THE ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN
ALCOHOL & DRUG COUNSELORS INSTITUTE
Announces the 2011 Annual Christ-centered Addiction Professionals Conference to be held from Friday, September 30th TO Sunday, October 2nd at the Hotel Zoos in beautiful Palm Springs.
The Dick B. Address on October 2, 2011
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• The Growing Christian Recovery Movement and the Role ACADC Institute can play
The opportunity for our pervasive, informative, Christian Recovery Movement is now!
International Christian Recovery Coalition is adding daily the participants who, at
no cost to themselves, are listing themselves in this world-wide fellowship
www.ChristianRecvoveryCoalition.com
Conferences, talks, and interchange among Christian recovery leaders of all stripes
are becoming commonplace – as evidenced at our recent summit conferences
in Costa Mesa and Brentwood, California where panelists and speakers came
from California, Hawaii, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, South Carolina, and Delaware to share what they do and fellowship with each other.
• A regular radio, webinar, skype, YouTube, podcast, and other media outreach will
soon enable information interviews of and talks by Christian recovery counselors, clergy, and recovery pastors; leaders of Christian recovery fellowships; owners and directors of Christian recovery treatment programs, interventions, detox facilities, after-care, and sober living programs; Christian chaplains, community resource outreach, prison and re-entry outreach, veterans outreach, codependency outreach, hospital outreach, at-risk populations outreach, homeless outreach, food, clothing, and shelter outreach; experienced and long-clean and sober 12 Step leaders; Bridge organizations; members of the International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers Bureaus; leaders of libraries, archives, and memorial collections.
• The newest programs and projects of International Christian Recovery Coalition can and will enhance the Christian Recovery Movement growth. And these include:
Revival of understanding and importance of the Alcoholics Anonymous First Edition;
the Original Printer’s Manuscript which shows the changes in A.A. of 1939;
the new Dover Publications reprint of the 1st edition, with all the previously
removed personal stories, the original ideas, and the Dick B. introduction; and
a work in progress that will soon be a First Edition Sponsor Guide.
More conferences, seminars, and resource materials
Publishing our materials in print-on-demand, electronic, and web-wide forms—materials
such as The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide and The Dick B. Christian
Recovery Resource Center Handbook
Expansion of the number of participants in the International Christian Recovery Speakers
Bureau.
• Preparing as many as possible introductions, forewords, and appendices for each Alcoholics Anonymous, substance abuse, treatment, counseling, and Christian recovery history guide book, workbook, text, and article. Our role would be to encourage writers and publishers to begin their recovery items with accurate history of the real origins, principles, and practices of the Christian Recovery Movement and how to apply them today in whatever Christian recovery program or A.A. History work is undertaken.
• Stressing, encouraging, expanding, and establishing Christian Recovery Resource Centers for entities and individuals world-wide. This so that each and every Christian recovery endeavor is also able to provide or steer alcoholics and addicts to reliable resources incorporating the role of God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in the origins.
The needed expansion of this collaborative effort includes the following: Assessment
and qualification of both affected and afflicted persons; providing comprehensive resource information; Intervention, Counseling, Detox; Christian treatment that includes or refers to detox; counseling, family, children, and co-dependency facilities; Teaching about Christian healing, prayer, forgiveness, guidance, deliverance, Bible study, Quiet Time, Fellowship, Salvation, and the importance of God’s Word; Fellowships, 12 Step Groups, Teen Challenge, Missions, YWAM, Celebrate Recovery, alumni, after-care, and senior fellowships, transitional and sober housing; re-entry help as to veterans, military, and correctional release; abandonment, youth, senior, family, medical, homeless, at risk and chaplaincies; community recovery resources including churches, food, shelter, housing, clothing, medical help, mental health welfare, unemployment, job training, education, wholesome recreation options, wholesome music, theater, teaching, sports, community volunteer, services such as Big Brother, and business or union or trade groups.
• Holding Renewal Conferences among leaders to discuss and improve: sponsorship,
counseling, treatment; prayer-Bible study-healing-Quiet Time activities; study groups; 12-Step history, A.A. history, and Christian Recovery Movement resources, guides, and programs; Bridge groups and Christ-centered fellowship effectiveness; counselor training and certification, training the trainers, literature resources and recommendations; long-term Christian residential recovery treatment such as CityTeam, Teen Challenge, and similar long-term Christian residential recovery programs.
• These foregoing suggested efforts—(1) Media Christian Recovery presentations; (2) Christian Recovery Resource Centers and Persons (3) Expansion of International Christian Recovery Coalition participant listings. (4) Enabling us as consultants only to help introduce and write for and with you accurate descriptive forewords and introductions to books, articles, guides, workbooks, and web presentations of your programs; and (5) Renewal conferences and Bureau Speakers who can inform you—can go far in helping the growth, effectiveness, networking, information exchange, and program enhancement of ACADC Institute, Christian counselors, Christian treatment programs, Christian recovery fellowships, and community recovery outreach by Christians.
For further information, assistance, counsel, and resources, please contact my son Ken or myself at 808 276 4945, dickb@dickb.com, and PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Dover Publications Just Released the new Alcoholics Anonymous 1st ed reprint with Dick B. Introduction
Dover Publications has just released a very reasonably priced complete reprint of the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous. It has a replica of the original circus cover. It has an extensive introduction by Dick B. explaining the importance of the First Edition, the personal stories (most of which have long been removed), the changes between this edition and later editions, and the things to look for and study in the original stories and original edition.
We will have many more comments after our return from the Christian counselors conference in Palm Springs on October 2nd.
This new First Edition was displayed, presented, and discussed at the two International Christian REcovery Coalition conferences on September 17 and 24 at Costa Mesa and Brentwood, California respectfully
We will have many more comments after our return from the Christian counselors conference in Palm Springs on October 2nd.
This new First Edition was displayed, presented, and discussed at the two International Christian REcovery Coalition conferences on September 17 and 24 at Costa Mesa and Brentwood, California respectfully
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Speakers and Panelists at September California Summits - Costa Mesa and Brentwood
International Christian Recovery Coalition
Panelists and Speakers at the Two California Summit Conferences
Summit Conference 1
Held Saturday, September 17, 2011
9:00 AM to 1:45 PM
The Crossing Church
2115 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Two Panels of Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
Speaker Panel 1:
John Barton, Historian, Writer, South Orange, New Jersey
Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministry, The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California
Russell Spatz, attorney, Alive Again, Miami, Florida
Jerry McDonald, Interventionist, Certified Counselor, long associated with Betty Ford Center,
Rancho Mirage, California
Bob Noonan, M.A., Certified Marriage and Family Counselor, Orange, California
Speaker Panel 2:
Roger McDiarmid, Coalition Speakers Bureau, Huntington Beach, California
Robert T. Tucker, Ph.D., President, New Life Spirit Recovery Inc., Huntington Beach, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Wally Lowe, Christian Recovery Resource Center Satellite, Vero Beach, Florida
Jeff McLeod, Executive Director, Overcomers Outreach, Inc., Whittier, California
Summit Conference 2
Held Saturday, September 24, 2011
9:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Golden Hills Community Church—Brentwood Campus
2401 Shady Willow Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513
Featured Speaker: Don Hall, Don Hall Ministries, Colfax, California
Two Panels of Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
Speaker Panel 1:
Rick S., Businessman, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Dominic D., Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore
Campus, Livermore, California
Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington
Beach, California
Speaker Panel 2:
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Lafayette,
California
Karl Kramer, Long recovered believer, Brentwood, California
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Panelists and Speakers at the Two California Summit Conferences
Summit Conference 1
Held Saturday, September 17, 2011
9:00 AM to 1:45 PM
The Crossing Church
2115 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Two Panels of Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
Speaker Panel 1:
John Barton, Historian, Writer, South Orange, New Jersey
Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministry, The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California
Russell Spatz, attorney, Alive Again, Miami, Florida
Jerry McDonald, Interventionist, Certified Counselor, long associated with Betty Ford Center,
Rancho Mirage, California
Bob Noonan, M.A., Certified Marriage and Family Counselor, Orange, California
Speaker Panel 2:
Roger McDiarmid, Coalition Speakers Bureau, Huntington Beach, California
Robert T. Tucker, Ph.D., President, New Life Spirit Recovery Inc., Huntington Beach, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Wally Lowe, Christian Recovery Resource Center Satellite, Vero Beach, Florida
Jeff McLeod, Executive Director, Overcomers Outreach, Inc., Whittier, California
Summit Conference 2
Held Saturday, September 24, 2011
9:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Golden Hills Community Church—Brentwood Campus
2401 Shady Willow Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513
Featured Speaker: Don Hall, Don Hall Ministries, Colfax, California
Two Panels of Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
Speaker Panel 1:
Rick S., Businessman, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Dominic D., Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore
Campus, Livermore, California
Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington
Beach, California
Speaker Panel 2:
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Lafayette,
California
Karl Kramer, Long recovered believer, Brentwood, California
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Monday, September 26, 2011
Summit Highlights and Plans
Brief Highlights from
The North American Summit Conference Meetings of
the International Christian Recovery Coalition
Saturday, September 17, at The Crossing Church in Costa Mesa, CA &
Saturday, September 24, at Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood, CA
# 1--The New Emphasis on the 1939 First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous:
Hazelden Foundation--one of the Sponsors of the Summit Conference Meetings--provided for display The Book That Started It All: The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous, a beautifully-bound, uniquely-valuable book; and we were able to explain its early A.A. role.
Dover Publications--another of the Sponsors of the Summit Conference Meetings--just released its new title, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition, on September 15, 2011. This reprint of the first edition of the Big Book contains all of the original personal stories, and a 23-page introduction by Dick B. This Introduction explains: the origins of the First Edition; the importance of the personal stories (all but 3 of which were removed from subsequent editions); and the part the personal stories were intended to play in Bill Wilson’s “evidentiary” proof that the Big Book’s “Solution” had been tested and proven to work. Many of these first edition personal stories show the pioneers individually giving testimony verifying the role that God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible played in their healings.
Forthcoming Sponsor’s Guide based on the first edition--Though it is still a work in progress, this annotated written and verbal study of the original program and several of its personal stories will enable sponsors to show newcomers and others exactly how the various segments can be understood and used in the manner intended by the founding AAs.
# 2--Panelists and Special Guests: Of particular note is the part played by the many panelists and special guests who traveled from afar to the Summit Conference Meetings. Our objective was to have experienced, long clean and sober, Christian leaders show how the mission of the International Christian Recovery Coalition is succeeding in their respective areas of endeavor.
Panelists included intervention and assessment experts, Christian recovery pastors and counselors, Christian treatment program owners, Christian bridge group leaders, Christian family counselors, sober living program leaders, A.A. historians, Christian recovery pastors, two members of the International Christian Recovery Coalition’s newly-established Speaker’s Bureau, authors, and experienced 12-Step Fellowship leaders and Speakers (and we will review their reports in a later release).
Special Guests: (1) Henry Lozano, Advisor to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, to California Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown, and other government and non-profit agencies, and recently appointed as the director of Los Angeles Teen Challenge and Urban Ministries Initiative for Southern California. (2) Rev. Don Hall of Don Hall Ministries of Colfax, long associated with Teen Challenge, with YWAM, with street ministries, and churches he has pastored. (3) Rev. Cynthia W. Sloan, Program Associate, United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence (SPSARV). (4) Father Bill Wigmore, Former President of Austin Recovery Ministries, Austin, Texas; Presently Chaplain; and with Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee (5) Rev. Jerry J. Liversage, Jerry Liversage Ministries, Inc./ Responding Recovery Ministries.
# 3--Plans for Frequent (possibly weekly) Radio Interviews by Dick B., Executive Director of the International Christian Recovery Coalition, of advisors, outreach directors, participants, panelists, historians, counselors, denominational and historical curators, and leaders of the many Christian recovery fellowships, study groups, prayer and Bible study groups, residential treatment, homeless, veteran, re-entry from correctional institutions and hospitals, at-risk youth facilities, and professionals in the medical, psychiatrist, psychological, counseling, clergy, pastoral counseling, chaplaincy, and recovery pastoral work.
# 4--Plans for consulting, writing, and training those engaged in writing books, workbooks, guidebooks, pamphlets, articles, and programs for recovery so that they may include our three-fold Christian recovery materials as introductions explaining the Christian origins of the recovery movement and Alcoholics Anonymous, utilizing the existing “Conference-approved” materials of present day fellowships, and explaining how the “old school” Christian recovery principles, practices, and programs can be applied in recovery today for those who want and seek God’s help.
The North American Summit Conference Meetings of
the International Christian Recovery Coalition
Saturday, September 17, at The Crossing Church in Costa Mesa, CA &
Saturday, September 24, at Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood, CA
# 1--The New Emphasis on the 1939 First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous:
Hazelden Foundation--one of the Sponsors of the Summit Conference Meetings--provided for display The Book That Started It All: The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous, a beautifully-bound, uniquely-valuable book; and we were able to explain its early A.A. role.
Dover Publications--another of the Sponsors of the Summit Conference Meetings--just released its new title, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition, on September 15, 2011. This reprint of the first edition of the Big Book contains all of the original personal stories, and a 23-page introduction by Dick B. This Introduction explains: the origins of the First Edition; the importance of the personal stories (all but 3 of which were removed from subsequent editions); and the part the personal stories were intended to play in Bill Wilson’s “evidentiary” proof that the Big Book’s “Solution” had been tested and proven to work. Many of these first edition personal stories show the pioneers individually giving testimony verifying the role that God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible played in their healings.
Forthcoming Sponsor’s Guide based on the first edition--Though it is still a work in progress, this annotated written and verbal study of the original program and several of its personal stories will enable sponsors to show newcomers and others exactly how the various segments can be understood and used in the manner intended by the founding AAs.
# 2--Panelists and Special Guests: Of particular note is the part played by the many panelists and special guests who traveled from afar to the Summit Conference Meetings. Our objective was to have experienced, long clean and sober, Christian leaders show how the mission of the International Christian Recovery Coalition is succeeding in their respective areas of endeavor.
Panelists included intervention and assessment experts, Christian recovery pastors and counselors, Christian treatment program owners, Christian bridge group leaders, Christian family counselors, sober living program leaders, A.A. historians, Christian recovery pastors, two members of the International Christian Recovery Coalition’s newly-established Speaker’s Bureau, authors, and experienced 12-Step Fellowship leaders and Speakers (and we will review their reports in a later release).
Special Guests: (1) Henry Lozano, Advisor to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, to California Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown, and other government and non-profit agencies, and recently appointed as the director of Los Angeles Teen Challenge and Urban Ministries Initiative for Southern California. (2) Rev. Don Hall of Don Hall Ministries of Colfax, long associated with Teen Challenge, with YWAM, with street ministries, and churches he has pastored. (3) Rev. Cynthia W. Sloan, Program Associate, United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence (SPSARV). (4) Father Bill Wigmore, Former President of Austin Recovery Ministries, Austin, Texas; Presently Chaplain; and with Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee (5) Rev. Jerry J. Liversage, Jerry Liversage Ministries, Inc./ Responding Recovery Ministries.
# 3--Plans for Frequent (possibly weekly) Radio Interviews by Dick B., Executive Director of the International Christian Recovery Coalition, of advisors, outreach directors, participants, panelists, historians, counselors, denominational and historical curators, and leaders of the many Christian recovery fellowships, study groups, prayer and Bible study groups, residential treatment, homeless, veteran, re-entry from correctional institutions and hospitals, at-risk youth facilities, and professionals in the medical, psychiatrist, psychological, counseling, clergy, pastoral counseling, chaplaincy, and recovery pastoral work.
# 4--Plans for consulting, writing, and training those engaged in writing books, workbooks, guidebooks, pamphlets, articles, and programs for recovery so that they may include our three-fold Christian recovery materials as introductions explaining the Christian origins of the recovery movement and Alcoholics Anonymous, utilizing the existing “Conference-approved” materials of present day fellowships, and explaining how the “old school” Christian recovery principles, practices, and programs can be applied in recovery today for those who want and seek God’s help.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Summit Plans for the excellent group of panelists Sep 17 Costa Mesa
North American Summit Conference Meeting #1
presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
at
The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California
Saturday, September 17, 2011
What We Would Like Each Panelist to Speak About
Preliminaries:
1. For each panelist, 10 minutes is allotted. And it’s his or her own show. Meaning, we will not tell them specifically what to say, but we will say in the moderating remarks why they have been invited to share at the conference.
2. In the 10-minute introduction, Dick B. and Ken B. will explain to the audience why the panelists have been invited, point to the program information about them, state what we hope they will cover, and comment on how important it is for the panel members to get to know us, each other, and those attending the conference to the extent possible. For example, conference attendees can meet with each other: (a) At the Friday night, Sept. 16, Lifelines meeting and subsequent workshop. (b) At meals before, during, and after the Conference. Dick B. and Ken B. will be in Orange County until Thursday morning, Sept. 22, and will be glad to meet by appointment from Saturday afternoon through Wednesday evening. Please call Ken B. at (808) 276-4945 to arrange a meeting with us.
3. We will introduce and call on each panelist in turn to give a 10-minute talk.
What we hope each panelist will cover in their ten-minute presentation
1. Point to their exhibit or brochures, and invite the audience to see them further.
2. Explain briefly their particular recovery area (e.g., Christian treatment, Christian fellowship meetings, out-patient treatment, intervention, sober-living, pastoral or Christian counseling, Speakers Bureau, classes, outreach to prisoners, homeless, etc.)
3. Explain briefly their particular approach to Christian recovery, and anything they would like to suggest as to how International Christian Recovery Coalition Participants can get involved with and/or benefit from the panelist's work.
4. Explain briefly any ideas they have for growing the Christian Recovery Movement, for enhancing the effectiveness of the International Christian Recovery Coalition's “Christian Recovery Resource Centers and Persons” efforts, and/or for any future projects for the International Christian Recovery Coalition.
presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
at
The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California
Saturday, September 17, 2011
What We Would Like Each Panelist to Speak About
Preliminaries:
1. For each panelist, 10 minutes is allotted. And it’s his or her own show. Meaning, we will not tell them specifically what to say, but we will say in the moderating remarks why they have been invited to share at the conference.
2. In the 10-minute introduction, Dick B. and Ken B. will explain to the audience why the panelists have been invited, point to the program information about them, state what we hope they will cover, and comment on how important it is for the panel members to get to know us, each other, and those attending the conference to the extent possible. For example, conference attendees can meet with each other: (a) At the Friday night, Sept. 16, Lifelines meeting and subsequent workshop. (b) At meals before, during, and after the Conference. Dick B. and Ken B. will be in Orange County until Thursday morning, Sept. 22, and will be glad to meet by appointment from Saturday afternoon through Wednesday evening. Please call Ken B. at (808) 276-4945 to arrange a meeting with us.
3. We will introduce and call on each panelist in turn to give a 10-minute talk.
What we hope each panelist will cover in their ten-minute presentation
1. Point to their exhibit or brochures, and invite the audience to see them further.
2. Explain briefly their particular recovery area (e.g., Christian treatment, Christian fellowship meetings, out-patient treatment, intervention, sober-living, pastoral or Christian counseling, Speakers Bureau, classes, outreach to prisoners, homeless, etc.)
3. Explain briefly their particular approach to Christian recovery, and anything they would like to suggest as to how International Christian Recovery Coalition Participants can get involved with and/or benefit from the panelist's work.
4. Explain briefly any ideas they have for growing the Christian Recovery Movement, for enhancing the effectiveness of the International Christian Recovery Coalition's “Christian Recovery Resource Centers and Persons” efforts, and/or for any future projects for the International Christian Recovery Coalition.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Oxford Group & Alcoholics Anonymous Now Available in eBook
The Oxford Group & Alcoholics Anonymous
Ebook Price: $9.99 USD. 88970 words. Non-Fiction by Dick B and published by First Edition Design eBook Publishing on September 9, 2011
The definitive work on Frank Buchman's Oxford Group and its links to Alcoholics Anonymous in New York and Akron. The 28 spiritual Oxford Group principles that impacted on A.A. are, for the first time, laid out for all to compare with A.A.
Ebook Price: $9.99 USD. 88970 words. Non-Fiction by Dick B and published by First Edition Design eBook Publishing on September 9, 2011
The definitive work on Frank Buchman's Oxford Group and its links to Alcoholics Anonymous in New York and Akron. The 28 spiritual Oxford Group principles that impacted on A.A. are, for the first time, laid out for all to compare with A.A.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
More on The History of Alcoholics Anonymous and The Twelve Steps
The History of Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps is, in one sense, more valuable than ever. As folks pour into and out of A.A. through court orders, probation officers, treatment programs, counselors, detox, sober living there is a new population; and the old timers who knew where they came from are few and far between today.
Why important? Because the foundations of A.A. were laid 75 years before its founding. They were laid by the Salvation Army, the YMCA lay brethren, the Rescue Missions, Evangelists, the Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society and later the Oxford Group. They were amplified by the Christian upbringing of the cofounders Dr. Bob and Bill W. as youngsters in Vermont. The basic ideas were quire simple. If alcoholics decided to quit drinking permanently, “find God” through Jesus Christ and study of the Bible they could be cured. The next step was to help others get straightened out the same way.
The successes were astonishing. Documented 75% success rate in Akron, and then a 93% success rate in Cleveland which adopted the Bible ideas, the practical program of action of the Oxford Group, the Big Book, and the Steps. They were taught specifically in Cleveland just where the roots of A.A. had come from. And, as Bill Wilson put it early on, “The Lord has cured me of this terrible disease and I just want to keep talking about it and telling people.”
But the entire picture changed in 1939 when atheists and agnostics were placated by the introduction of some strange new names for “a” god–not Almighty God, the Creator, the Maker, the Heavenly Father upon Whom the founders had relied.
Then the major leader of the early Christian fellowship (Dr. Robert H. Smith of Akron) died. And his surviving cofounder wrote books that began to talk about a “higher power” with one even stating your higher power could be the A.A. group itself. As time went on, as treatment centers promoted A.A., the Twelve Steps superseded the power of God in the eyes of many members. That change was pronounced as more and more atheists and people of non-Christian religions or just plain unbelievers began to talk their way into a newer program that neither came from Akron or from the Big Book. In substance, it came from “the wisdom of the rooms.”
The importance of the total history is that it shows how the priceless views and successes of early A.A. can still be applied successfully in today’s 12 Step Fellowship by those who want God’s help and learn that this power was the real power behind Alcoholics Anonymous. http://www.dickb.com/realhistory.shtml.
Why important? Because the foundations of A.A. were laid 75 years before its founding. They were laid by the Salvation Army, the YMCA lay brethren, the Rescue Missions, Evangelists, the Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society and later the Oxford Group. They were amplified by the Christian upbringing of the cofounders Dr. Bob and Bill W. as youngsters in Vermont. The basic ideas were quire simple. If alcoholics decided to quit drinking permanently, “find God” through Jesus Christ and study of the Bible they could be cured. The next step was to help others get straightened out the same way.
The successes were astonishing. Documented 75% success rate in Akron, and then a 93% success rate in Cleveland which adopted the Bible ideas, the practical program of action of the Oxford Group, the Big Book, and the Steps. They were taught specifically in Cleveland just where the roots of A.A. had come from. And, as Bill Wilson put it early on, “The Lord has cured me of this terrible disease and I just want to keep talking about it and telling people.”
But the entire picture changed in 1939 when atheists and agnostics were placated by the introduction of some strange new names for “a” god–not Almighty God, the Creator, the Maker, the Heavenly Father upon Whom the founders had relied.
Then the major leader of the early Christian fellowship (Dr. Robert H. Smith of Akron) died. And his surviving cofounder wrote books that began to talk about a “higher power” with one even stating your higher power could be the A.A. group itself. As time went on, as treatment centers promoted A.A., the Twelve Steps superseded the power of God in the eyes of many members. That change was pronounced as more and more atheists and people of non-Christian religions or just plain unbelievers began to talk their way into a newer program that neither came from Akron or from the Big Book. In substance, it came from “the wisdom of the rooms.”
The importance of the total history is that it shows how the priceless views and successes of early A.A. can still be applied successfully in today’s 12 Step Fellowship by those who want God’s help and learn that this power was the real power behind Alcoholics Anonymous. http://www.dickb.com/realhistory.shtml.
The History of Alcoholics Anonymous and The Twelve Steps
To learn and apply to recovery today The History of Alcoholics Anonymous and The Twelve Steps, the starting point can and should be to scope out the comprehensive picture and then choose, piece by piece, what will bless you as your beginning source for study.
An order of study of the origins, history, founding, original Christian Fellowship of A.A., the astonishing successes, and the major changes in 1939, can be as follows:
1. The Christian upbringing of Bill W. and Dr. Bob as youngsters in Vermont.
2. The powerful and highly successful Christian movements of the later 1800's that influenced their education, studies, and beliefs--Evangelists, Salvation Army, YMCA brethren, Rescue Missions, Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor and--much later--the Oxford Group and Sam Shoemaker's role.
3. The beginning in New York when Rowland Hazard made a decision for Christ, led Ebby Thacher to Calvary Rescue Mission where Ebby made his decision for Christ, Dr. Silkworth's advice to Bill Wilson that the Great Physician Jesus Christ could cure him, Bill's decision for Jesus Christ at Calvary Mission and his statement: "For sure I had been born again," Bill's decision to call on the Great Physician, Bill's cry to God for help at Towns Hospital, his "white light" experience where he believed he was in the presence of the "God of the Scriptures," his immediate cure, and his later statement on page 191 of the Big Book that the "Lord had cured" him of his "terrible disease."
4. The Akron beginnings in 1933, the prayers of Dr. Bob on the rug at T. Henry's house, the seemingly miraculous appearance of Bill W. in Akron, Bill's witnessing to Bob about the conversion, the illness, the drinking story, and service. And it was the latter that gripped Bob and caused him in turn to seek God's help and be cured--something he specifically declared.
5. The roots of the original Akron program in the Bible; the summary by Frank Amos of the program; our extensive recital of the 16 principles and practices of the pioneers.
6. The manuscript changes in Bill's proposed Big Book and Twelve Steps.
7. The continued and highly successful application of the Big Book, the Twelve Steps, the Oxford Four Absolutes, and the Bible in Cleveland--which grew from one group to 30 in a year and attained a documented 93% success rate.
Lots lots more, but the foregoing is a sketch. See the 42 Dick B. titles www.dickb.com/titles.shtml and come to the two Summit conferences in California on September 17 in Costa Mesa and on September 24 in Brentwood.
www.dickb.com
An order of study of the origins, history, founding, original Christian Fellowship of A.A., the astonishing successes, and the major changes in 1939, can be as follows:
1. The Christian upbringing of Bill W. and Dr. Bob as youngsters in Vermont.
2. The powerful and highly successful Christian movements of the later 1800's that influenced their education, studies, and beliefs--Evangelists, Salvation Army, YMCA brethren, Rescue Missions, Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor and--much later--the Oxford Group and Sam Shoemaker's role.
3. The beginning in New York when Rowland Hazard made a decision for Christ, led Ebby Thacher to Calvary Rescue Mission where Ebby made his decision for Christ, Dr. Silkworth's advice to Bill Wilson that the Great Physician Jesus Christ could cure him, Bill's decision for Jesus Christ at Calvary Mission and his statement: "For sure I had been born again," Bill's decision to call on the Great Physician, Bill's cry to God for help at Towns Hospital, his "white light" experience where he believed he was in the presence of the "God of the Scriptures," his immediate cure, and his later statement on page 191 of the Big Book that the "Lord had cured" him of his "terrible disease."
4. The Akron beginnings in 1933, the prayers of Dr. Bob on the rug at T. Henry's house, the seemingly miraculous appearance of Bill W. in Akron, Bill's witnessing to Bob about the conversion, the illness, the drinking story, and service. And it was the latter that gripped Bob and caused him in turn to seek God's help and be cured--something he specifically declared.
5. The roots of the original Akron program in the Bible; the summary by Frank Amos of the program; our extensive recital of the 16 principles and practices of the pioneers.
6. The manuscript changes in Bill's proposed Big Book and Twelve Steps.
7. The continued and highly successful application of the Big Book, the Twelve Steps, the Oxford Four Absolutes, and the Bible in Cleveland--which grew from one group to 30 in a year and attained a documented 93% success rate.
Lots lots more, but the foregoing is a sketch. See the 42 Dick B. titles www.dickb.com/titles.shtml and come to the two Summit conferences in California on September 17 in Costa Mesa and on September 24 in Brentwood.
www.dickb.com
Friday, September 09, 2011
Summit # 2, Brentwood, California, Sep 24, list of participants, supporters
North American Summit Conference Meeting # 2
Presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
The Golden Hills Community Church, California; Saturday, September 24, 2011
Host
The Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
Endorsers
The Wilson House Griffith Library, East Dorset, Vermont
The Dr. Bob Core Library, North Congregational Church UCC, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Ray G., former archivist, managing director; traveling archives, Dr. Bob’s Home, Akron
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Library, Akron, Ohio
Benefactors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, California
Bob J., Recovered philanthropist, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee, Austin, Texas
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation, Minnesota
Jeff and Debra Jay, Authors and Intervention Specialists, Grosse Point, Michigan
New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, California
Rick S. Long Recovered Christian A.A., California
Robert Turner, M.D., Associate Professor Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Rock Recovery Ministries, ABC Sober Living, Soledad House, San Diego
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Exhibitors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, CA
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, NY
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, Center City, MN
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Featured Speaker
J. Donald Hall, Don Hall Ministries, 23365 Barnes Lane, Colfax, California 95712
Conference Speakers
Dick B. and Ken B., Authors and Publishers, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753
Panel Speakers
Jeff A. Holt, Men’s Recovery Fellowship, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn, California
Dominic D., Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship, Livermore, CA
Roger Mc Diarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speaker, Huntington Beach, CA
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Mark Galligan, Leader, “Akronite” Recovery Group, Ontario, Canada
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Prof. Counseling/Chemical Dependency, Director, Oasis Ctr., Pittsburgh
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
The Golden Hills Community Church, California; Saturday, September 24, 2011
Host
The Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
Endorsers
The Wilson House Griffith Library, East Dorset, Vermont
The Dr. Bob Core Library, North Congregational Church UCC, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Ray G., former archivist, managing director; traveling archives, Dr. Bob’s Home, Akron
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Library, Akron, Ohio
Benefactors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, California
Bob J., Recovered philanthropist, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee, Austin, Texas
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation, Minnesota
Jeff and Debra Jay, Authors and Intervention Specialists, Grosse Point, Michigan
New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, California
Rick S. Long Recovered Christian A.A., California
Robert Turner, M.D., Associate Professor Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Rock Recovery Ministries, ABC Sober Living, Soledad House, San Diego
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Exhibitors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, CA
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, NY
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, Center City, MN
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Featured Speaker
J. Donald Hall, Don Hall Ministries, 23365 Barnes Lane, Colfax, California 95712
Conference Speakers
Dick B. and Ken B., Authors and Publishers, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753
Panel Speakers
Jeff A. Holt, Men’s Recovery Fellowship, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn, California
Dominic D., Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship, Livermore, CA
Roger Mc Diarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speaker, Huntington Beach, CA
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Mark Galligan, Leader, “Akronite” Recovery Group, Ontario, Canada
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Prof. Counseling/Chemical Dependency, Director, Oasis Ctr., Pittsburgh
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Northern Cal Summit Meeting, Final Time Schedule Sep 24, Brentwood CA
Time Schedule
North American Summit Conference #2
presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
8:30 AM—9:00 AM: Positioning and arranging exhibits and tables
Setting up registration table
Greeters in place
9:00 AM—9:30 AM: Golden Hills Community Church band leads worship
9:30 AM—9:35 AM: Commencing Prayer by Rev. Ken B.
9:35 AM—9:45 AM: Welcome: Matt Pierce, Pastor of Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community Church
9:45 AM—9:50 AM: Ken B. introduces Dick B.
9:50 AM—11:00 AM: Theme presentation by Dick B.
11:00 AM—11:15 AM: Break for visiting exhibits
11:15 AM—11:45 PM: Vision presentation by Ken B.
11:45 PM—12:55 PM: Lunch at the many, nearby, local eateries
12:55 PM—1:05 PM: Reconvening music by Golden Hills Community Church band
1:05 PM—1:50 PM: Featured speaker: Don Hall
1:50 PM—2:00 PM: Break for visiting exhibits
2:00 PM—3:00 PM: Speakers Panel #1 (moderators and five panelists: 60 minutes)
3:00 PM—3:15 PM: Break for visiting exhibits
3:15 PM—4:15 PM: Speakers Panel #2 (moderators and five panelists: 60 minutes)
4:15 PM—5:15 PM: Dinner at the many, nearby, local eateries
5:00 PM—5:30 PM: Music by Golden Hills Community Church band
5:30 PM—5:55 PM: Concluding remarks by Dick B. and Ken B.
5:55 PM—6:00 PM: Closing prayer by Rev. Ken B. & Conference concludes
North American Summit Conference #2
presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
8:30 AM—9:00 AM: Positioning and arranging exhibits and tables
Setting up registration table
Greeters in place
9:00 AM—9:30 AM: Golden Hills Community Church band leads worship
9:30 AM—9:35 AM: Commencing Prayer by Rev. Ken B.
9:35 AM—9:45 AM: Welcome: Matt Pierce, Pastor of Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community Church
9:45 AM—9:50 AM: Ken B. introduces Dick B.
9:50 AM—11:00 AM: Theme presentation by Dick B.
11:00 AM—11:15 AM: Break for visiting exhibits
11:15 AM—11:45 PM: Vision presentation by Ken B.
11:45 PM—12:55 PM: Lunch at the many, nearby, local eateries
12:55 PM—1:05 PM: Reconvening music by Golden Hills Community Church band
1:05 PM—1:50 PM: Featured speaker: Don Hall
1:50 PM—2:00 PM: Break for visiting exhibits
2:00 PM—3:00 PM: Speakers Panel #1 (moderators and five panelists: 60 minutes)
3:00 PM—3:15 PM: Break for visiting exhibits
3:15 PM—4:15 PM: Speakers Panel #2 (moderators and five panelists: 60 minutes)
4:15 PM—5:15 PM: Dinner at the many, nearby, local eateries
5:00 PM—5:30 PM: Music by Golden Hills Community Church band
5:30 PM—5:55 PM: Concluding remarks by Dick B. and Ken B.
5:55 PM—6:00 PM: Closing prayer by Rev. Ken B. & Conference concludes
A.A. - Bill W. - Founders' Christian Upbringing - Vermont
A thank you letter I just sent to an excellent website which posted the details about Bill Wilson's Christian upbringing in Vermont and its impact on A.A.
Thank you for running the A.A. information on Bill W.'s Christian upbringing as a youngstger in Vermont. There has been so much omission, distortion, and misrepresentation about Bill's grandparents, parents, and Bill himself and their involvement in the East Dorset Congregational Church. We spent a great deal of time in that church verifying the sermons, the creed, the records of the Wilsons and the Griffiths. We also dug out the ample material on Bill's Bible reading in East Dorset, and then on Bill's 4 year Bible course at Burr and Burton in Manchester where he also attended daily chapel, weekly church at Manchester Congregational Church, Bible study, and the YMCA of which he was president. There is also his grandfather Willie's conversion experience at the top of Mount Aeolus where grandpa Willie cried out to God for help, had a white light experience, rushed to the little church and its pulpit, declared that he was saved, and never drank again for the remaining 8 years of his life--a story which Bill W. heard many many times from his mother. Most of these are detailed and documented in The Conversion of Bill W., www.dickb.com/conversions.shtml.
So many dispute the whole religious background that Bill had, seemingly because they think it might be construed as promoting the idea that A.A. today is a Christian Fellowship==which it is not. Because of the Christian background of Bill W., Dr. Bob, and A.A. Number Three Bill D., A.A. originally was drawn primarily from the Bible--particularly the Book of James, Jesus' Semon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13. It was called a "Christian Fellowship." Its principles and practices very closely patterned the Christian Endeavor Society of Bob's youth in Vermont. That meant conversions, prayer meetings, Bible study, Quiet Time and devotions, reading of Christian literature, and use of daily Christian devotionals. And that A.A. worked! With great success.
God Bless, Dick B.
Thank you for running the A.A. information on Bill W.'s Christian upbringing as a youngstger in Vermont. There has been so much omission, distortion, and misrepresentation about Bill's grandparents, parents, and Bill himself and their involvement in the East Dorset Congregational Church. We spent a great deal of time in that church verifying the sermons, the creed, the records of the Wilsons and the Griffiths. We also dug out the ample material on Bill's Bible reading in East Dorset, and then on Bill's 4 year Bible course at Burr and Burton in Manchester where he also attended daily chapel, weekly church at Manchester Congregational Church, Bible study, and the YMCA of which he was president. There is also his grandfather Willie's conversion experience at the top of Mount Aeolus where grandpa Willie cried out to God for help, had a white light experience, rushed to the little church and its pulpit, declared that he was saved, and never drank again for the remaining 8 years of his life--a story which Bill W. heard many many times from his mother. Most of these are detailed and documented in The Conversion of Bill W., www.dickb.com/conversions.shtml.
So many dispute the whole religious background that Bill had, seemingly because they think it might be construed as promoting the idea that A.A. today is a Christian Fellowship==which it is not. Because of the Christian background of Bill W., Dr. Bob, and A.A. Number Three Bill D., A.A. originally was drawn primarily from the Bible--particularly the Book of James, Jesus' Semon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13. It was called a "Christian Fellowship." Its principles and practices very closely patterned the Christian Endeavor Society of Bob's youth in Vermont. That meant conversions, prayer meetings, Bible study, Quiet Time and devotions, reading of Christian literature, and use of daily Christian devotionals. And that A.A. worked! With great success.
God Bless, Dick B.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Bob Noonan of Orange has just become a panelist at Sep 17 Summit Conference
Bob Noonan's Biography
Bob Noonan, M.A., MFT, CAC Bob is a licensed Marriage and Family Counselor and has been ministering to his patients for 22 years. He acquired a Masters degree is Psychology from Pepperdine University and is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. His passion is assisting in the recovery process and has helped many in his 12 step Christian recovery program, Steppin' Out. In addition, he is a successful facilitator to alcohol and drug interventions. Bob's outreach also extends to divorce recovery and reconciliation. His personal hobbies include tennis, water sports and traveling to tropical places.
Bob Noonan, M.A., MFT, CAC Bob is a licensed Marriage and Family Counselor and has been ministering to his patients for 22 years. He acquired a Masters degree is Psychology from Pepperdine University and is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. His passion is assisting in the recovery process and has helped many in his 12 step Christian recovery program, Steppin' Out. In addition, he is a successful facilitator to alcohol and drug interventions. Bob's outreach also extends to divorce recovery and reconciliation. His personal hobbies include tennis, water sports and traveling to tropical places.
Special News for Orange County & Southern California Recovery Folks
Special News for Orange County & Southern California Recovery Folks
Namely,
Interveners, Counselors, Agencies, Treatment Programs, After Care, Sober-Transitional Living, Sober Clubs, 12-Steppers, Physicians, Clergy, Veterans, Newcomers
Date:
Friday evening, 7:00 pm, September 16, “Lifelines;” Costa Mesa
Saturday 9:00 am to 1:45 pm, September 17, Recovery Leaders, Workers, Newcomers
Summit.
Location: The Crossing Church is Host—2115 Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92637
Open to the public, free, no registration needed, top notch music, speakers, panelists, displays
The News
If you want God’s help or want to help those who do seek His power and love and guidance in their difficult return and recovery from addiction and affliction – alcohol, drugs, family consequences, then this is the time and place to learn what comprehensive recovery really offers and means.
From all over North America, long-recovered, experienced, concerned leaders, facilitators,
counselors, sponsors, and speakers will tell you and those about whom you share concern
just what can be added to recovery to enhance, improve, and facilitate complete victory.
You will find about the origins, history, founding and original growth of the recovery movement.
You will learn how the early A.A. Fellowship in Akron developed a highly successful program
You will see how the early “old school” program can be and is being applied today.
You will understand the freedom you have in recovery today to talk about God, talk about where to “find” God in the recovery movement today, and the resources you may never have heard of.
Come and See
For full program details, see www.mauihistorian.blogspot.com
Email: dickb@dickb.com
Namely,
Interveners, Counselors, Agencies, Treatment Programs, After Care, Sober-Transitional Living, Sober Clubs, 12-Steppers, Physicians, Clergy, Veterans, Newcomers
Date:
Friday evening, 7:00 pm, September 16, “Lifelines;” Costa Mesa
Saturday 9:00 am to 1:45 pm, September 17, Recovery Leaders, Workers, Newcomers
Summit.
Location: The Crossing Church is Host—2115 Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92637
Open to the public, free, no registration needed, top notch music, speakers, panelists, displays
The News
If you want God’s help or want to help those who do seek His power and love and guidance in their difficult return and recovery from addiction and affliction – alcohol, drugs, family consequences, then this is the time and place to learn what comprehensive recovery really offers and means.
From all over North America, long-recovered, experienced, concerned leaders, facilitators,
counselors, sponsors, and speakers will tell you and those about whom you share concern
just what can be added to recovery to enhance, improve, and facilitate complete victory.
You will find about the origins, history, founding and original growth of the recovery movement.
You will learn how the early A.A. Fellowship in Akron developed a highly successful program
You will see how the early “old school” program can be and is being applied today.
You will understand the freedom you have in recovery today to talk about God, talk about where to “find” God in the recovery movement today, and the resources you may never have heard of.
Come and See
For full program details, see www.mauihistorian.blogspot.com
Email: dickb@dickb.com
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
A.A., the Oxford Group, Jesus Christ, and the "Four Absolutes"
A.A., the Oxford Group, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Robert E. Speer, and the "Four Absolutes"--Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love.
It might help the readers to know that the origin of the 4th Step idea lies in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount which was considered "absolutely essential" by early AAs.
The verses from Matthew 1-5 keep popping up in the writings or talks of Dr. Bob and his wife Anne Smith. Anne talks about getting the log out of her own eye before looking for the speck in the neighbor's eye. Which can be found in Matthew 1-5 in the King James Version of the Bible, used by A.A. pioneers.
www.dickb.com/annesm.shtml
www.dickb.com/goodbook.shtml
When it comes to the Four Absolutes, the Oxford Group and Shoemaker certainly used them. Anne Smith spoke of them as "Make the Moral Test." Some writers have erroneously thought that the Four Absolutes came from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. But the best evidence is that the idea started with the pre-Oxford Group book by Robert E. Speer, "The Principles of Jesus." It was then expanded through verses cited by Professor Henry Wright who was Frank Buchman's principal mentor. The absolutes were first and often called the "standards" in the Oxford Group and even in A.A. But Professor Wright was the one who emphasized the idea of "absolute"
See: www.dickb.com/Oxford.shtml; www.dickb.com/newlight.shtml
www.dickb/annesm.shtml.
God Bless, Dick B.
It might help the readers to know that the origin of the 4th Step idea lies in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount which was considered "absolutely essential" by early AAs.
The verses from Matthew 1-5 keep popping up in the writings or talks of Dr. Bob and his wife Anne Smith. Anne talks about getting the log out of her own eye before looking for the speck in the neighbor's eye. Which can be found in Matthew 1-5 in the King James Version of the Bible, used by A.A. pioneers.
www.dickb.com/annesm.shtml
www.dickb.com/goodbook.shtml
When it comes to the Four Absolutes, the Oxford Group and Shoemaker certainly used them. Anne Smith spoke of them as "Make the Moral Test." Some writers have erroneously thought that the Four Absolutes came from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. But the best evidence is that the idea started with the pre-Oxford Group book by Robert E. Speer, "The Principles of Jesus." It was then expanded through verses cited by Professor Henry Wright who was Frank Buchman's principal mentor. The absolutes were first and often called the "standards" in the Oxford Group and even in A.A. But Professor Wright was the one who emphasized the idea of "absolute"
See: www.dickb.com/Oxford.shtml; www.dickb.com/newlight.shtml
www.dickb/annesm.shtml.
God Bless, Dick B.
Summit at Costa Mesa: Host, Endorsers, Benefactors, Exhibitors, Panelists
International Christian Recovery Coalition
North American Christian Recovery Summit Meeting
The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California; Saturday, September 17, 2011
Host
The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California
Endorsers
The Wilson House Griffith Library, East Dorset, Vermont
The Dr. Bob Core Library, North Congregational Church UCC, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Ray G., former archivist, managing director; traveling archives, Dr. Bob’s Home, Akron
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Library, Akron, Ohio
Benefactors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, California
Bob J., Recovered philanthropist, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee, Austin, Texas
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation, Minnesota
Jeff and Debra Jay, Authors and Intervention Specialists, Grosse Point, Michigan
New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, California
Rick S. Long Recovered Christian A.A., California
Robert Turner, M.D., Associate Professor Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Rock Recovery Ministries, ABC Sober Living, Soledad House, San Diego
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Exhibitors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, CA
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, NY
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, Center City, MN
New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, CA
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Panel Speakers
John Barton, Orange, New Jersey
Bobby Nicholl, San Juan Capistrano, California
Roger Mc Diarmid, Huntington Beach, California
Russell Spatz, Miami, Florida
Rev. Randy Moraitis, California
Wally Lowe, Vero Beach, Florida
Jeff MacLeod, Whittier, California
Dr. Robert T. Tucker, Huntington Beach, California
Dale Marsh, Oroville, California
Jerry McDonald, Rancho Mirage, California
North American Christian Recovery Summit Meeting
The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California; Saturday, September 17, 2011
Host
The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California
Endorsers
The Wilson House Griffith Library, East Dorset, Vermont
The Dr. Bob Core Library, North Congregational Church UCC, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Ray G., former archivist, managing director; traveling archives, Dr. Bob’s Home, Akron
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Library, Akron, Ohio
Benefactors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, California
Bob J., Recovered philanthropist, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee, Austin, Texas
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation, Minnesota
Jeff and Debra Jay, Authors and Intervention Specialists, Grosse Point, Michigan
New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, California
Rick S. Long Recovered Christian A.A., California
Robert Turner, M.D., Associate Professor Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Rock Recovery Ministries, ABC Sober Living, Soledad House, San Diego
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Exhibitors
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, CA
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, NY
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, Center City, MN
New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, CA
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence, New York, NY
Panel Speakers
John Barton, Orange, New Jersey
Bobby Nicholl, San Juan Capistrano, California
Roger Mc Diarmid, Huntington Beach, California
Russell Spatz, Miami, Florida
Rev. Randy Moraitis, California
Wally Lowe, Vero Beach, Florida
Jeff MacLeod, Whittier, California
Dr. Robert T. Tucker, Huntington Beach, California
Dale Marsh, Oroville, California
Jerry McDonald, Rancho Mirage, California
Dr. Silkworth, A.A., Bill Wilson
Here are some important quotes and sources on Dr. William D. Silkworth, Silkworth the Christian, Silkworth-Bill Wilson-Jesus Christ
1.The key item is:
Dale Mitchel, Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks (Center City, Minn.: Hazelden Foundation, 2002): http://mcaf.ee/7aher
2. Here are a few of the statements in the Silkworth biography for your consideration--and there are more.
The first is found on page 10:
As a republican Presbyterian from a small town, he [Silkworth] had never before [i.e., before he arrived at Princeton University in 1892] spent any time with a Catholic.[footnote 7]
Footnote 7 on pages 219-20 states:
The importance of Silkworth's . . . religious standing would later play a role in the development of Alcoholics Anonymous. During a time of great AA growth, Silkworth was consulted by Bill Wilson as to the impact the Catholics might have with full involvement in AA. These discussions eventually led to one of Silkworth's most admired works, published in 1950 as "The Prevention of Alcoholism: A Challenge to the Catholic Clergy."
Here is a second statement found on page 10:
When Silkworth was a young boy, his father had impressed upon him the requirement for complete abstinence for success in life. His father had seen the ravages of alcoholism while serving in the army during the Civil War. Also, his father had been a follower of Thomas Francis Marshall, a man growing in national stature as a temperance speaker. Once a senator from Kentucky, Marshall had promoted a true spiritual conversion requirement of reform and temperance. He spoke frequently in and around New York, sharing his own life story and advocating personal conversion and reliance upon God. Young Silkworth was told quite early of the need for crisis, reform, and conversion when dealing with alcoholism.
Here is another statement on pages 11-12:
Silkworth's family remembers him as a deeply spiritual man, yet unsatisfied with any particular denomination. A devout Christian, he initially fit well into the temperance mind-set developing across the country. For years he attended a church that would also have an impact on the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Calvary Christian (Episcopal) Church.
For those who want to know even more about Dr. Silkworth, the Christian, and Bill Wilson's friends, Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr. and Dr. Norman Vicent Peale, there is information on Dr. Peale and Silkworth and Jesus Christ in: (1) The Silkworth biography cited above. (2) Norman Vincent Peale's The Positive Power of Jesus Christ. (3) Dick B., The Conversion of Bill W. www.dickb.com/conversion.shtml.
POSTED BY DICK B. AT 12:37 PM 0 COMMENTS
LABELS: A.A. CHRISTIAN SOURCES, AA HISTORY, BILL W., SILKWORTH AND A.A., SILKWORTH OF REV. SHOEMAKER
1.The key item is:
Dale Mitchel, Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks (Center City, Minn.: Hazelden Foundation, 2002): http://mcaf.ee/7aher
2. Here are a few of the statements in the Silkworth biography for your consideration--and there are more.
The first is found on page 10:
As a republican Presbyterian from a small town, he [Silkworth] had never before [i.e., before he arrived at Princeton University in 1892] spent any time with a Catholic.[footnote 7]
Footnote 7 on pages 219-20 states:
The importance of Silkworth's . . . religious standing would later play a role in the development of Alcoholics Anonymous. During a time of great AA growth, Silkworth was consulted by Bill Wilson as to the impact the Catholics might have with full involvement in AA. These discussions eventually led to one of Silkworth's most admired works, published in 1950 as "The Prevention of Alcoholism: A Challenge to the Catholic Clergy."
Here is a second statement found on page 10:
When Silkworth was a young boy, his father had impressed upon him the requirement for complete abstinence for success in life. His father had seen the ravages of alcoholism while serving in the army during the Civil War. Also, his father had been a follower of Thomas Francis Marshall, a man growing in national stature as a temperance speaker. Once a senator from Kentucky, Marshall had promoted a true spiritual conversion requirement of reform and temperance. He spoke frequently in and around New York, sharing his own life story and advocating personal conversion and reliance upon God. Young Silkworth was told quite early of the need for crisis, reform, and conversion when dealing with alcoholism.
Here is another statement on pages 11-12:
Silkworth's family remembers him as a deeply spiritual man, yet unsatisfied with any particular denomination. A devout Christian, he initially fit well into the temperance mind-set developing across the country. For years he attended a church that would also have an impact on the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Calvary Christian (Episcopal) Church.
For those who want to know even more about Dr. Silkworth, the Christian, and Bill Wilson's friends, Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr. and Dr. Norman Vicent Peale, there is information on Dr. Peale and Silkworth and Jesus Christ in: (1) The Silkworth biography cited above. (2) Norman Vincent Peale's The Positive Power of Jesus Christ. (3) Dick B., The Conversion of Bill W. www.dickb.com/conversion.shtml.
POSTED BY DICK B. AT 12:37 PM 0 COMMENTS
LABELS: A.A. CHRISTIAN SOURCES, AA HISTORY, BILL W., SILKWORTH AND A.A., SILKWORTH OF REV. SHOEMAKER
A.A.'s Dr. William D. Silkworth (Wilson's psychiatrist at Towns) The Christian
1. This is a short list of excellent resources concerning Dr. Silkworth. The key item is:
Dale Mitchel, Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks (Center City, Minn.: Hazelden Foundation, 2002): http://mcaf.ee/7aher
2. Here are a few of the statements in the Silkworth biography for your consideration--and there are more.
The first is found on page 10:
Here is a second statement found on page 10:
Here is another statement on pages 11-12:
The first is found on page 10:
As a republican Presbyterian from a small town, he [Silkworth] had never before [i.e., before he arrived at Princeton University in 1892] spent any time with a Catholic.[footnote 7]
Footnote 7 on pages 219-20 states:The importance of Silkworth's . . . religious standing would later play a role in the development of Alcoholics Anonymous. During a time of great AA growth, Silkworth was consulted by Bill Wilson as to the impact the Catholics might have with full involvement in AA. These discussions eventually led to one of Silkworth's most admired works, published in 1950 as "The Prevention of Alcoholism: A Challenge to the Catholic Clergy."
Here is a second statement found on page 10:
When Silkworth was a young boy, his father had impressed upon him the requirement for complete abstinence for success in life. His father had seen the ravages of alcoholism while serving in the army during the Civil War. Also, his father had been a follower of Thomas Francis Marshall, a man growing in national stature as a temperance speaker. Once a senator from Kentucky, Marshall had promoted a true spiritual conversion requirement of reform and temperance. He spoke frequently in and around New York, sharing his own life story and advocating personal conversion and reliance upon God. Young Silkworth was told quite early of the need for crisis, reform, and conversion when dealing with alcoholism.
Here is another statement on pages 11-12:
Silkworth's family remembers him as a deeply spiritual man, yet unsatisfied with any particular denomination. A devout Christian, he initially fit well into the temperance mind-set developing across the country. For years he attended a church that would also have an impact on the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Calvary Christian (Episcopal) Church.
For those who want to know even more about Dr. Silkworth, the Christian, and Bill Wilson's friends, Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr. and Dr. Norman Vicent Peale, there is information on Dr. Peale and Silkworth and Jesus Christ in: (1) The Silkworth biography cited above. (2) Norman Vincent Peale's The Positive Power of Jesus Christ. (3) Dick B., The Conversion of Bill W. www.dickb.com/conversion.shtml.
International Christian Recovery Coalition Summit Sep 17 Timeline Published
Time Schedule for September 17, 2011, North American Summit Conference #1
The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , California
8:30 AM—9:00 AM
Positioning and arranging exhibits and tables
Setting up registration table
Greeters in place
9:00 AM—9:15 AM
Lifelines Band plays while audience enters and is being seated
9:15 AM—9:20 AM
Commencing Prayer: Rev. Ken B.
9:20 AM—9:25 AM
Welcome by Randy Moraitis of The Crossing Church
9: 25 AM—10:20 AM
Theme presentation by Dick B.
10:20 AM—10:25 AM
Break
10:25 AM—11:15 AM
Vision presentation by Ken B.
11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
Short period for coffee and snacks on the church grounds
11:30 AM—12:30 PM
Speakers Panel #1 (moderators and five panelists: 60 minutes)
12:30 PM—12:35 PM
Break
12:35 PM—1:35 PM
Speakers Panel #2 (moderators and five panelists: 60 minutes)
1:35 PM—1:45 PM
Concluding remarks by Dick B. and Ken B.
Closing prayer
Conference concludes
RANDY MORAITIS
Executive Pastor of Ministry
The Crossing Church
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
A.A. - Bill Wilson - Dr. William D. Silkworth - and Silky as devout Christian
The recent Hazelden published biography of Bill Wilson's famous psychiatrist, William D. Silkworth, MD. tells us some important new facts:
1. Dr. Silkworth was a devout Christian.
2. He was a friend of and attender at Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's church.
3. He was a friend of and regular communicant at Calvary Episcopal Church in New York, where Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., was rector.
4. Silkworth advised Bill Wilson as well as a member of Peale's church that Jesus Christ could cure them of their alcoholism. Silkworth called Jesus Christ the "Great Physician."
5. Bill Wilson seized on this advise, pondered calling on the "Great Physician," made a decision for Jesus Christ at Calvary Rescue Mission, wrote in his autobiography--"For sure I had been born again, went to Towns Hospital and did decide to call on the "Great Physician." After a cry to God for help, Wilson had his famous "white light experience," believed he had been in the presence of the "God of the Scriptures," was cured, and never drank again.
6. Bill's own testimony about the "Lord" and how the Lord had cured him is on page 191 of the Alcoholics Anonymous basic text, published in 2001.
1. Dr. Silkworth was a devout Christian.
2. He was a friend of and attender at Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's church.
3. He was a friend of and regular communicant at Calvary Episcopal Church in New York, where Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., was rector.
4. Silkworth advised Bill Wilson as well as a member of Peale's church that Jesus Christ could cure them of their alcoholism. Silkworth called Jesus Christ the "Great Physician."
5. Bill Wilson seized on this advise, pondered calling on the "Great Physician," made a decision for Jesus Christ at Calvary Rescue Mission, wrote in his autobiography--"For sure I had been born again, went to Towns Hospital and did decide to call on the "Great Physician." After a cry to God for help, Wilson had his famous "white light experience," believed he had been in the presence of the "God of the Scriptures," was cured, and never drank again.
6. Bill's own testimony about the "Lord" and how the Lord had cured him is on page 191 of the Alcoholics Anonymous basic text, published in 2001.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Christianity and A.A.: Answering shop-worn anti-A.A. contentions
There are several shop-worn arguments that A.A. is not Christian because its co-founders allegedly were not Christians. The first argument is correct. The second has no merit whatever and endeavors to mislead Christians in A.A.
Certainly careful research over 21 years has untangled the several viciously anti-A.A. and absurd purportedly "Christian" contentions.. First, start with two recent titles that contain evidentiary evidence about the cofounders. The first is Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous www.dickb.com/drbobofaa.shtml. The second is The Conversion of Bill W. www.dickb.com/conversion.shtml.
Those who claim A.A. is not Christian today are absolutely right. That fact was settled when--four years after the early A.A. Christian Fellowship was founded in 1935--atheists and agnostics (and later those of many religions, no religions, or with no belief whatever) were invited to become participants and did so.
A.A. today is not Christian. It is diverse. But there are tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Christians who are actively involved in Alcoholics Anonymous. More and more, as the facts are being unearthed and published about ther early A.A. Christian Fellowship and about the Christian upbringing of young Bob Smith and Bill Wilson, Christians--who occasionally are rebuked in A.A. meetings--are standing tall on their clear right to believe what they believe, worship where they wish, read the Bible or whatever they wish. In short, Christians in the recovery arena--in A.A. and 12 Step fellowships--are not alone. www.ChristianRecoveryFellowship.com.
Those few who claim neither Blll nor Bob was a Christian are far far far from the facts and truth. In simple, easily verified terms, the older founder Dr. Bob was-- with his family, Sunday school, church, Bible study, prayer meetings, YMCA connections, daily chapel, and activity in the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor--a lifelong Christian. The facts are documented in The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd ed., 2010, www.dickb.com.
To keep it simple, Bill Wilson, after being told by Dr. Silkworth that Jesus Christ, the "Great Physician" could cure him, and after being told by his friend Ebby that Ebby had been converted to God by making a decision for Jesus Christ at Calvary Rescue Mission and had stoped drinking, Bill followed suit. Bill went to the Calvary Mission, made a decision for Jesus Christ, wrote that, "for sure I had been born again," and--with Dr. Bob--insisted that every single early A.A. profess a belief in God, and establish a relationship with Him by making a decision for Jesus Christ in an A.A. meeting in Akron.
See www.dickb.com/titles.shtml.
Certainly careful research over 21 years has untangled the several viciously anti-A.A. and absurd purportedly "Christian" contentions.. First, start with two recent titles that contain evidentiary evidence about the cofounders. The first is Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous www.dickb.com/drbobofaa.shtml. The second is The Conversion of Bill W. www.dickb.com/conversion.shtml.
Those who claim A.A. is not Christian today are absolutely right. That fact was settled when--four years after the early A.A. Christian Fellowship was founded in 1935--atheists and agnostics (and later those of many religions, no religions, or with no belief whatever) were invited to become participants and did so.
A.A. today is not Christian. It is diverse. But there are tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Christians who are actively involved in Alcoholics Anonymous. More and more, as the facts are being unearthed and published about ther early A.A. Christian Fellowship and about the Christian upbringing of young Bob Smith and Bill Wilson, Christians--who occasionally are rebuked in A.A. meetings--are standing tall on their clear right to believe what they believe, worship where they wish, read the Bible or whatever they wish. In short, Christians in the recovery arena--in A.A. and 12 Step fellowships--are not alone. www.ChristianRecoveryFellowship.com.
Those few who claim neither Blll nor Bob was a Christian are far far far from the facts and truth. In simple, easily verified terms, the older founder Dr. Bob was-- with his family, Sunday school, church, Bible study, prayer meetings, YMCA connections, daily chapel, and activity in the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor--a lifelong Christian. The facts are documented in The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd ed., 2010, www.dickb.com.
To keep it simple, Bill Wilson, after being told by Dr. Silkworth that Jesus Christ, the "Great Physician" could cure him, and after being told by his friend Ebby that Ebby had been converted to God by making a decision for Jesus Christ at Calvary Rescue Mission and had stoped drinking, Bill followed suit. Bill went to the Calvary Mission, made a decision for Jesus Christ, wrote that, "for sure I had been born again," and--with Dr. Bob--insisted that every single early A.A. profess a belief in God, and establish a relationship with Him by making a decision for Jesus Christ in an A.A. meeting in Akron.
See www.dickb.com/titles.shtml.
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Sept 17 Christian Recovery Summit, Costa Mesa, The Complete Program
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
Presents
The North American Summit Conference Meeting #1
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 9:00 AM to 1:45 PM
The Crossing Church
(949) 645-5050
Theme
Using Akron-Cleveland Christian Recovery Model Principles
to Enhance Substantially Today's Christian Recovery Efforts
Contact: Dick B., Executive Director
International Christian Recovery Coalition
Email: DickB@DickB.com
Cell: 808 276 4945
The Program
The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , California
[Friday Evening, September 16, 7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
(** We hope you can make these “pre-Conference” meetings, too)
Address by Dick B. at the Lifelines Meeting of The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , CA
Workshop meeting with International Christian Recovery Coalition Participants]
Saturday, September 17, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Pre-meeting music, signing in, viewing exhibits, and hospitality
Commencing prayer
Welcome by Host Church
Theme presentation by Dick B., Executive Director, International Christian Recovery Coalition
“Christian Recovery Resource Centers
Learning about the astonishing success of the original Akron A.A. “Christian fellowship” program and how to apply its principles and practices today; and
how the early Cleveland program built upon the original Akron
set the stage for Christian recovery opportunities today
Break and Music (10 minutes)
Vision presentation by Ken B.
“Christian Recovery Resource Centers
Lunch Break on the Premises (30 minutes)
First Speakers Panel:
John Barton, Historian, Writer, Orange , New Jersey
Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministry, The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , California
Russell Spatz, attorney, Alive Again, Miami , Florida
Bobby Nicholl, Director of Admissions and Interventions, Celebrate a New Life at Hope by the Sea,
Jerry McDonald, Interventionist, Certified Counselor, long associated with the Betty Ford Center
Rancho Mirage, California
Danny Whitmore, A.A. Historian, former leader of the Roots Revival Group and of Clarence Snyder
Retreats in Southern California
Break (10 minutes)
Second Speakers Panel:
Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington Beach
Robert Tucker, Ph.D., Exec. Dir., New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach , California
President, Association of Christian Alcohol & Drug Counselors
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville , California
Wally Lowe, Christian Recovery Resource Center Satellite Office, Vero Beach , Florida
Jeff McLeod, Executive Director, Overcomers Outreach, Inc., Whittier , California
Concluding: International Christian Recovery Coalition Future Plans: Dick B. and Ken B.
Closing Prayer
Our Sponsors and Endorsers
Christian Denominational Recovery Programs
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence
Rev. Cynthia W. Sloan
Program Associate,
United Methodist Special Program on
Substance Abuse and Related Violence (SPSARV)
New York Office location: 475 Riverside Drive
phone: 212-870-3699, fax: 212-870-3932
North Carolina Office location:
Matthews NC 28104-4309
phone: 704-882-0282
SPSARV Advance Number: 982598
Episcopal Diocese of Texas
Fr. Bill Wigmore, Chaplain & Former President
Austin Recovery
8402
Tel: 512.697.8674
Email: RevBillW@gmail.com
Individual Benefactors
Bob J., Kihei, Maui , Hawaii
Philanthropist and long-time Christian recovery and A.A. history collector and benefactor
Rick S.
Long recovered Christian recovery work supporter
Preparing to publish his Alcoholics Anonymous, 1st Edition Sponsor’s Guide publications, website, and recorded talks
Nationally known authors, lecturers,
interventionists, authors of Love First: A Family’s Guide To Intervention—Updated
Tools and Techniques to Help Loved Ones Heal from Addiction, 2d ed., rev & exp.
(Center City , MN
Robert P. Turner, M.D., M.S.C.R.
Associate Professor of Neurosciences, Pediatrics, and Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , South Carolina
The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , California
Endorsing Christian Recovery Libraries and Archives
Griffith Library, The Wilson House – birthplace of Bill Wilson, East Dorset, Vermont
Bonnie Burke (formerly, Bonnie Lepper), President
23,000 historical items donated by Dick B., A.A. meetings, Quiet Time, seminars
Conducted Tours at East Dorset, Vermont (Wilson House, Griffith Library, East Dorset
Congregational Church—where both the Wilson and the Griffith
Bill W. attended—and nearby cemetery where Bill and Lois Wilson are buried)
Conducted Tours to St. Johnsbury , Vermont
North Congregational Church—where all of Dr. Bob’s family attended,
The Athenaeum—the village library containing many historical records,
St. Johnsbury Academy—where Dr. Bob attended, his father was an Examiner,
and his mother had been student, teacher, school historian & Exec. Comm. member)
Dr. Bob Core Library—North Congregational Church (UCC), St. Johnsbury , Vermont
Jay Sprout, Pastor
The entire family of Dr. Bob attended this church and was active in its affairs.
North Congregational Church sponsors this Conference in the context of housing the “Dr. Bob Core Library.”
Ray G., Newton Falls , Ohio , and Seminole, Florida
Traveling archives; and, for 21 years, the Archivist and a Managing Board Member, Dr.
Bob’s Home, Akron , Ohio ; A.A. speaker and exhibitor of A.A. historical Items all over the United States and Canada
The St. Paul ’s Episcopal Church Library, Akron , Ohio
Mark Pruitt, Rector
This is the church in which Dr. Bob became a communicant before his death.
Its former rector, Dr. Walter Tunks, was a major figure in the beginning Akron
The library is a source of A.A. historical materials.
Christian Intervention, Treatment, Recovery Ministries, Counseling, Sober Living
New Life Spirit Recovery
Robert T. Tucker, Ph.D., D.Min., Registered Addiction Specialist, MCA & M-RAS)
Founder and Executive Director, New Life Spirit Recovery Christian Treatment Center
(714) 841.1906 or Call Toll Free (866) 543.3361
Rock Recovery Ministry, ABC Sober Living, Soledad
David Powers, Rock Church
Contact: david@abcsoberliving.com
619.925.1879
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands , California
Pastor Mike Belzman, Ph.D., Chairman and Founder
Jeff Jay and Debra Jay, Grosse Point , Michigan
Nationally known authors, lecturers,
interventionists, authors of Love First: A Family’s Guide To Intervention—Updated
Tools and Techniques to Help Loved Ones Heal from Addiction, 2d ed., rev & exp.
(Center City , MN
Publishers
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation
The Book That Started It All: The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous
Bill W.: My First 40 Years
Silkworth: The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks
with an Introduction by Dick B.: http://store.doverpublications.com/0486480593.html
Our Exhibitors and Displays
United Methodist Special Program on Substance Abuse and Related Violence (SPSARV)
New Light Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach , California
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands , California
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation
Our Panelists
First Panel:
John Barton, Historian, Writer, Orange , New Jersey
Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministry, The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , California
Russell Spatz, Attorney, Frequent Speaker, Alive Again, Lost Sheep Fellowship, Miami , Florida
Bobby Nicholl, Director of Admissions and Interventions, Celebrate a New Life at Hope by the Sea, San Juan Capistrano , California
Jerry McDonald, Interventionist, Certified Counselor, Long Associated with the Betty Ford Center , Rancho Mirage, California
Second Panel:
Robert Tucker, Ph.D., Executive Director, New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, California; President of Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute.
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, International Christian Recovery Speakers Bureau, Oroville, California
Wally Lowe, Christian Recovery Resource Center Satellite Office, Vero Beach , Florida
Jeff MacLeod, Executive Director, Overcomers Outreach, Inc., Whittier , California
Acknowledgements
Our Conferences Could Not Have Taken Place Without The Following Leadership and Help
Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministries, The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , CA
Matt Pierce, Pastor of Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community Church , Brentwood , CA
David Powers, Rock Recovery Ministries Leader, Rock Church , San Diego , CA
The Lifelines Band, Costa Mesa
The Musicians at Golden Hills Community Church
Roger McDiarmid, Huntington Beach , California
Our Sponsors
Our Endorsers
Our Exhibitors
For Further Participation in and Support of the Projects of International Christian Recovery Coalition
The Dick B. and Ken B. The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd ed., 2010
The “Introductory Foundations for Christian Recovery Class’
4 DVD presentations by Dick B. and Ken B.
Instructor’s Guide
Student’s Guide
Dick B. with Ken B., The Dick B. Handbook for Christian Recovery Resource Centers
The 29 Volume Dick B. A.A. History and Christian Recovery Movement History
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