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

2115 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92627

(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

                        PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837

                        www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com

                        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 and Persons” Worldwide—on the Move!

           

            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 program and

            set the stage for Christian recovery opportunities today



Break and Music (10 minutes)



Vision presentation by Ken B.

           

Christian Recovery Resource Centers and Persons”: Supplying Critically-Important, Missing Pieces in Modern Christian Recovery Efforts



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,

            San Juan Capistrano, California

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,

California.

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, room 338

New York, NY 10115

phone: 212-870-3699, fax: 212-870-3932

North Carolina Office location:

325 Meadowbrook Drive

Matthews NC 28104-4309

phone: 704-882-0282



Become a “Fan” on SPSARV’s Facebook page

SPSARV Advance Number: 982598



Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee


Fr. Bill Wigmore, Chaplain & Former President
Austin Recovery
8402 Cross Park Drive
Austin, TX
. 78754
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



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: Hazelden, 2008)

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



Christian Churches



The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California, Host, September 17, 2011, Conference



Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California, Host, September 24, 2011, Conference





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 families and

Bill W. attended—and nearby cemetery where Bill and Lois Wilson are buried)

            Conducted Tours to St. Johnsbury, Vermont (Dr.  Bob’s birthplace and boyhood home,

                        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, and on sobriety cruises



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 days of A.A.

            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;   President, Association of Christian Alcohol & Drug Counseling (aka: ACADC Institute)

            18652 Florida Street, Suite 200

Huntington Beach, CA 92648

 (714) 841.1906 or Call Toll Free (866) 543.3361




Rock Recovery Ministry, ABC Sober Living, Soledad House



            David Powers, Rock Church recovery leader

            810 Emerald Street

            San Diego, CA 92109

            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: Hazelden, 2008)



Publishers



Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation

            Center City, Minnesota, www.Hazelden.org; publisher of recovery books, including:



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



Dover Publicationspublisher of Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition,

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)

            http://www.umspspserv.org





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

            www.Hazelden.org





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:



Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers Bureau, Huntington Beach, California



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



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            Instructor’s Guide

            Student’s Guide



Christian Recovery Coalition Centers and Persons Worldwide




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

           

            http://www.dickb.com/titles.shtml

           

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