“Stick With the Winners”
A Week of Meetings, Classes, Workshops,
and Conference
Hosted by
International Christian Recovery
Coalition
Dick B., Executive
Director, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Preliminary Plans & Itinerary from Sunday, May 13, to Monday, May
21, 2012
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Monday through Thursday, Dick B. and Ken B. will
be in Orange County, California for meetings, classes, and workshops with
Christian recovery leaders and workers from Connecticut, New York, Florida, Utah,
Texas, and California (Escondido, Irvine, Costa Mesa, Orange, West Covina,
Westminster, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, and San Juan Capistrano)
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Private Home, Monday-Thursday; Marriott Costa
Mesa Hotel, Friday-Monday.
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For meetings, classes, and workshops
Monday-Friday morning: Please contact Ken B. at 808 276 4945, or Dick B. at dickb@dickb.com. We will be glad to
meet with you either at your
location or ours for one or more hours, or schedule a “Stick With The Winners”
Class for training the trainers on how to combine conference-approved
literature, old school Akron A.A. Christian Fellowship principles and
practices, and historical First Century Christianity as detailed in the Book of
Acts, with present-day 12 Step and other recovery programs.
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Our experience since the May, 2009 Conference at
Mariner’s Church in Irvine, has produced the following situations and conclusions:
(1) There are now a large number of participants in International Christian
Recovery Coalition. (2) There are a substantial number of Christian Recovery
Coalition Centers. (3) Christian recovery programs, counseling training,
interventions, fellowships, and community outreach are being conducted by
participants in many states and outside the United States. (4) Knowledgeable
leaders and speakers are now widely available for building, conducting, and
expanding the Christian Recovery Movement in their areas. (5) This year the
time has come to train the trainers in how to conduct old school Akron A.A.
Christian Fellowship recovery programs and have in hand the books, pamphlets,
papers, films, audios, and web contacts to make this possible. (6) There is a
Speakers Bureau.
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Friday evening and Saturday, there will be a
workshop conference at His Place Church, Westminster, Orange County,
California. The widest possible networking, interacting, and exchange of ideas
by participants will be sought.
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Friday
evening, Christian leaders and workers are encouraged to hear suggestions and
resources for conducting classes or meetings as detailed in Stick With The Winners: How to Conduct More
Effective Twelve-Step Recovery Meetings Using Conference-approved literature.
We just presented the book and plans at the Good Book-Big Book Meeting at
Cornerstone Fellowship Church in Livermore and at New Life Hope Meeting at
Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood; to a CityTeam trainer in Oakland;
and to several new Christian leaders individually who want to start groups,
fellowships, and programs. And we (1) Covered plans and resources for old
school 12 Step recovery meetings today; (2) Heard questions and answers from
participants; and (3) Allowed participants an opportunity to tell what they are
doing, would like to do, and will need to conduct such training meetings. The
Friday evening workshop is to show in detail how old school A.A. meetings were
conducted; how conference-approved literature has a direct relevance to holding
such meetings today; and how the historical approach can enable more effective
Christian recovery programs and efforts today.
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The Saturday Conference will be very similar.
However, one or two out-of-state speakers will be featured. Also, Dick B. and
Ken B. will explain the training program. One or two Southern California
leaders will explain what they are doing. The balance of the time will—depending
upon the size of the attendance—either be conducted in round-table fashion, or
by a panel with askit-baskit questions and discussion.
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Please plan on attending the Friday and Saturday
events and providing your input.. Please also feel free to work out independent
meetings with Ken and myself throughout the week. And see if you can get
together an individual, a group, a fellowship, or a church which wants to learn
how to bring First Century Christianity to the recovery table—on a community
wide, collaborative basis (with 12 Step meetings, old school meetings, Bible
study meetings, prayer meetings, 11th Step meetings, church services,
and Christian Recovery Fellowship groups). There is no one-size-fits-all. And
each participant need only arrange his own plan and also learn how he or she
can collaborate with other groups to bring the daily recovery principles and
practices to the fore for those who believe in God, are Christians, or want to
learn the role that God, His Son, and the Bible have successfully played in the
entire Christian Recovery movement from the 1850’s to present.
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Details on addresses, locations, times,
directions, and the programs will be coming your way via every process
possible: newsletters, blogs, facebook, twitter, forums, websites, emails, and
phones. We welcome your contact with us prior to the May events: 808 276 4945
Gloria
Deo
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