The International Christian Recovery
Coalition
Presents
The First 2012 North American Conference
May 18-19, 2012
His Place Church, 14061 Chestnut St., Westminster, CA
92683
Conference Theme:
“Stick with the Winners”
“Living First Century Christianity in Recovery Today;
Rediscovering ‘Old-School’ A.A. in Conference-Approved
Literature”
Conference Schedule
Session One: Friday, May 18, 2012
Doors Open: 6:00
PM
Registration, Music,
Displays, Networking 6:00
to 7:00 PM
Conference Start 7:00
to 7:10 PM
Prayer: Rev. Ken B.
Introduction:
Pastor Joe Furey
Conference
Overview: Rev. Ken B.
Focus One: 7:10
to 7:55 PM
Dick
B., Executive Director of the International Christian Recovery Coalition and
author of more than 40 titles on A.A. history, A.A.’s Christian predecessors,
and applying early A.A. principles in modern Christian Recovery
efforts—together with his son and coauthor, Ken B.--will present key passages
from A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature and other
authoritative resources showing that the original Akron A.A. “Christian
fellowship”—from the summer of 1935 until at least April 10, 1939, when the Big
Book was published—was amazingly successful in helping “seemingly-hopeless,”
“medically-incurable” alcoholics recover primarily because the group, in many
ways, was “living” the Book of Acts.
Break: Visit Display Tables & and Network 7:55 to 8:10 PM
Focus Two: 8:10
to 8:55 PM
Dick
B. and Ken B., along with volunteer leaders, will elaborate on points made
during Part One; and Dick B. and Ken B. will receive and respond to godly
questions and suggestions from the audience through the use of an “Ask-It”
basket. This is a real opportunity for leaders to share how they are
implementing their Christian Recovery Movement programs right now!
[Depending
on the size of the audience attending, we may well use the same technique
recently employed in Northern California at the workshops, question and answer,
and round-table participation by leaders and others attending]
Wrap-Up and Closing Prayer: Rev. Ken B. 8:55 to 9:00 PM
Session Two: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Doors Open: 9:00
AM
Final Registration, Music,
Displays, Networking 9:00 AM to
9:30 AM
Conference Start 9:30
AM to 10:00 AM
Prayer:
Rev.
Ken B.
Introduction
by Host Church: Pastor Joe Furey
Conference
Overview: Rev. Ken B.
Purposes of the Conference: To enable participants: (1) to hear speakers on how
to apply “old-school” A.A. principles and practices today; (2) to get
acquainted with Conference-approved literature, “old-school” resources, and a
training plan; (3) to partake in refreshments and lunch; (4) to share with a
panel of speakers by presenting godly “Ask-It” basket questions and
suggestions; and (5) to hear the comments of Christian leaders and workers who
are “in the trenches” of Christian Recovery efforts today.
First Speaker: (To Be Announced)
10:00
to 10:50 AM
Break: View displays and networking 10:50 to 11:10 PM
Second Speaker – Russell
Spatz, attorney,
Alive Again, Miami, Florida 11:10 to noon
Lunch: (Eat on premises), view displays, network Noon to 1:00 PM
Third Speakers: Dick B. & Ken B. 1:00 to 2:10 PM
International Christian Recovery Coalition plan for
training
meetings, a Guide, and Videos presenting the
application of
“old-school” A.A. and First Century Christianity
principles and
practices in modern Christian Recovery efforts
Break: View displays and network 2:10 to 2:30 PM
Fourth Speaker: Gary Martin, Christian Recovery efforts
at Mariners Church, Irvine, California 2:30 to 3:05 PM
Roger McDiarmid, Christian Recovery
efforts in Southern California 3:05 to 3:40 PM
Break: View displays
and network 3:40 to
4:00 PM
Panel Discussion: 4:00
to 5:15 PM
Dick
B., Ken B., Russell Spatz,
Gary Martin, Roger McDiarmid
Godly
audience questions and comments via “Ask-It” basket
Break: View displays
and network: 5:15 to
5:30 PM
Final Speakers: Dick B. and Ken B. 5:30 to 5:55 PM
International Christian Recovery Coalition Plans,
Challenges, and Announcements
Closing Prayer: Rev. Ken B. 5:55
to 6:00 PM
Conference Registration: $25.00 donation
To register for the conference, or for more information,
please contact:
Important Additional Announcements
·
Throughout the
Conference Trip period from May 14 to May 21, Dick B. and Ken B. will be in
Orange County, California. They will be staying at a private home for some of
the period and at the Marriott Costa Mesa Hotel.
·
They highly value
personal meetings, contacts, and discussions with individuals and groups
throughout the May 14 to 21 period. These may include: (1) Meetings and or
meals with individual leaders and others at places we will be staying. (2)
Visiting churches, groups, fellowships, and offices in the area. (3) Conducting
review of, and displaying the new “Stick with the Winners” Guide, accompanying
exhibits, and accompanying film clips – to stimulate organization and
establishment of Classes and/or special study meetings for AAs, NAs, Al-anons,
and other support or 12 Step fellowships, and Christian recovery-related
programs, fellowships, meetings, classes, and pastoral and chaplain settings.
·
Please contact us
either before or during the May 14-21 period to arrange to arrange a personal meeting.
Please contact Dick B. by email at DickB@DickB.com
until May 12, or Ken B. by email at kcb00799@gmail.com or on his cell phone at (808) 276-4945 before or during May 14-21.
Sponsors of These Meetings and Conferences
·
Hazelden: Treating
Addiction, Transforming Lives, Center City, MN
· Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee, Rev.
Bill Wigmore, Chair, Austin, TX
· Rock Recovery Ministries, ABC Sober Living, Soledad
House, David Powers, San Diego, CA
· New Hope Ministry, Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood,
CA: Matt Pierce, Recovery Pastor; David Sadler Group Leader
· Good Book-Big Book Group, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore
Campus, CA
· Good Book Publishing Company, Maui, HI
· His Place Church, Joe Furey, Pastor, Westminster, CA
· Wally Lowe, Businessman, Christian Recovery Resource Center,
Vero Beach, FL
· Richard Skolnik, Addiction Counselor Assistant,
Christian Recovery Resource Center, NY
· Bob J., Believer, Philanthropist, Maui, HI
· Rick S., Believer, Businessman, San Jose, CA
· Rob W., Entrepreneur, UT
· Robert Turner, M.D., Medical University of South
Carolina
· Sean L., Recovered believer, Seattle, WA
· Dale Marsh, Serenity Pastor, Oroville Church of the
Nazarene; International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers Bureau, Oroville,
CA
· Roger McDiarmid, Salesman, International Christian
Recovery Coalition Speakers Bureau, Huntington Beach, CA
· Jeff and Debra Jay, Love First: A Family’s Guide to Intervention, Grosse Point, MI
[More expected
to be added by Conference Time]
Announcing the New Stick with the Winners! Guide
Dick B. and Ken B., Stick with the Winners!: How to Conduct More
Effective 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using Conference-Approved Literature: A
Dick B. Guide for Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
(Kihei, HI: Paradise Research Publications, Inc., 2012)
By the time the May
conference arrives, we expect to have: (1) published this book in Print-On-Demand
form; (2) completed a series of about ten videos relating to the topics in the
book; and (3) made available the resource exhibits that form a training package
relating to this book. Already, this book—in spiral-bound form—has been
presented to a number of Christian recovery leaders and workers participating
in the International Christian Recovery Coalition in several parts of the
United States and Canada. In addition, it will enhance recovery efforts already
underway at Oroville Church of the Nazarene in Oroville, CA; at New Life Spirit
Recovery, Inc., in Huntington Beach, CA; in the Good Book-Big Book Group at
Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore Campus in Livermore, CA; at New Hope Ministry,
Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood, CA; and at several other locations.
This book will be the center
piece for discussion, examination, and training at the First 2012 North
American Conference of the International Christian Recovery Coalition, and at other
meeting places in Orange County, California.
Gloria
Deo
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