Welcome statement
Welcome to Our Father’s House ministry, a place where faith meets with recovery on a transformative journey.
Embracing the 12 steps, we bridge the gap between the church and recovery fellowships, guiding addicts towards a profound, life changing relationship with Jesus.
We are a welcoming and Bible believing community.
We invite you to discover healing, redemption, and a life full of meaning and purpose, through a relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, through His Spirit and Word, and the work of the 12 steps.
We are here to support addicts in every step of their recovery process.
Come as you are!
THE REMINDER
In the Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, we are reminded not to get carried away by a cloud of religious zeal, as addiction remains a constant challenge.
We have witnesed individuals leave the recovery rooms and face relapse.
Those who make meetings, regardless of faith or lack thereof, find stable recovery, while others, despite accepting Christ , struggle to be truly free from their addiction. They are incapable of having a substantial amount of clean time as they stop making meetings.
At Our Father’s House, we urge members to stay connected to 12 step fellowships, grounding themselves in the shared battle against addiction.
Our ministry roots itself in these steps, considered divine guidance for life. Keep returninhg to church and your anonymous felowship for support.
Keep coming back!
ZOOM LINK FOR TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING.
We meet in person but our services are also live streamed on Zoom.
To join us online hit Zoom, the password is JESUS all in capitals.
We meet every Tuesday. The zoom group opens for fellowship from 6:30pm and the service happens from 7pm till 8:30pm.
SUPPORT AVAILABLE
“Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 (NIV)
why we offer support
We believe we are called for more than just preaching/teaching about God, but also to apply what it teaches by loving our neighbours as ourselves as Jesus has taught us.
The ways we choose to be the hands of Christ and to be a source of support and love for those in recovery or still suffering from addiction is by:
Food Bank - By offering food for those in recovery who are struggling financially.
Bus pass support - We believe making as many meetings as possible in the start of your recovery is vital, but we are aware it’s costly and some have no way of affording it.
Free recovery literature - If you are wanting to buy literature from fellowships such as AA, NA and CA, but can not genuinely afford, we are here for you.
Conditions apply.
how to access support
All requests are considered on a case by case basis and everything is done In an anonymous way.
Please contact us on:
Email: ofhrecoveryministry@gmail.com
Tel: 07818486979
Here are ways in which we choose to be the Hands of Christ:
On Zoom
We meet weekly on zoom to study the word.
Drop in!
Come and join us every Thursday for a 2 hours period together with other fellows in recovery, in a safe space, where you can simply be, or use the time to join in the activities or do some step work.
Discipleship
We offer one to one support in person to guide you in your recovery process and faith journey.
12 steps study out of the recovery Bible.
We meet weekly throughout the year to study the 12 steps from its original source.
LOCATIONS
London
1 Blackthorn Street, Bow, E33PN.
Every tuesday
Dinner from 6pm
Service from 7pm until 8:30pm
Leeds
Swarcliffe Streams Baptist Church, Leeds, LS14 5JN.
Every Wednesday
Fellowship from 6pm
Service from 7pm until 830pm
CONTRIBUTIONS
If you’d like to contribute financially and partner with us to help us reach those battling addiction, hit GIVE on the bottom of the page, there will be two options, one to give a one off or monthly, after you choose that, choose give to General Funds, and on the message of support box write Father’s House as reference so that it reaches us.
CONTACT
Rev. Raff Chaves
Founder & Senior leader - Our Father’s House
Priest - All Hallows Bow Church, CofE
Email: raff@allhallowsbow.org.uk
katie Lovell
Founder & Our Father’s House Bow, London ministry leader.
Email: ofhrecoveryministry@gmail.com
Angela Jane Joy
Leeds Leader - Our Father’s House Leeds
Email: ofhrecoveryministryleeds@gmail.com
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
All of us at Our Father’s House are people affected directly or indirectly by addiction.
We are members of 12 step fellowships, such as Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous and Cocaine Anonymous.
We do not intend to be a substitution to 12 steps programmes or to the wider church, we see ourselves as a bridge between the two. We are here to introduce those in recovery or still addicted into a relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We encourage you to continue attending the program where you have found recovery, to work the 12 steps program and to also join a home church where you can be in community with other Christians in order to be discipled and grow spiritually.
Our prayers and hope is that we will be a place where you can find others like you, and introduce you to faith in a way you can relate, and in a place where you can feel fully welcomed and not judged.
The same way we have found freedom from active addiction and joy and hope through the 12 steps and a relationship with Christ, we know and trust that you too, will find it.
You are loved!
