Thursday, August 25, 2011

The Complete Program for the Sept 17 Christian Recov Summit in Costa Mesa, CA





The International Christian Recovery Coalition
www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com

Presents

A North American Christian Recovery Summit Conference

Saturday, September 17, 2011, 9:00 AM to 1:45 PM

The Crossing Church
2115 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92627
(949) 645-5050
http://www.thecrossing.com/




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; DickB@DickB.com;
Cell: 808 276 4945











The Program

The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California

[Friday Evening, September 16, 7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. (** We hope you can make these meetings, too)
Address by Dick B. at the Lifelines Meeting of The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, CA
Workshop meeting with International Christian Recovery Coalition Participants]

Saturday, September 17, 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Pre-meeting music, signing in, viewing exhibits, and hospitality

Commencing prayer

Welcome by Host Church

Theme presentation by Dick B., Executive Director, International Christian Recovery Coalition

“Christian Recovery Resource Centers and Persons” Worldwide—on the Move!
Learning about the Astonishing Success of the Original Akron A.A. “Christian Fellowship” Program and How to Apply Its Principles and Practices Today
How the Early Cleveland Program Built upon the Original Akron program and
Set the Stage for Christian Recovery Opportunities Today

Break and Music (10 minutes)

Vision presentation by Ken B.

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

Lunch Break on the Premises (30 minutes)

First Speakers Panel:

John Barton, Historian, Writer, Orange, New Jersey
Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministry, The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California
Russell Spatz, attorney, Alive Again, Miami, Florida
Bobby Nicholl, Director of Admissions and Interventions, Celebrate a New Life at Hope by the Sea,
San Juan Capistrano, California
Jerry McDonald, Interventionist, Certified Counselor, long associated with the Betty Ford Center,
Rancho Mirage, California
Danny Whitmore, A.A. Historian, former leader of Roots Revival Group, and of Clarence Snyder
Retreats in Southern California

Break (10 minutes)

Second Speakers Panel:

Roger McDiarmid, International Christian Recovery Coalition Speakers' Bureau, Huntington Beach,
California.
Robert Tucker, Ph.D., Exec. Dir., New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, California;
President, Association of Christian Alcohol & Drug Counselors
Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, Oroville, California
Wally Lowe, Christian Recovery Resource Center Satellite Office, Vero Beach, Florida
Jeff McLeod, Executive Director, Overcomers Outreach, Inc., Whittier, California

Concluding: International Christian Recovery Coalition Future Plans: Dick B. and Ken B.
Closing Prayer

































Our Sponsors and Endorsers

Christian Denominations

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 & 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
Preparing to publish his Alcoholics Anonymous, 1st Edition Sponsor’s Guide publications, website, and recorded talks

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 Conference

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


Endorsing Christian Recovery Libraries and Archives

Griffith Library, Wilson House – birthplace of Bill Wilson, East Dorset, Vermont

Bonnie Burke, formerly Bonnie Lepper, President
23000 Dick B. History Items, 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—Village Library containing many historical records,
St. Johnsbury Academy—where Dr. Bob attended, his father was an Examiner,
And his mother had been a student, teacher, school historian, Exec. Committee.

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 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 21 years the Archivist and a Managing Board Member, Dr.
Bob’s Home, Akron, Ohio, A.A. Speaker and Exhibitor of A.A. Historical Items all over the United States and Canada and on sobriety cruises

The St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Library, Akron, Ohio

Mark Pruitt, Rector
This is the church in which Dr. Bob became a communicant before his death.
Its former rector, Dr. Walter Tunks, was a major figure in the beginning Akron days of A.A.
The library is a source of A.A. historical materials.


Christian Intervention, Treatment, Recovery Ministries, Counseling, Sober Living

New Life Spirit Recovery

Robert T. Tucker, Ph.D., D.Min., Registered Addiction Specialist (MCA) and (M-RAS)
Founder and Executive Director, New Life Spirit Recovery Christian Treatment Center
President, Association of Christian Alcohol & Drug Counseling (aka ACADC Institute)
18652 Florida Street, Suite 200
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 841.1906 or Call Toll Free (866) 543.3361
http://www.newlifespiritrecovery.com/OC_Recovery.html

Rock Recovery Ministry, ABC Sober Living, Soledad House

David Powers, Rock Church 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 & Exp.
(Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2008)


Publishers

Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, division of Hazelden Foundation
Center City, Minnesota, www.Hazelden.org

Dover Publications – publisher of First Edition Reprint, Alcoholics Anonymous
with Introduction by Dick B.






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 Panelists

First Panel:

John Barton, Historian, Writer, Orange, New Jersey

Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministry, The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, California

Russell Spatz, Attorney, Frequent Speaker, Alive Again, Lost Sheep Fellowship, Miami, Florida

Bobby Nicholl, Director of Admissions and Interventions, Celebrate a New Life at Hope by the Sea, San Juan Capistrano, California

Jerry McDonald, Interventionist, Certified Counselor, Long Associated with the Betty Ford Center, Rancho Mirage, California

Second Panel:

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

Robert Tucker, Ph.D., Executive Director, New Life Spirit Recovery, Huntington Beach, California; President of Association of Christian Alcohol and Drug Counselors Institute.

Dale Marsh, Recovery Pastor, Oroville Church of the Nazarene, International Christian
Recovery Speakers Bureau, Oroville, California

Wally Lowe, Christian Recovery Resource Center Satellite Office, Vero Beach, Florida

Jeff MacLeod, Executive Director, Overcomers Outreach, Inc., Whittier, California








Acknowledgements

Our Conferences Could Not Have Taken Place Without The Following Leadership and Help



Randy Moraitis, Executive Pastor of Ministries, The Crossing Church, Costa Mesa, CA

Matt Pierce, Pastor of Recovery Ministry, Golden Hills Community Church, Brentwood, CA

David Powers, Rock Recovery Ministries Leader, Rock Church, San Diego, CA

The Lifelines Band, Costa Mesa

The Musicians at Golden Hills Community Church

Roger McDiarmid, Huntington Beach, California

Our Sponsors

Our Endorsers

Our Exhibitors















For Further Participation in and Support of the Projects of International Christian Recovery Coalition

The 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’

http://dickb.com/IFCR-Class.shtml
4 DVD presentations by Dick B. and Ken B.
Instructor’s Guide
Student’s Guide

Christian Recovery Coalition Centers and Persons Worldwide

http://christianrecoverycoalition.com/christian-recovery-resource-centers.shtml
Dick B. with Ken B., The Dick B. Handbook for Christian Recovery Resource Centers

The 29 Volume Dick B. A.A. History and Christian Recovery Movement History

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

The International Christian Recovery Coalition Website

www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition..com

The International Christian Recovery Coalition Blog
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6025837827646017677

International Christian Recovery Forums Website
http://www.christianrecoverycoalition.com/forums/

Other Christian Recovery Resources
FREE: Over 500 articles by Dick B.:www.DickB.com/Articles.shtml.
FREE: Over 175 recorded audio talks by Dick B.: DickB.com/Audio-talks.shtml.
FREE: Follow Dick B. on Facebook, on Twitter, and on the Dick B. Blog.
FREE: The Dick B. Newsletters. If you would like to subscribe, you can find the
details at the bottom of the center column in this website: www.dickb.com

FREE: Programs on the DickBYouTubeChannel, http://goo.gl/rCtH6























No comments:

Post a Comment