What we do
The STAR model helps churches and organisations work together to deliver appropriate support for those affected by addiction.
Delivered through the STAR Life Course, STAR Academy, STAR-approved centres and partnerships, our carefully designed framework ensures these STAR communities operate with confidence and knowledge in an area of ministry that needs professional insight.
With courses, resources and support, accessing STAR can help you support your own recovery, those around you, or your own community.
The way STAR has helped me, it’s made me appreciate the struggles and storms that everyone around us has, and it’s encouraged to be humble in serving refreshments and having open ears to hear everyone’s stories. It’s been a touching experience and reminded me that we don’t have to have it all perfect in life, and with the right people we can heal from our wounds, no matter how complex or deep they may be. It’s helped me discover how the answers to our healing can be within us or next to us and all it requires is a little awareness. It’s helped me be more aware and understanding of the situations. Without a doubt, I felt God’s love and patience through the healing, and I love how everyone supports each other in the steps towards the healing. Deeply appreciate you leading the course with a heart of vulnerability and humility. God Bless you.
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STAR Life Course
The STAR Life Course is a transformative and free 6-week (Lite) or 12-week online program designed to support individuals dealing with addictive habits or behaviours. This interactive course is centered around the holistic well-being of the mind, body, and spirit, recognizing their crucial roles in the journey to recovery. Drawing on the principles of the 12-Step model, biblical wisdom, and overall wellness, the course offers teaching, identification, activation, and steps to active life recovery.
Next Course
STAR Life Course Lite
Thu 19th Oct – Thu 23rd Nov 2023
Led by a team of individuals with personal experience in recovery, the STAR Life Course aims to journey alongside participants, helping them improve their quality of life and find freedom from addiction. We encourage participants to join from week 1, but we understand that circumstances may differ, and you are welcome to join at any point during the course.
Course format
Sessions are conducted via Zoom, with the group opening at 7:00 PM. The course begins promptly at 7:10 PM and concludes at 9:00 PM, with a short comfort break in between for your convenience.
Once you have signed up, you will receive an email containing detailed instructions on how to join the sessions.
CHURCHES & ORGANISATIONS
STAR Approval
Are you a church or community organisation with a heart to reach out to people in addiction in your community?
Don’t know where to start? Need some help and advice? Want to become STAR-approved? We have all the resources and support you will need to support and impact your community.
MEMBERS
The STAR model
STAR managers work with individual churches, organisations or clusters of churches to take them through each part of the STAR model.
The STAR model comprises four clear elements: Support, Training, Application and Reflection.
Every STAR community will have a bespoke experience, depending on need, existing knowledge and practice, and local support services.
1. Support
- Initial meeting to gain an understanding of the local context and the current level of knowledge and recovery infrastructure within the church/organisation & wider community.
- Establishment of a STAR core team to coordinate the work that will be undertaken to achieve STAR approval.
- Creation of a set of action plans & mapping of local area, including budgets, timelines and project ideas.
2. Training
- Attend STAR mandatory training, including addiction awareness for all volunteers.
- Agree on the course/s that will work best in the local context and equip volunteers to run the chosen course(s).
- Ensure the team receives up-to-date additional training provision.
3. Application
- A commitment to delivery of a “Recovery Course” that is accessible to all those in the local community.
- Ongoing support is being provided to all those in & affected by addiction. To include helping people to access services run by counsellors, statutory bodies & other organisations.
- The participating church/organisation will be in this for the long haul, and every effort will be made to engage the whole church/organisation in an ongoing way with addiction issues.
4. Reflection
- A commitment to delivery of a “Recovery Course” that is accessible to all those in the local community.
- Ongoing support is being provided to all those in & affected by addiction. To include helping people to access services run by counsellors, statutory bodies & other organisations.
- The participating church/organisation will be in this for the long haul, and every effort will be made to engage the whole church/organisation in an ongoing way with addiction issues.
Who we work with
What makes a STAR church?
- A large church with a workforce of Recovery workers / volunteers.
- Churches operating as hubs in highly populated areas of people and/or addiction.
- Resource churches with large capacity of resources available to use.
What makes a STAR community?
- A group of churches in a locality.
- A church and organisation working together.
- A large employer organisation and a church.
- Churches that don’t have all the resources yet between a group of churches they can work together to run addiction work.
- Smaller churches that work in unity to address community issues.
Our partners
