Dover Publications has just released its reprint of the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous with circus cover. This marks a new resource for understanding the beginning history of the Big Book.
Its important contributions are:
(1) Reinstatement of all the personal stories--almost all of which were removed in subsequent editions.
(2) An extensive introduction by Dick B. This explains in detail the contents of the First Edition, the vital role that the previously removed personal stories played in providing evidentiary "proof" of "The Solution" that dominates the Big Book.
(3) The contents and the introduction underline the difference between the original solution--a "spiritual experience"--and its replacement with "spiritual awakening" and "personality change sufficient to overcome the disease of alcoholism."
This new work, when coupled with the Hazelden's recently released original printer's manuscript, makes the Big Book changes before, during, and after publication come alive for newcomers, sponsors, and fellowship members.
I strongly recommend this new resource be included and highlighted.
Showing posts with label AA History. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 08, 2011
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Five Important A.A. History Libraries, Collections, Archives - Thank you
The following letter of thanks has just been sent to: The Wilson House and its Griffith Library in East Dorset, Vermont, the boyhood home of Bill Wilson; The Dr. Bob Core Library at North Congregational Church in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, which was the family church of the Smith family during Dr. Bob's upbringing as a youngster; the Shoemaker Room at Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh where all of the important A.A. history books, papers, manuscripts, and letters of Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr. are lodged; the St. Paul's Episcopal Church Library in Akron--the last church to which Dr. Bob belonged before his death; and Ray Grumney, for many years one of the managing directors and the archivist at Dr. Bob's Home in Akron--a man who has worked tirelessly to preserve and display huge amounts of A.A. history materials all over the United States.
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Thanks to each of you – and to Wilson House, North Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury Dr. Bob’s Core Library, the Shoemaker Room at Pittsburgh Calvary Episcopal church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Library, and Ray Grumney, former archivist and one of the managing directors at Dr. Bob’s Home. We appreciate your lending your name to the three conferences—Summit 1 at Crossing Church in Costa Mesa; Summit 2 at Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood; and Association of Christian Drug and Alcohol Counselors at Palm Springs.
We believe a great growth in the Christian Recovery Movement is underway, and the conferences have been a kickoff for a new world-wide collaborative effort. And to have five friendly, supportive locations where the origins and history of Christian recovery can be viewed and studied is vital. Thanks again."
Dick B., Executive Director, International Christian Recovery Coalition, dickb@dickb.com
www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com
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Thanks to each of you – and to Wilson House, North Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury Dr. Bob’s Core Library, the Shoemaker Room at Pittsburgh Calvary Episcopal church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Library, and Ray Grumney, former archivist and one of the managing directors at Dr. Bob’s Home. We appreciate your lending your name to the three conferences—Summit 1 at Crossing Church in Costa Mesa; Summit 2 at Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood; and Association of Christian Drug and Alcohol Counselors at Palm Springs.
We believe a great growth in the Christian Recovery Movement is underway, and the conferences have been a kickoff for a new world-wide collaborative effort. And to have five friendly, supportive locations where the origins and history of Christian recovery can be viewed and studied is vital. Thanks again."
Dick B., Executive Director, International Christian Recovery Coalition, dickb@dickb.com
www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.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
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.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
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
Friday, September 02, 2011
Christians recovering from alcoholism/drug addiction in 12 Step fellowships today? Yes!
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Monday, August 29, 2011
International Christian Recovery Coalition banners for your site, links, directories
Great enthusiasm for a particular cause or mission or website often springs from notice of an attractive banner placed on the web by an individual or group.
We want to see the mission and progress of the International Christian Recovery Coalition widely publicized so that others may learn about, talk about, and participate in the growing Christian Recovery Movement.
If it would bless you, we would welcome your using one of the banners on you website, link, listing of resources, directories, newsletters, and the like.
Here are the banners and instructions as to how to post them.
http://christianrecoverycoalition.com/images/banners/index.shtml
We want to see the mission and progress of the International Christian Recovery Coalition widely publicized so that others may learn about, talk about, and participate in the growing Christian Recovery Movement.
If it would bless you, we would welcome your using one of the banners on you website, link, listing of resources, directories, newsletters, and the like.
Here are the banners and instructions as to how to post them.
http://christianrecoverycoalition.com/images/banners/index.shtml
Sunday, August 28, 2011
16 Specific Practices Associated with the Original Akron A.A. "Christian Fellowship" Program
16 Specific Practices
Associated with the Original Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” Program
Bill W. and Dr. Bob Developed
© 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved
Here are 16 actual practices of the original Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” during the period from June 10, 1935, to the publishing of the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (the "Big Book") in April 1939:
1. Qualifying the newcomer. Newcomers—and often their wives—were interviewed by Dr. Bob (and other pioneer AAs) to determine: if they had conceded that they had an uncontrollable alcoholism problem; if they had shown a desire to quit permanently; and if they had committed themselves to go to any length to stay sober.
2. Hospitalization was a must. Newcomers were hospitalized for a period of some five-to-seven days. They were medicated to prevent seizures and other problems. During this time, Dr. Bob would visit extensively each day, other sober alcoholics would tell the newcomer their stories, the Bible was the only reading material allowed, and Dr. Bob would offer the newcomer the opportunity to "surrender" before release.
3. “Surrender” by the newcomer before discharge after his five-to-seven-day stay at the hospital. Before the newcomer was discharged from the hospital, Dr. Bob would conduct his final visit and require that the newcomer profess a belief in God—not “a” God, but God. Then the newcomer would get out of his bed, get down on his knees, and pray with Dr. Bob, accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior in the process.
4. Upon leaving the hospital, in the case of Clarence Snyder at least, Clarence was taken to his first Oxford Group meeting at T. Henry’s house, given a Bible by Dr. Bob, and told by Dr. Bob to “go out and fix drunks as an avocation.” This practice of telling the newcomer, at the time he surrendered to God, that he must go out and help other drunks was consistent from the very first.
5. Most went to live in the Smith residence or in the residences of other Akron people like Wally G. and Tom L. They stayed as long as needed in order to get steady in their path.
6. There were Christian fellowship meetings every day, with Dr. Bob, Anne, and Henrietta Seiberling. These included group Bible study, prayer, and Quiet Time observances.
7. In addition, each morning, alcoholics and their family members gathered at the Smith home for a Quiet Time conducted by Anne, with prayer, Bible reading, seeking guidance, and discussion of portions of Anne’s personal journal.
8. There was one “Oxford Group” meeting each Wednesday at the home of T. Henry Williams—a meeting unlike any other Oxford Group meeting. These meetings scarcely resembled conventional Oxford Group meetings. Oldtimers Wally and Annabelle G. said they had read a lot about the Oxford Group meetings being held at the Mayflower [in 1933] but that “it wasn’t until later that they realized the meeting at T. Henry’s was 'sort of a clandestine lodge of the Oxford Group.'” Dorothy S. M., wife of Dr. Bob's sponsee, Clarence S., observed in 1937 that the meeting was “a regular old fashioned prayer meeting.” Dr. Bob’s son, Robert R. (“Smitty”) Smith, in a telephone conversation with me from his home in Nocona, Texas, described the meetings as “old fashioned revival meetings.” Author Nan Robertson quoted Dr. Bob's son, Smitty, as follows: “It was kind of like an old fashioned revival meeting.” Some called the group itself “the alcoholic squad.” Frank Amos referred to the group as the “self-styled Alcoholic Group of Akron, Ohio.” Dr. Bob called the group a “Christian Fellowship.” Frank Amos declared, “Members did not want the movement connected directly or indirectly with any religious movement or cult; they stressed the point that they had no connection whatever with any so-called orthodox religious denomination, or with the Oxford Movement. (Obviously, Amos meant the Oxford Group).” Bob E. stated:
Dr. Bob and T. Henry “teamed” the meeting; T. Henry took care of the prayers with which the meeting was opened and closed. “There were only a half dozen in the Oxford Group. We [the alcoholics] had more than that. Sometimes, we’d go downstairs and have our meeting, and the Oxford Group would have theirs in the sitting room.”
9. The “real surrender” by each newcomer at a “regular” meeting on Wednesday. And at these weekly meetings, there was a time in which newcomers were required to make a “real surrender” with Dr. Bob and one or two others upstairs. There the newcomer, on his knees, accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, asked that alcohol be taken out of his life, and asked strength and guidance to live according to cardinal Christian teachings. The elders prayed with him after the manner of James 5:16.
10 There was extensive reading of Christian devotionals and literature provided by Dr. Bob, or recommended by Dr. Bob or his wife, and/or distributed or made available at meetings.
11. There was particular stress on study of the Book of James, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), and 1 Corinthians 13.
12. Meetings concluded with invitations to reach out to newcomers in the hospital and elsewhere, and then closed with the Lord’s Prayer.
13. There was frequent socializing in the homes, particularly on Saturday evenings.
14. The little group of members and wives knew each other well. They frequently phoned one another. They frequently visited the homes of each other. They gathered for parties, dances, covered-dish suppers, and picnics. They prayed together. And they frequently had meals together.
15. Keeping track of names, addresses, phone numbers, and sobriety information about each member was commonplace as evidenced by their address books and rosters. They kept little address books with the names, phone numbers, and street addresses of the pioneers. Also, this data was listed on some of the rosters which they kept and which are discussed next.
16. The easy to find, extant rosters they kept, make it equally simple today to name and document the successes, relapses and returns, and failures among the original AAs. Particularly evidenced by the hand-written memo and roster kept by Dr. Bob and on file in the Rockefeller Archives today. Other rosters of the names and addresses, sobriety dates, and relapses, if any, were kept and still exist today. Richard K. of Massachusetts—author of four major works on early A.A. history, including studies of the “First 40” cures, about early articles about A.A., and about statistics relating to A.A.—has discussed these rosters. Richard spent several months with me in Maui reviewing the rosters and materials I had, as well as materials he obtained from A.A. General Services in New York and elsewhere. He carefully examined photocopies of original documents, newspaper accounts, and extant lists of the early A.A. members and their sobriety records. His work is the most important study of early A.A. successes, cures, and announcements written to date. There are also my own copies of the pioneer member rosters which were acquired by me from several A.A. historians such as Earl Husband, George Trotter, Sue Smith Windows (Dr. Bob’s daughter), and Ray Grumney (former long-time archivist and member of the managing board at Dr. Bob’s Home in Akron). Their value became particularly valuable when other evidence was reviewed and clearly disclosed that early AAs commonly kept address books—many of which contained names, addresses, phone numbers, sobriety information, and relapse and death notations. As a group, these rosters enable an accurate evaluation of the successes of the original 40 pioneers surveyed by Bill W. and Dr. Bob in November 1937. And they provide important evidence relating to the 75% and 93% successes rates (overall, and in Cleveland, respectively) early A.A. claimed. Recently, an anonymous friend from New Jersey supplied me with a copy of a roster in Dr. Bob’s own hand, written on his medical office stationary, and listing all the successful original members, giving names, drinking history, relapses if any, sobriety dates, and age. It came from the Rockefeller Archives in New York. I now possess one I secured from those archives. It is a vital, new piece of evidence apparently unknown to those who have disputed the early A.A. successes or temporized about the reason for them.
Associated with the Original Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” Program
Bill W. and Dr. Bob Developed
© 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved
Here are 16 actual practices of the original Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” during the period from June 10, 1935, to the publishing of the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (the "Big Book") in April 1939:
1. Qualifying the newcomer. Newcomers—and often their wives—were interviewed by Dr. Bob (and other pioneer AAs) to determine: if they had conceded that they had an uncontrollable alcoholism problem; if they had shown a desire to quit permanently; and if they had committed themselves to go to any length to stay sober.
2. Hospitalization was a must. Newcomers were hospitalized for a period of some five-to-seven days. They were medicated to prevent seizures and other problems. During this time, Dr. Bob would visit extensively each day, other sober alcoholics would tell the newcomer their stories, the Bible was the only reading material allowed, and Dr. Bob would offer the newcomer the opportunity to "surrender" before release.
3. “Surrender” by the newcomer before discharge after his five-to-seven-day stay at the hospital. Before the newcomer was discharged from the hospital, Dr. Bob would conduct his final visit and require that the newcomer profess a belief in God—not “a” God, but God. Then the newcomer would get out of his bed, get down on his knees, and pray with Dr. Bob, accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior in the process.
4. Upon leaving the hospital, in the case of Clarence Snyder at least, Clarence was taken to his first Oxford Group meeting at T. Henry’s house, given a Bible by Dr. Bob, and told by Dr. Bob to “go out and fix drunks as an avocation.” This practice of telling the newcomer, at the time he surrendered to God, that he must go out and help other drunks was consistent from the very first.
5. Most went to live in the Smith residence or in the residences of other Akron people like Wally G. and Tom L. They stayed as long as needed in order to get steady in their path.
6. There were Christian fellowship meetings every day, with Dr. Bob, Anne, and Henrietta Seiberling. These included group Bible study, prayer, and Quiet Time observances.
7. In addition, each morning, alcoholics and their family members gathered at the Smith home for a Quiet Time conducted by Anne, with prayer, Bible reading, seeking guidance, and discussion of portions of Anne’s personal journal.
8. There was one “Oxford Group” meeting each Wednesday at the home of T. Henry Williams—a meeting unlike any other Oxford Group meeting. These meetings scarcely resembled conventional Oxford Group meetings. Oldtimers Wally and Annabelle G. said they had read a lot about the Oxford Group meetings being held at the Mayflower [in 1933] but that “it wasn’t until later that they realized the meeting at T. Henry’s was 'sort of a clandestine lodge of the Oxford Group.'” Dorothy S. M., wife of Dr. Bob's sponsee, Clarence S., observed in 1937 that the meeting was “a regular old fashioned prayer meeting.” Dr. Bob’s son, Robert R. (“Smitty”) Smith, in a telephone conversation with me from his home in Nocona, Texas, described the meetings as “old fashioned revival meetings.” Author Nan Robertson quoted Dr. Bob's son, Smitty, as follows: “It was kind of like an old fashioned revival meeting.” Some called the group itself “the alcoholic squad.” Frank Amos referred to the group as the “self-styled Alcoholic Group of Akron, Ohio.” Dr. Bob called the group a “Christian Fellowship.” Frank Amos declared, “Members did not want the movement connected directly or indirectly with any religious movement or cult; they stressed the point that they had no connection whatever with any so-called orthodox religious denomination, or with the Oxford Movement. (Obviously, Amos meant the Oxford Group).” Bob E. stated:
Dr. Bob and T. Henry “teamed” the meeting; T. Henry took care of the prayers with which the meeting was opened and closed. “There were only a half dozen in the Oxford Group. We [the alcoholics] had more than that. Sometimes, we’d go downstairs and have our meeting, and the Oxford Group would have theirs in the sitting room.”
9. The “real surrender” by each newcomer at a “regular” meeting on Wednesday. And at these weekly meetings, there was a time in which newcomers were required to make a “real surrender” with Dr. Bob and one or two others upstairs. There the newcomer, on his knees, accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, asked that alcohol be taken out of his life, and asked strength and guidance to live according to cardinal Christian teachings. The elders prayed with him after the manner of James 5:16.
10 There was extensive reading of Christian devotionals and literature provided by Dr. Bob, or recommended by Dr. Bob or his wife, and/or distributed or made available at meetings.
11. There was particular stress on study of the Book of James, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), and 1 Corinthians 13.
12. Meetings concluded with invitations to reach out to newcomers in the hospital and elsewhere, and then closed with the Lord’s Prayer.
13. There was frequent socializing in the homes, particularly on Saturday evenings.
14. The little group of members and wives knew each other well. They frequently phoned one another. They frequently visited the homes of each other. They gathered for parties, dances, covered-dish suppers, and picnics. They prayed together. And they frequently had meals together.
15. Keeping track of names, addresses, phone numbers, and sobriety information about each member was commonplace as evidenced by their address books and rosters. They kept little address books with the names, phone numbers, and street addresses of the pioneers. Also, this data was listed on some of the rosters which they kept and which are discussed next.
16. The easy to find, extant rosters they kept, make it equally simple today to name and document the successes, relapses and returns, and failures among the original AAs. Particularly evidenced by the hand-written memo and roster kept by Dr. Bob and on file in the Rockefeller Archives today. Other rosters of the names and addresses, sobriety dates, and relapses, if any, were kept and still exist today. Richard K. of Massachusetts—author of four major works on early A.A. history, including studies of the “First 40” cures, about early articles about A.A., and about statistics relating to A.A.—has discussed these rosters. Richard spent several months with me in Maui reviewing the rosters and materials I had, as well as materials he obtained from A.A. General Services in New York and elsewhere. He carefully examined photocopies of original documents, newspaper accounts, and extant lists of the early A.A. members and their sobriety records. His work is the most important study of early A.A. successes, cures, and announcements written to date. There are also my own copies of the pioneer member rosters which were acquired by me from several A.A. historians such as Earl Husband, George Trotter, Sue Smith Windows (Dr. Bob’s daughter), and Ray Grumney (former long-time archivist and member of the managing board at Dr. Bob’s Home in Akron). Their value became particularly valuable when other evidence was reviewed and clearly disclosed that early AAs commonly kept address books—many of which contained names, addresses, phone numbers, sobriety information, and relapse and death notations. As a group, these rosters enable an accurate evaluation of the successes of the original 40 pioneers surveyed by Bill W. and Dr. Bob in November 1937. And they provide important evidence relating to the 75% and 93% successes rates (overall, and in Cleveland, respectively) early A.A. claimed. Recently, an anonymous friend from New Jersey supplied me with a copy of a roster in Dr. Bob’s own hand, written on his medical office stationary, and listing all the successful original members, giving names, drinking history, relapses if any, sobriety dates, and age. It came from the Rockefeller Archives in New York. I now possess one I secured from those archives. It is a vital, new piece of evidence apparently unknown to those who have disputed the early A.A. successes or temporized about the reason for them.
Original 7-Point Early A.A. Program - For presentation & discussion at California Summit Conferences
The Original, Seven-Point, Akron A.A. Program
In February 1938, before work began on the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., dispatched his agent, Frank Amos, to Akron to investigate what Amos referred to as the “self-styled Alcoholic Group of Akron, Ohio.” In his report to Mr. Rockefeller on the results of his investigation, Amos included a description of the original, seven-point, Alcoholics Anonymous program that Bill W. and Dr. Bob began developing over the summer of 1935. The following is a discussion of that Amos report, including the description of the original Akron A.A. “Program,” found on pages 130-31 of the A.A. General Service Conference-approved book DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers (New York, N.Y.: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 1980):
In meeting with a number of the men, their wives, and “in some cases, their mothers,” Mr. Amos heard varying stories, “many of them almost miraculous.” He noted, however, that when it came to recovery, they were all remarkably alike in “the technique used and the system followed.” He described the “Program” as follows:
“1. An alcoholic must realize that he is an alcoholic, incurable from a medical viewpoint, and that he must never drink anything with alcohol in it.
“2. He must surrender himself absolutely to God, realizing that in himself there is no hope.
“3. Not only must he want to stop drinking permanently, he must remove from his life other sins such as hatred, adultery, and others which frequently accompany alcoholism. Unless he will do this absolutely, Smith and his associates refuse to work with him.
“4. He must have devotions every morning—a “quiet time” of prayer and some reading from the Bible and other religious literature. Unless this is faithfully followed, there is grave danger of backsliding
“5. He must be willing to help other alcoholics get straightened out. This throws up a protective barrier and strengthens his own willpower and convictions.
“6. It is important, but not vital, that he meet frequently with other reformed alcoholics and form both a social and a religious comradeship.
“7. Important, but not vital, that he attend some religious service at least once weekly.”
Mr. Amos said, “All the above is being carried out faithfully by the Akron group, and not a day passes when there is not one or more new victims to work on, with Smith as their leader by common consent.”
Stressing Dr. Bob's importance in the work at Akron, Frank Amos went on to note that even though there were other able men in the group, they all looked to Dr. Bob for leadership.
In February 1938, before work began on the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., dispatched his agent, Frank Amos, to Akron to investigate what Amos referred to as the “self-styled Alcoholic Group of Akron, Ohio.” In his report to Mr. Rockefeller on the results of his investigation, Amos included a description of the original, seven-point, Alcoholics Anonymous program that Bill W. and Dr. Bob began developing over the summer of 1935. The following is a discussion of that Amos report, including the description of the original Akron A.A. “Program,” found on pages 130-31 of the A.A. General Service Conference-approved book DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers (New York, N.Y.: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 1980):
In meeting with a number of the men, their wives, and “in some cases, their mothers,” Mr. Amos heard varying stories, “many of them almost miraculous.” He noted, however, that when it came to recovery, they were all remarkably alike in “the technique used and the system followed.” He described the “Program” as follows:
“1. An alcoholic must realize that he is an alcoholic, incurable from a medical viewpoint, and that he must never drink anything with alcohol in it.
“2. He must surrender himself absolutely to God, realizing that in himself there is no hope.
“3. Not only must he want to stop drinking permanently, he must remove from his life other sins such as hatred, adultery, and others which frequently accompany alcoholism. Unless he will do this absolutely, Smith and his associates refuse to work with him.
“4. He must have devotions every morning—a “quiet time” of prayer and some reading from the Bible and other religious literature. Unless this is faithfully followed, there is grave danger of backsliding
“5. He must be willing to help other alcoholics get straightened out. This throws up a protective barrier and strengthens his own willpower and convictions.
“6. It is important, but not vital, that he meet frequently with other reformed alcoholics and form both a social and a religious comradeship.
“7. Important, but not vital, that he attend some religious service at least once weekly.”
Mr. Amos said, “All the above is being carried out faithfully by the Akron group, and not a day passes when there is not one or more new victims to work on, with Smith as their leader by common consent.”
Stressing Dr. Bob's importance in the work at Akron, Frank Amos went on to note that even though there were other able men in the group, they all looked to Dr. Bob for leadership.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
The Complete Program for the Sept 24 Christian Recov Summit in Brentwwood, CA
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com
Presents
The North American Summit Conference Meeting #2
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM
Golden Hills Community Church—Brentwood Campus
2401 Shady Willow Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513
(925) 516-0653
http://goldenhills.org/
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
Summit Conference Meeting #2
Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, CA
Friday Evening, September 23, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (** We hope you can make this meeting, too)
Workshop meeting with International Christian Recovery Coalition Participants: Details soon!
Saturday, September 24, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm:
Pre-meeting music and hospitality
Commencing prayer
Welcome by Matt Pierce, Pastor of Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community 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;
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 (1 hour)
Featured Speaker: J. Donald Hall, Don Hall Ministries, 23365 Barnes Lane, Colfax, CA 95713
Long-recovered wayward youth and drug addict
Missionary evangelist and Bible teacher--18 years, serving with Youth With a Mission and
others in over 60 nations; conferences, seminars, retreats, and mission
services –also community programs in schools, prisons, and civic clubs
Graduate of Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA (B.A. Degree)
Graduate of California Graduate School of Theology (M.A. Degree)
Founder and former Executive Director of Teen Challenge in Southern CA and Hawaii
for sixteen years
Cited by the Governors of California and Hawaii for his leadership in the fight against
drug abuse and crime among America’s Youth
Senior Pastor of Calvary Assembly, San Jose, California, for eight years
Recent ministries: South Korea Outreach; Sri Lanka Ministry; Singapore; Gulf Disaster Relief
Break and Music (10 minutes)
Speaker Panel 1:
Jeff A. Holt, Men’s Recovery Fellowship, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California; International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers’ Bureau
Dominic D, Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore Campus, California
Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington Beach, California
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Break and Music (10 minutes)
Speaker Panel 2:
Mark Galligan, Leader, “Akronite” Recovery Group, Ontario, Canada
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Prof. of Counseling an Chemical Dependency, Director of Oasis Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Wayne White, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, President/CEO, Footprints/Alcoholics Victorious,
Kansas City, Missouri
Dinner Break (1 hour)
International Christian Recovery Coalition Future Plans: Dick B. and Ken B.
Christian Music Concert
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
email: csloan@gbgm-umc.org
website: http://www.umspsarv.org
Become a “Fan” on SPSARV’s Facebook page
SPSARV Advance Number: 982598
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee
Fr. Bill Wigmore, Chaplain and Former President
Austin Recovery
8402 Cross Park Drive
Austin, TX. 78754
Tel: 512.697.8674
Email: RevBillW@gmail.com
website: www.AustinRecovery.org
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
Rick is preparing a sponsor's guide to Alcoholics Anonymous, using the first edition text.
The guide will be published in paperback and on the Internet; and it will have accompanying audio talks of Rick's taking people through the Big Book.
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
Sponsors
New Life Spirit Recovery
Robert T. Tucker, Ph.D., D.Min., Registered Addiction Specialist, MCA and M-RAS)
Founder and Executive Director, New Life Spirit Recovery Christian Treatment Center; President, Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counseling (aka: ACADC Institute)
18652 Florida Street, Suite 200, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 841.1906 or Call Toll Free (866) 543.3361
http://www.newlifespiritrecovery.com/OC_Recovery.html
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
http://www.rockrecovery.org/
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 and exp.
(Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2008)
Publishers
Sponsors
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 Publications
publisher of many books, including 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
http://www.newlifespiritrecovery.com/OC_Recovery.html
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, California
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation
www.Hazelden.org
Our Featured Speaker and Panelists
Featured Speaker: J. Donald Hall, Don Hall Ministries, Colfax, California
(See details in this program about his education; his work with Teen Challenge and Youth With A Mission, his pastoring of churches, his work as a Missionary Evangelist and Bible teacher, and his speaking engagements in 60 nations.)
Speaker Panel 1:
Jeff A. Holt, Men’s Recovery Fellowship, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Dominic D, Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore Campus, California
Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington Beach, California
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Speaker Panel 2:
Mark Galligan, Leader, “Akronite” Recovery Group, Ontario, Canada
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Prof. of Counseling an Chemical Dependency, Director of Oasis Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Wayne White, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, President/CEO, Footprints/Alcoholics Victorious,
Kansas City, MO
Acknowledgments
Our Conferences could not have taken place without leadership and help from:
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, CA
The Musicians at Golden Hills Community Church
Roger McDiarmid, Huntington Beach, California
David Sadler, Lafayette, California
Karl Kramer, Brentwood, California
Our Sponsors
Our Endorsers
Our Exhibitors
Thank you!
For Further Participation in and Support of the Projects of International Christian Recovery Coalition
Dick B. and Ken B., The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd ed., 2010
http://christianrecoverycoalition.com/christian-recovery-guide.shtml
The “Introductory Foundations for Christian Recovery” class by Dick B. and Ken B.
http://dickb.com/IFCR-Class.shtml
(The class includes four DVD's, a class instructor's guide, a student's guide, and
The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd ed.)
“Christian Recovery Resource Centers and Persons” Worldwide
http://christianrecoverycoalition.com/christian-recovery-resource-centers.shtml
The 29-volume “Dick B. A.A. History and Christian Recovery Movement Reference Set”
http://www.dickb.com/titles.shtml
The International Christian Recovery Coalition Web site:
www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com
The International Christian Recovery Coalition Blog
http://internationalchristianrecoverycoaliti.blogspot.com/
International Christian Recovery Coalition Forums Website
http://www.christianrecoverycoalition.com/forums/
Other Christian Recovery and A.A. Historical Resources
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www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com
Presents
The North American Summit Conference Meeting #2
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM
Golden Hills Community Church—Brentwood Campus
2401 Shady Willow Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513
(925) 516-0653
http://goldenhills.org/
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
Summit Conference Meeting #2
Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, CA
Friday Evening, September 23, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (** We hope you can make this meeting, too)
Workshop meeting with International Christian Recovery Coalition Participants: Details soon!
Saturday, September 24, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm:
Pre-meeting music and hospitality
Commencing prayer
Welcome by Matt Pierce, Pastor of Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community 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;
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 (1 hour)
Featured Speaker: J. Donald Hall, Don Hall Ministries, 23365 Barnes Lane, Colfax, CA 95713
Long-recovered wayward youth and drug addict
Missionary evangelist and Bible teacher--18 years, serving with Youth With a Mission and
others in over 60 nations; conferences, seminars, retreats, and mission
services –also community programs in schools, prisons, and civic clubs
Graduate of Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA (B.A. Degree)
Graduate of California Graduate School of Theology (M.A. Degree)
Founder and former Executive Director of Teen Challenge in Southern CA and Hawaii
for sixteen years
Cited by the Governors of California and Hawaii for his leadership in the fight against
drug abuse and crime among America’s Youth
Senior Pastor of Calvary Assembly, San Jose, California, for eight years
Recent ministries: South Korea Outreach; Sri Lanka Ministry; Singapore; Gulf Disaster Relief
Break and Music (10 minutes)
Speaker Panel 1:
Jeff A. Holt, Men’s Recovery Fellowship, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California; International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers’ Bureau
Dominic D, Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore Campus, California
Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington Beach, California
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Break and Music (10 minutes)
Speaker Panel 2:
Mark Galligan, Leader, “Akronite” Recovery Group, Ontario, Canada
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Prof. of Counseling an Chemical Dependency, Director of Oasis Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Wayne White, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, President/CEO, Footprints/Alcoholics Victorious,
Kansas City, Missouri
Dinner Break (1 hour)
International Christian Recovery Coalition Future Plans: Dick B. and Ken B.
Christian Music Concert
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
email: csloan@gbgm-umc.org
website: http://www.umspsarv.org
Become a “Fan” on SPSARV’s Facebook page
SPSARV Advance Number: 982598
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Recovery Committee
Fr. Bill Wigmore, Chaplain and Former President
Austin Recovery
8402 Cross Park Drive
Austin, TX. 78754
Tel: 512.697.8674
Email: RevBillW@gmail.com
website: www.AustinRecovery.org
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
Rick is preparing a sponsor's guide to Alcoholics Anonymous, using the first edition text.
The guide will be published in paperback and on the Internet; and it will have accompanying audio talks of Rick's taking people through the Big Book.
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
Sponsors
New Life Spirit Recovery
Robert T. Tucker, Ph.D., D.Min., Registered Addiction Specialist, MCA and M-RAS)
Founder and Executive Director, New Life Spirit Recovery Christian Treatment Center; President, Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counseling (aka: ACADC Institute)
18652 Florida Street, Suite 200, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 841.1906 or Call Toll Free (866) 543.3361
http://www.newlifespiritrecovery.com/OC_Recovery.html
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
http://www.rockrecovery.org/
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 and exp.
(Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2008)
Publishers
Sponsors
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 Publications
publisher of many books, including 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
http://www.newlifespiritrecovery.com/OC_Recovery.html
Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute, Redlands, California
Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation
www.Hazelden.org
Our Featured Speaker and Panelists
Featured Speaker: J. Donald Hall, Don Hall Ministries, Colfax, California
(See details in this program about his education; his work with Teen Challenge and Youth With A Mission, his pastoring of churches, his work as a Missionary Evangelist and Bible teacher, and his speaking engagements in 60 nations.)
Speaker Panel 1:
Jeff A. Holt, Men’s Recovery Fellowship, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn, California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Dominic D, Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore Campus, California
Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington Beach, California
Wade Hess, Training Director, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, California
Speaker Panel 2:
Mark Galligan, Leader, “Akronite” Recovery Group, Ontario, Canada
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, California
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Prof. of Counseling an Chemical Dependency, Director of Oasis Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Bill Boyles, President, Won Way Out Ministries, Wyoming, Delaware
Wayne White, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, President/CEO, Footprints/Alcoholics Victorious,
Kansas City, MO
Acknowledgments
Our Conferences could not have taken place without leadership and help from:
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, CA
The Musicians at Golden Hills Community Church
Roger McDiarmid, Huntington Beach, California
David Sadler, Lafayette, California
Karl Kramer, Brentwood, California
Our Sponsors
Our Endorsers
Our Exhibitors
Thank you!
For Further Participation in and Support of the Projects of International Christian Recovery Coalition
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The “Introductory Foundations for Christian Recovery” class by Dick B. and Ken B.
http://dickb.com/IFCR-Class.shtml
(The class includes four DVD's, a class instructor's guide, a student's guide, and
The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd ed.)
“Christian Recovery Resource Centers and Persons” Worldwide
http://christianrecoverycoalition.com/christian-recovery-resource-centers.shtml
The 29-volume “Dick B. A.A. History and Christian Recovery Movement Reference Set”
http://www.dickb.com/titles.shtml
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www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com
The International Christian Recovery Coalition Blog
http://internationalchristianrecoverycoaliti.blogspot.com/
International Christian Recovery Coalition Forums Website
http://www.christianrecoverycoalition.com/forums/
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Note on Documentation of Boyhood of Dr. Robert H. Smith of Alcoholics Anonymous
The definitive work on Dr. Bob’s Christian upbringing in St. Johnsbury, Vermont is Dick B. and Ken B., Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous: His Excellent Training in the Good Book as a Youngster in Vermont. www.dickb.com/drbobofaa.shtml.
Complete data on St. Johnsbury and Robert Smith:
The Great Awakening of 1875
Dr. Bob’s parents Judge Walter P. Smith and Susan Holbrook Smith
The boyhood home on 20 Summer Street
The nearby elementary school on Summer Street
North Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury—in which the entire Smith family were participants
Dr. Bob’s Core Library, located in North Congregation Church of St. Johnsbury on Main Street (thousands of pages, papers, books, manuscripts telling the Smith-St. Johnsbury story)
Fairbanks Museum across the street from the church
YMCA building (now demolished) where Dr. Bob’s father was a President
Courthouse where Judge Walter P. Smith, Dr. Bob’s father, served as Probate Judge
St. Johnsbury Academy, where Judge Smith was an examiner; where Mrs. Smith had been a student and teacher
As well as school historian and member of Alumni Executive Committee
Other Dick B. books on Dr. Bob:
Dr. Bob and His Library, 3rd ed. www.dickb.com/drbob.shtml
The Akron Genesis of Alcoholics Anonymous www.dickb.com/Akron.sthml
The Books Early AAs Read for Spiritual Growth, 7th ed. www.dickb.com/titles.shtml
God bless,
Dick B.
Author, 42 titles & over 500 articles on A.A. History
Exec. Dir., International Christian Recovery Coalition
Christian Recovery Resource Centers - Worldwide
www.DickB.com
DickB@DickB.com
(808) 874-4876
PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837
Complete data on St. Johnsbury and Robert Smith:
The Great Awakening of 1875
Dr. Bob’s parents Judge Walter P. Smith and Susan Holbrook Smith
The boyhood home on 20 Summer Street
The nearby elementary school on Summer Street
North Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury—in which the entire Smith family were participants
Dr. Bob’s Core Library, located in North Congregation Church of St. Johnsbury on Main Street (thousands of pages, papers, books, manuscripts telling the Smith-St. Johnsbury story)
Fairbanks Museum across the street from the church
YMCA building (now demolished) where Dr. Bob’s father was a President
Courthouse where Judge Walter P. Smith, Dr. Bob’s father, served as Probate Judge
St. Johnsbury Academy, where Judge Smith was an examiner; where Mrs. Smith had been a student and teacher
As well as school historian and member of Alumni Executive Committee
Other Dick B. books on Dr. Bob:
Dr. Bob and His Library, 3rd ed. www.dickb.com/drbob.shtml
The Akron Genesis of Alcoholics Anonymous www.dickb.com/Akron.sthml
The Books Early AAs Read for Spiritual Growth, 7th ed. www.dickb.com/titles.shtml
God bless,
Dick B.
Author, 42 titles & over 500 articles on A.A. History
Exec. Dir., International Christian Recovery Coalition
Christian Recovery Resource Centers - Worldwide
www.DickB.com
DickB@DickB.com
(808) 874-4876
PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837
Monday, August 08, 2011
Comments on the brief 12Step.com Article on origins of A.A. Twelve Steps
Here is my reply to an article by 12Step.com on the history and origins on the origins and development of the A.A. Twelve Steps:
Congratulations on the temperate quality of your short articles on A.A., the Steps, and the origins.
I would add only these more comprehensive caveats and comments.
1. Dr. Bob stated that the basic ideas for the Twelve Steps came from the study and effort in the Bible. See DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers and Dick B.., The Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.’s Roots in the Bible www.dickb.com/goodbook.shtml and The James Club and the Original A.A. Program’s Absolute Essentials www.dickb.com/JamesClub.shtml
2. If you take Bill Wilson at his word—and I do on this point—the Steps that he introduced in the Big Book four years after A.A. was founded (the Big Book in April 1939 to be exact), Bill stated that of the Twelve Steps, the first should be attributed to Dr. William D. Silkworth. The second and twelfth to Professor William James. And “the rest of it” to the Oxford Group as led in American writing and teachings by Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., chief OG lieutenant in America. See Bill’s Grapevine Writings in The Language of the Heart and Dick B., Twelve Steps for You www.dickb.com/12stepsforyou.shtml, and New Light on Alcoholism: God, Sam Shoemaker, and A.A. www.dickb.com/newlight.shtml.
3. Then there is the indisputable and commonly accepted journal kept by Dr. Bob’s wife Anne Ripley Smlth. www.dickb.com/annesm.shtml. Anne shared this journal (compiled between 1933 and 1939) with Bill and Bob, with early AAs, and regularly with the early AAs and their families who gathered at the Smith home each morning to participate in the Quiet Time meetings conducted on the porch of the Smith home by Anne Smith. You can find that, before the Steps were either contemplated or written by Bill W., the ideas are discussed extensively by Anne Smith and her journal.
Monday, August 01, 2011
"The Good Book-Big Book Guidebook" by Dick B. available on Kindle!
You can now read and obtain this great companion to Dick B.'s all-time favorite book (among his readers and purchasers) The Good Book and The Big Book: A.A.'s Roots in the Bible www.dickb.com/goodbook.shtml
The companion book is "The Good Book-Big Book Guidebook" by Dick B. Read it in electronic form on Kindle http://mcaf.ee/1an9c. And see how the Biblical roots of A.A. can now be studied in conjunction with A.A. Big Book and A.A. Twelve Steps.
A great duo for A.A. Study Groups, Big Book Studies, and the many "James Club" groups now in existence across the USA
The companion book is "The Good Book-Big Book Guidebook" by Dick B. Read it in electronic form on Kindle http://mcaf.ee/1an9c. And see how the Biblical roots of A.A. can now be studied in conjunction with A.A. Big Book and A.A. Twelve Steps.
A great duo for A.A. Study Groups, Big Book Studies, and the many "James Club" groups now in existence across the USA
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Panels of Speakers Announced for our Two North American Summit Conferences
Two North American Summit Conferences
Presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
Summit Conference 1
Saturday, September 17, 2011
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
The Crossing Church
(949) 645-5050
Two Panels of Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
Speaker Panel 1:
John Barton, Historian, Writer, Orange , New Jersey
Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministry, The Crossing Church , Costa Mesa , California
Bobby Nicholl, Interventionist, Director, Celebrate a New Life at Hope by the Sea, San Juan
Danny Whitmore, A.A. Historian, former leader of Roots Revival Group, and of Clarence
Snyder Retreats in Southern California
Speaker Panel 2:
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville , California
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical Dependency and Counseling, Director of Oasis
Center, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Jeff McLeod, Executive Director, Overcomers Outreach, Inc., Whittier , California
Two North American Summit Conferences
Presented by
The International Christian Recovery Coalition
Summit Conference 2
Saturday, September 24, 2011
9:30 AM to 8:00 PM
2401 Shady Willow Lane , Brentwood , CA 94513
(925) 516-0653
(925) 516-0653
Featured Speaker: Don Hall , Don Hall Ministries, Colfax , California
Two Panels of Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena
Speaker Panel 1:
Jeff A. Holt, Men’s Recovery Fellowship, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn , California
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville , California
Dominic D., Turning Point Recovery Ministry, Cornerstone Fellowship—Livermore
Campus, Livermore , California
Beach, California
Speaker Panel 2:
David Sadler, Christian recovery leader serving Golden Hills Community Church , Brentwood ,
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., Professor of Counseling an Chemical Dependency, Director of Oasis
Center, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Danny Whitmore, A.A. Historian, Former Leader of A.A.Roots Revival Group, Leader, Snyder
Retreats in Southern California
Wayne White, Certified Substance Counselor, President and CEO, Footprints/Alcoholics
Victorious, Kansas City , Missouri
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
21 Dick B. Titles Now Listed in Hollis Classic Full Catalog at Harvard University
Thanks to a distinguished psychiatrist at Beth Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, a set of my 29 reference titles has been placed in the Harvard Library System. And now, thanks to him, 21 of my titles are listed in Hollis Classic Full Catalog at Harvard, with miscellaneous titles also listed in World Catalog under Harvard.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Wisconsin confessional Lutheran Pastor the latest to participate in International Christian Recovery Coalition AND to establish a Christian Recovery Resource Center
Congratulations and many thanks to Rev. Tylan Dalyrmple, confessional Lutheran Pastor, who serves two churches in Wisconsin and has just become a participant in International Christian Recovery Coalition and also established a Christian Recovery Resource Center in his church. He was and will be assisted by recovered AA Wayne W. - who is also a participant.
Christian Recovery Resource Center
Participant Listing:
“Rev. Tylan Dalrymple, confessional Lutheran Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church
P. O. Box 31, 1080 Meilahn St., Chetek, WI 54728, 715-924-2552”
P. O. Box 31, 1080 Meilahn St., Chetek, WI 54728, 715-924-2552”
“Rev. Tylan Dalrymple, confessional Lutheran Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church,
Sunday Worship, Wednesday Bible study, Recovery group centered around
International Christian Recovery Model,
P. O. Box 31, 1080 Meilahn St., Chetek, WI 54728, 715-924 2552, revtylan@gmail.com”
15th Dick B. YouTube Presentation Script - The September 24 Summit Announcement
The Dick B. Channel on YouTube
The History of Alcoholics Anonymous and the Christian Recovery Movement
Video 15
The North American Christian Recovery Summit
This is the fifteenth presentation of the Dick B. Channel on YouTube. The subject was to have been a continued discussion of the Christian upbringing of A.A. cofounders Bill W. and Dr. Bob as a youngsters in Vermont
But we interrupt the series to tell you about the first North American Summit of the International Christian Recovery Coalition at Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood , California Mariners Church Community Center in Irvine , California
This summit is free. No registration is required. The public is invited. And it will be the first gathering of Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena, of newcomers, and of the public, where we will be hearing: (1) how Christian recovery has been moving; (2) how it is incorporating the “old school” Akron A.A. and Cleveland A.A. Fellowship programs; (3) what leaders are doing now and suggest for steps forward. If you are one of those who wants: (1) to stay in existing 12 Step and other recovery programs; (2) to stress the role that God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible have played in the recovery movement; and (3) to apply those “old school” A.A. principles in recovery today, then this is a great opportunity you will not want to miss.
We here present the program of the North American Summit of the International Christian Recovery Coalition on Saturday, September 24, 2011, at Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood , California
The Theme:
Using Principles of the Akron-Cleveland Christian Recovery Model
to Enhance Substantially Today's Christian Recovery Efforts
The Tentative Northern California Meeting Program Schedule
Friday Evening, September 23: (We'll announce place and time when speakers and panels set)
Possible workshop meeting with International Christian Recovery Coalition Participants
Saturday, September 24, 9:00 AM. Admission Free! No Registration. Be early for best seats!
Pre-meeting music, program literature, exhibit tables, and hospitality
Commencing prayer
Welcome by Matt Pierce , Pastor of Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community Church
Theme presentation by Dick B., Exec. Dir., 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
How the Early Cleveland
Set the Stage for Christian Recovery Opportunities Today
Break and Music
Vision presentation by Ken B.
The International Christian Recovery Coalition and “Christian Recovery Resource
Centers and Persons”: Supplying Critically-Important, Missing Pieces in
Modern Christian Recovery Efforts
Lunch Break (We're told there are about 75 eateries within a 5 minute walk from church.)
Featured Christian, Recovered Speaker: Don Hall of Colfax, California
Break and Exhibit Tables
First Speakers Panel:
David Sadler, Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community Church , Brentwood
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Serenity Group, Church of the Nazarene, Oroville
Wade Hess, Training Leader, CityTeam Ministries, San Jose , CA
Dominic D. Turning Point, Cornerstone Fellowship, Livermore , CA
Jeff Holt, recovery fellowship, Church of the Nazarene, Auburn , CA
Break and Music
Second Speakers Panel:
Ken Jones, Pastoral Counselor, Melbourne , FL
Craig G., Christian Recovered AA, Rohnert Park , CA
Danny W., founder, A.A. Roots Revival Group; Clarence S. (Cleveland
Dinner Break
International Christian Recovery Coalition Future Plans: Dick B. and Ken B.
Christian Music Concert
Closing Prayer
Our Conference Reward
for Those Who Want God’s Help and Can Learn the Facts
The last 21-plus years of research and learning about the real “old time” A.A. of 1935-1940 in Akron and Cleveland
By learning these simple facts, and how the Akron approach was further refined in Cleveland A.A. beginning in May of 1939, those in recovery need no longer: (1) Wallow in the talk of nonsense “higher power” gods that abounds in today’s recovery scene. (2) Try to fathom the mystical “spirituality” which is little understood and poorly articulated by those who advocate it. (3) Fruitlessly rely on meetings and group strength to get well, rather than believing that God could and would relieve them if He were sought.
Early A.A. principles and practices are being used by the few that know them in today’s 12 Step and Christian recovery fellowships. And these principles and practices appear to hold great promise of making possible successful recovery today similar to that achieved by earlier Christian recovery pioneers.
This fifteenth presentation has covered the North American Summit of the International Christian Recovery Coalition we hope you will attend on Saturday, September 24, at Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood , California
I close by giving you pictures of three of my books which more fully detail the facts about the “old school” A.A. programs in Akron and Cleveland Akron
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