b'Helen is the managing editor of Instigate magazine. Over the years, she has served alongside 50+ ministries and other nonprofits, helping with communications and development needs. Send her an email at hgoody@citygatenetwork.org.As we celebrate those who have taken on the lifelong journey of recovery and remember those who may have lost the battle along the way, its also time to recognize the expanse of recovery in all its forms. So what can rescue ministries learn from thesecomplex, personalized treatment. But in a way, colleagues in ministry? The faces of recovery arerecovery has a familiarity about itthe quest for diverse and complex, and beckon an equallyvictory over physical pain and sufferingthat calls so many into ministry, no matter what the struggle is. Perhaps Matthew Ayers at Dream Cen-ters said it best: We are one organization along a large continuum of care where many programs are necessary to come alongside our neighbors and the complexity of their stories. The right solution is not always the easiest or the most obvious. We have found courage to make decisions that havent been replicated or time-testedBut this isnt really new to rescue missions. We feel like we are in a long line of Jesus-followers who are simply trying to serve people in need without judgment or anything in return. As we celebrate those who have taken on the lifelong journey of recovery and remember those who may have lost the battle along the way, its also time to recognize the expanse of recovery in all its forms. And lets also reflect on and learn from the deep relationships so desperately neededrelationships that, in their own way, embark on their own journeys of restoration. No matter the denominations we serve, the munici-palities where we work, or the demographics we reach, those of us who serve the vulnerable are relationship builders, but we must not forget that we are also relationship seekers. God has placed us together in a community that is deep and wide and requires all our wisdom to move with hope and kindness in an all-too-broken world. \x0318 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022'