Reclaiming Recovery: Mobilizing the Church. Changing the Story

What to expect:

• Facilitators will explain the vision for a partnership between Uplift Appalachia and churches in Scotland to help reduce drug use.
• Participants will have a chance to share their experiences or lack thereof in serving in recovery ministry.
• We will work together toward building a plan for how to mobilize church members in a new way.

We will hold a guided conversation to:

• Discuss the state of drug use in Scotland and why current approaches to addressing it may be falling short.

• Help Uplift Appalachia better understand the status of churches in Scotland, specifically regarding addiction and recovery ministry.
• Brainstorm ways church members who are not actively involved in ministry can be motivated to support people in recovery.

Schedule

9:30-10:00

Light breakfast and mingle

10:00-12:00

Conversation around addictions and church efforts to respond

Cast vision around Reclaiming Recovery and attainable ways to mobilize

12:00-1:00

Lunch on your own

1:00-3:00

Conversation around addictions and church efforts to respond

Cast vision around Reclaiming Recovery and attainable ways to mobilize