Celebration Place is a 52-week children’s curriculum that coincides with Celebrate Recovery’s teaching, using kid-friendly methods and terms children can understand. So while adults explore topics that bring healing and wholeness, kids discover the same truths in age-appropriate ways! Celebration Place helps kids embrace God’s amazing love and grace in a real and life-changing way.
What to Expect
A typical night in CP
Free Play
The primary purpose of Free Play is to offer children an opportunity to build friendships. Free play at the beginning of each night allows children to transition from the business of the day into Celebration Place.
Worship
Worship is important because it helps children connect with God. Children learn we show our love to God through praise and worship.
Teaching Time
During teaching time leaders presents recovery principles and Biblical truths in ways children can understand. As leaders in Celebration Place, we get to partner with parents in teaching children the principles of recovery.
Centers
In our centers, children learn how to apply the principles taught during the main lesson. A Center might be a game, activity, or craft to help children experience a main point of the lesson. This keeps the night fun and the children engaged.
Small Group
Using the journal page, we help children identify their feelings and the reason why they feel the way they do. As children learn to identify and talk about their feelings they become better able to connect with others, reducing feelings of isolation. Small groups give children a chance to share their prayer requests and to pray for each other.
Closing
In the closing leaders reiterate the main points of the lesson and familiarizes children with the Serenity Prayer by reciting a version of it.
“The Celebration Place dream is to put Celebrate Recovery out of business by breaking the cycles of dysfunction in our families.”
~John Baker
Why Celebration Place?
Celebration Place gives kids…
Hope for all the amazing things God has in store for them
Truths that help them overcome life’s challenges by learning to lean on Jesus
Joy as they embark on a wonderful, year-long journey of songs, games, videos, impactful experiences, and great conversation
Friendships with other children
It has everything you need to lead kids as they make Jesus the enduring, rock-solid foundation of their lives.
Celebration Place is designed to inspire kids with hope, joy, and happiness while they learn to rely on God.