September 6-7, 2013
Portland, Maine
[A.A.’s Dr. Bob was a member of Christian
Endeavor (Big Book, 172), founded here 2/2/1881]
Featuring A.A. Historian Dick B. of Maui, Hawaii, and
Special Guests
Conference Theme:
“The History of Alcoholics Anonymous:
Another View Which Includes Its Christian Beginnings
in New England”
Meetings, Roundtables, Speakers, Research,
and Workshops in Portland, Maine
[Plus: (1) Possible A.A. history research tour of
Dr. Bob’s birthplace, St. Johnsbury, VT, 9/8-10;
(2) Free At Last Group A.A. meeting,
Wed., 9/11; 5:30 pm potluck dinner; 7:00-8:30 pm
speaker discussion meeting;
guest speakers Dick B. and Ken B.]
Main Conference Location:
The First Baptist Church of Portland, Maine
Conference Schedule
Friday, September 6
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm: Conference
registration: FREE, but Required
7:00 pm to 7:10 pm: Prayer by Ken B., welcome, and
conference introduction
7:10 pm to 9:00 pm: Conf. speaker presentations, or
Celebrate Recovery mtg.
Saturday, September 7
9:00 am to
9:45 am: Conference registration
(cont.), coffee and tea, hospitality
9:45 am to
9:55 am: Conference
introduction and prayer by Ken B.
9:55 am to 10:00 am: Welcome by Wally C.
10:00
am to 10:50 am: Session One:
The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
11:00
am to 11:50 am: Session Two: A.
A. Origins, History, Founders, and Facts
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm: Lunch
Break: On your own
1:15 pm to 2:05 pm: Session Three: Sponsorship Today
2:15 pm to 3:05 pm: Session Four: Orienting and
Informing Newcomers
3:35 pm to 4:15 pm: Session Five: A.A. History: Past,
Present & Future
4:15 pm Ken
B. closes conf. w/prayer; networking, dinner (optional)
Conference Mission
The mission of this
conference is to present an accurate and comprehensive picture of Alcoholics Anonymous
history which includes the roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the
Bible in early A.A.’s astonishing successes.
Of
alcoholics who came to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and
remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses; and among the remainder,
those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., xx]
Records
in Cleveland show that 93 percent of those who came to us never had a drink
again. [DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers,
261]
Your
Heavenly Father will never let you down! [Dr. Bob in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 181]
Bill
[W.] looked across at my wife and said to her, “Henrietta, the Lord has been so
wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want to keep
talking about it and telling people.” [AA # 3, Bill D., in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 191]
When
we [Bill W. and Dr. Bob] started in on Bill D., we had no Twelve Steps, either;
we had no Traditions.
But we were convinced that the answer
to our problems was in the Good Book. [Dr. Bob in The Co-Founders of Alcoholics Anonymous: Biographical Sketches: Their
Last Major Talks (item # P-53), 13]
Conference Audience
This conference is for
members of 12 Step Fellowships (including old-timers, speakers, sponsors,
newcomers, and garden variety drunks and addicts); other International
Christian Recovery Coalition “participants”; physicians, clergy, recovery
pastors, and other Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena; and
professionals working in the fields of intervention, detox, treatment, sober
living, counseling, psychology, and psychiatry.
Conference Registration
Admission for the First
International Alcoholics Anonymous History Conference is FREE! Registration is
required. For more information about the conference please contact Ken B. by email at kcb00799@gmail.com or by phone at
1-808-276-4945. To register for the conference, please
send to Ken B. by email at kcb00799@gmail.com: (1) your name; (2) your postal mailing address; (3) your email
address; and (4) your telephone number. Ken B. will send you by email a
confirmation as to the acceptance of your registration.
If you would like to make a
donation to help offset the costs involved in putting on this conference,
please contact Ken B. by email at kcb00799@gmail.com or by phone at 1-808-276-4945. Thank you!
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