Prepare for the September 3-9 International Christian Recovery Workshops.
They will focus on East Dorset Vermont and the Wilson House and Griffith Library and East Dorset Congregational Church; and also on nearby Emerald Lake where the Thachers and the Burnhams had summer places; where Bill visited met Lois and became engaged to her; and where Ebby and Mark Whalon also visited.
They will be held partly in Manchester Vermont. Their focus will be on Burr and Burton Seminary where Bill Wilson spent four years, and where his pal Ebby Thacher also attended. The others of interest in that area are the Burnham family (Lois Wilson); the Thacher family (Ebby Thacher); Rev. Sidney Perkins (Congregational Minister with whom Ebby boarded); First Congregational Church of Manchester (which had a close link to Burr and Burton); Manchester Historical Society; and the activities in that area of Mark Whalon (Bill's close friend with whom he read the Bible), Rowland Hazard of nearby Glastenbury, Shep Cornell (who summered in Manchester), and Cebra Graves (whose father Judge Collins Graves released Ebby to Rowland's care, and who both lived in Bennington). Then nearby Norwich Military Academy in Northfield (where Bill and Ebby both attended and where religious emphasis was strong).
They will be held for the longest period in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. And, on our http://drbob.info website, there is extensivew information on the whole St. Johnsbury scene and its importance in Dr. Bob's life. The Dr. Bob Core Library is located in the Smith family's North Congregational Church on Main Street; and we have now posted an inventory of what has already been placed in that library
http://www.drbob.info/library-inventory.shtml.
The books that will fill in lots of information during the workshops and during your preparation for the Vermont highlights are: (1) Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous: His Excellent Training in the God Book as a Youngster in Vermont - www.dickb.com/drbobofaa.shtml; (2) The Conversion of Bill W.: More on the Creator's Role in Early A.A. - www.dickb.com/conversion.shtml; and
(3) The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide, 3rd ed., 2010.
Our video films and radio interviews on www.ChristianRecoveryRadio.com can also provide lots of information about the two AA Cofounders Bill W. and Dr. Bob in Vermont.
For details about times, places, hotel accomodations, and workshops, you may also contact Dick B. at dickb@dickb.com or 808 874 4876.
See you in Vermont! In September! For real A.A. history!
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Latest Dick B. AA History Guidebook in eBook!
Just a short few days ago, we announced that our new book Stick with the Winners How to Conduct More Effective 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using Conference-Approver Literature: A Dick B. Guide for Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena, had just been released, is in perfect bound trade paper form, is reasonably priced, and is available direct from the print-on-demand source.
Here's an even better piece of news. That very same book is now available in electronic form on Smashwords.com, Amazon Kindle, and Google eBook.
You may want to use it right away to establish your study group or Christian fellowship meetings; or acquire it for your own use and enjoyment; or give it to someone trying to get a group started.
God Bless, Dick B., dickb@dickb.com
808 874 4876
Here's an even better piece of news. That very same book is now available in electronic form on Smashwords.com, Amazon Kindle, and Google eBook.
You may want to use it right away to establish your study group or Christian fellowship meetings; or acquire it for your own use and enjoyment; or give it to someone trying to get a group started.
God Bless, Dick B., dickb@dickb.com
808 874 4876
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Support for and Subjects of Vermont AA History Workshops
Your Worthwhile Support of
the A.A. History Workshops This September in Vermont
By Dick B.
© 2012 Anonymous. All
rights reserved
Ken and I will be in Vermont during early September this
year: (1) to dedicate formally the “Dr. Bob Core Library” at North
Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury; (2) to present workshops in St. Johnsbury
and Manchester about the Christian upbringings and biblical training of Bill W.
and Dr. Bob in Vermont; and (3) to do additional research on the Christian
upbringings of A.A.’s Vermont-born cofounders. [We may even go down to
Northfield, Massachusetts, to spend some time at the birthplace and home (in
his later years) of Dwight L. Moody, who (along with Ira Sankey and Henry
Moorhouse) directly impacted on Vermont’s Christian revival during the 1870’s.]
The trip will enable you to join us in workshops, hear the real history of the
Christian upbringing of Alcoholics Anonymous’ cofounders Bill W. and Dr. Bob, and
pass along a history that most AAs and recovery workers just don’t know. And
whether you can join us for some or all of our Vermont adventure—and we hope
you can!—your support in helping to offset the $6,000.00 or so in expenses
involved in this trip will be much appreciated.
Dates:
Sept. 3 –
6: St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Comfort Inn Suites
Sept. 6 –
8: Manchester (and East Dorset), Vermont, Avalanche Motel
Subjects:
St.
Johnsbury: A thorough history of Dr. Bob’s Christian upbringing and biblical training
Manchester: The
many threads of Christian people and places that make up the Christian upbringing
of Bill W.—Bill’s friend Ebby Thacher and Burr and Burton Seminary with its
daily chapel, four-year Bible study, morning prayers, and regular church attendance;
Ebby’s boarding there with the Congregational pastor Rev. Perkins; the
summering there of Ebby’s Oxford Group mentor Shep Cornell; the proximity and
interrelationship of his other mentors—Rowland Hazard and Cebra Graves; the
friendship of Lois Wilson’s family and the Thacher family; the transition to
chapel, Bible study, and church services at the military academy Bill and Ebby
attended together in Northfield, Vermont (Norwich University); and the family
of Bill’s love Bertha Bamford;
East Dorset and
nearby Emerald Lake where Bill was so much involved with Lois, Ebby, Mark
Whalon, and the East Dorset Congregational Church’s creed, confession, sermons,
services, Sunday school, tent meetings, revival and conversion meetings, and Temperance
meetings. Also Bill’s Bible studies with his maternal grandfather Fayette Griffith
and with his friend Mark Whalon. And the unusual story of Bill’s paternal grandfather
Willie Wilson’s conversion experience and cure of alcoholism at the top of
nearby Mount Aeolus.
We will give a broad picture of the Christian upbringing and
biblical training of Bill W. and Dr. Bob:
After years
of research, travel, interviews, visits to libraries and archives, and
collection of documents, we can now
provide a very detailed picture for those willing to learn about Vermont, its
leaders, organizations, churches, and people who impacted A.A. founders:
Christian ministers, leaders, and members
of the Smith and Wilson families in Vermont; Vermont Congregational church
contributions; Bible studies; conversions; prayer meetings, Young Men’s
Christian Association influences; United Society of Christian Endeavor
influences (on Dr. Bob); and the daily chapel, sermons, church attendance, and
prayers at every turn—St. Johnsbury, East Dorset, possibly Rutland, Manchester,
and Norwich University at Northfield; and the specific Christian suggestions given
to Ebby Thacher by the three Oxford Group men (Rowland Hazard, Shep Cornell,
and Cebra Graves) that were then passed on to Bill W.
The “Dr. Bob Core Library” in St. Johnsbury which we will formally
dedicate in September, and the library at The Griffith House in East Dorset
(which was built specifically to house many of the historical materials Dick B.
accumulated over the years), already have thousands of these materials; and our
new findings on this trip will be added as well.
If you are a Christian leader or worker in the recovery
arena, or are otherwise a fan of A.A. history and the Christian Recovery
Movement, please consider joining us for one or more days during our adventure
in learning more about the two Green Mountain boys of Vermont who cofounded
A.A.
Whether or not you can join us this time, please consider
supporting our work by making a donation to help offset the expenses involved
in this trip. If you would like to make a donation, please make your check or
money order payable to “Dick B.” and mail it to: Dick B., PO Box 837, Kihei, HI
96753-0837. Or please contact me at (808) 874-4876 if you would like to make a
donation by credit card or debit card.
If you would like to have your donation be tax deductible,
please give me a call at (808) 874-4876 for details on how to do that.
God Bless,
Dick B.
August 2, 2012
Gloria
Deo
Friday, July 27, 2012
"Stick with the Winners" Guide Now Available Perfect Bound
Ever since our January conferences in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Orange County, interest has grown and grown in the new book by Dick B. and Ken B. has grown. Its title is Stick with the Winners! How to Conduct More Effective 12-Step Recovery Meetings Using Conference-Approved Literature: A Dick B. Guide.
You can obtain it in trade cover right now by going to the Dick B. website front page www.dickb.com. It's a succinct 89 pages. It is sent to you print-on-demand, direct from the printer to you. It's reasonably priced at $19.95.
And it will help you form groups that cover old school A.A., Conference-approved literature, and the way to use both today to help the still suffering alcoholic or addict who needs and wants God's help.
We will be discussing the chapters from time to time to encourage you to see and use its valuable information. You can also download a copy for $9.95.
Now is the time to get answers to the frequently asked: "How do I start an early A.A. Christian Fellowship Group today."
dickb@dickb.com
You can obtain it in trade cover right now by going to the Dick B. website front page www.dickb.com. It's a succinct 89 pages. It is sent to you print-on-demand, direct from the printer to you. It's reasonably priced at $19.95.
And it will help you form groups that cover old school A.A., Conference-approved literature, and the way to use both today to help the still suffering alcoholic or addict who needs and wants God's help.
We will be discussing the chapters from time to time to encourage you to see and use its valuable information. You can also download a copy for $9.95.
Now is the time to get answers to the frequently asked: "How do I start an early A.A. Christian Fellowship Group today."
dickb@dickb.com
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
"Bill W., The Man You Thought You Knew" - New Video Series Being Filmed
Ken and I are working on a new, free video series telling the story of "Bill W., The Man You Thought You Knew." It will fit well with the information to be covered in the Vermont workshops. And it will be published on Christian Recovery Radio.com. www.ChristianRecoveryRadio.com
Dick B.
Dick B.
Come join us at the Vermont AA History Workshops Sep 2 - 9 2012
Some strong Christian AA leaders are now going to be with us at the Vermont workshops, and they are coming--at this point--from 10 different states and provinces. Come join us! Dick B. September 2-9, 2012 www.dickb.com
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