helping families to understand their role in recovery. The ultimate goal of intervention is hope, help, and healing to individuals and families.
If you know of someone with an addiction and needs help to get through it contact Living Free Recovery and ask for The Interventionist!
Transformation Center will assist people in dealing with their life controlling problems such as: Substance Abuse, Anger, Relationships, Grief & Loss by providing an effective residential program.
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OUR MISSION is serving the community by partnering with them to bring, hope, help, and healing in order to provide a healthy future to individuals dealing with life controlling problems.
- Transformation CenterA residential rehabilitation center for people with "life controlling" problems!Click on the picture below to see more about this important center
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